Lars Ingemar Thomas Strand (born 1954) is a

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politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...

between October 2006 and September 2018, and in September 2020. He has been a substitute member of the Riksdag for

Martin Nilsson Martin Nilsson (born 1969) is a Swedish social democratic politician, member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object ...

twice: October 2002 to December 2002 and August 2005 to September 2005. Strand is the son of

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Ingemar Strand and care assistant Sonia Strand (née Nord). He was educated in

Värnamo Värnamo (), historically known as Wernamo, is a town in Jönköping County in the south of Sweden. It is situated on the river Lagan just north of the lake Vidöstern. It is the seat of Värnamo Municipality and has 19,778 inhabitants as of ...

and studied

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Kumla Kumla is a locality and the seat of Kumla Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with a population of 21,640 as of 2018. Geography Kumla is situated roughly 15 kilometres south of neighbouring city Örebro, and is connected to its much larger ...

. He was a member of the

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Vaggeryd Municipality Vaggeryd Municipality (''Vaggeryds kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden. The town Skillingaryd is together with Vaggeryd the seat of the municipality. Most of the municipal administration is, however, placed in Ski ...

from 1992 to 2010.

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1954 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Vaggeryd Municipality {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub