Thoralf Alfsson
Member of the Riksdag
In office
2010–2014
ConstituencyÖstergötland County
Personal details
Born (1957-10-13) 13 October 1957
Political partySweden Democrats (until 2018)

Ola Thoralf Alfsson (born 13 October 1957) is a Swedish blogger and former politician of the Sweden Democrats party who served as a member of the Riksdag.

On the Riksdag website, Alfsson listed his occupation as an automotive consultant before entering politics.[1] Alfsson was elected to the Riksdag in the 2010 Swedish general election for the Sweden Democrats party and represented the Östergötland County constituency. He was also involved in writing some of the party's manifesto ahead of the election.[2] In the Riksdag, he focused on matters related to energy policy, criminal policy, immigration and cultural issues.[3] He also supported a measure by the Swedish police to compile a public register of Romani people in Sweden.[4] Alfsson was a councilor for the Sweden Democrats in Kalmar.[5][6]

In 2011, a local Social Democratic politician in Östergötland was convicted of defamation and fined after he posted a photoshopped picture of Alfsson in a Nazi uniform on social media.[7][8]

In November 2018, Alfsson got into a heated dispute with members of the public on Facebook and wrote comments that were deemed inappropriate.[5] Alfsson initially defended the messages, arguing that he was reacting with the same language used by "trolls" who had left posts on the official Facebook page for the Sweden Democrats Kalmar County chapter.[9] However, the deputy leader of SD, Mattias Bäckström Johansson deemed Alfsson's posts as "unacceptable." Alfsson was subsequently expelled from the SD as a result of the Facebook dispute and a series of controversial blog posts he had made.[10][11]

Since leaving politics, Alfsson has worked as an author and blogger.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Thoralf Alfsson (SD) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se.
  2. ↑ "SD: "Ren och skär mobbing av TV4 att stoppa reklamfilmen"". Archived from the original on 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  3. ↑ Riksdagen.se: Toralf Alfsson, läst 9 mars 2013
  4. ↑ Melin, Erik (September 25, 2013). "Riksdagsledamot om registreringen: Måste kunna kartlägga". Svenska Dagbladet – via www.svd.se.
  5. 1 2 Heppich, Martin (September 9, 2018). "SD:s Thoralf Alfsson i blåsväder efter kommentar i sociala medier". SVT Nyheter – via www.svt.se.
  6. ↑ https://kalmar.se/download/18.3d99d73715c38c8a9e1746f/1497423950261/03-Motion-fran-Thoralf-Alfsson(SD)-angaende-Kalmar-kommuns-vindkraftverk.pdf
  7. ↑ Barometern 9 december 2010: Åtal för nidbild av Alfsson som Hitler Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, läst 9 mars 2013
  8. ↑ Barometern.se 6 april 2011: Dömd för Hitlerbild på SD-politiker, läst 9 mars 2013
  9. ↑ Andersson, Mats (September 9, 2018). "Alfsson: "Återvandra till ditt hemland, ditt riktiga land"". Barometern.
  10. ↑ Radio, Sveriges (26 November 2018). "Sverigedemokraterna utesluter Thoralf Alfsson - P4 Kalmar". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  11. ↑ "Alfsson utesluts ur Sverigedemokraterna". Barometern. November 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ Nilsson, Hanna (November 27, 2018). "Thoralf Alfsson (SD) om uteslutningen: "Väntat beslut"". SVT Nyheter – via www.svt.se.
  13. ↑ "(utan rubrik)". thoralfsblogg.com.
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