Joar Forssell

Joar Nils Arvid Karlsson Forssell (born 17 February 1993) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Swedish parliament.[2] Between 6 August 2016 and 18 August 2019 he was chairperson of LUF, Liberal Youth of Sweden.[3] In the 2018 parliamentary elections he got a place in the parliament for the Liberals.[2] He is one of the 20 members of parliament that belong to the Liberals.[4] He is a member of the Taxation Committee since 2018.

Joar Forssell

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Joar Forssell and Philip Botström at Almedalen in 2018.
Member of the Swedish Parliament
for Stockholm Municipality
Assumed office
24 September 2018
Personal details
Born (1993-02-17) 17 February 1993
Political partyLiberals
Parents
  • Lennart Carlsson[1]
  • Emilia Forssell
OccupationPolitician

Drug liberalization

Joar is a Swedish cannabis rights activist,[5] and has expressed his opinion against the zero tolerance drug policy of Sweden.[5][6]

References
  1. "Joar Forssell (L)". riksdagen.se. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Joar Forssell (L) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  3. "Joar Forssell - Liberala Ungdomsförbundet". Liberala Ungdomsförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. "Valresultat 2018". www.val.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  5. "LUF: Det är nolltoleransen mot droger som dödar ungdomarna". nyheter24.se (in Swedish). 20 June 2017.
  6. ""Svensk narkotikapolitik är inhuman och misslyckad"". DN.SE (in Swedish). 25 March 2017.
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