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'''Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern''' (born |
'''Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern''' (born on October 21, 1942) is a Swedish engineer, doctor of technology, author and debater.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Svenska kemiingenjörers riksförening |first1=Svenska kemistsamfundet |title=Kemisk tidskrift |date=1981 |publisher=Ingenjörsförlaget |page=23 |edition=Volym 93, Utgåva 1–7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6oiAQAAMAAJ&q=Lars+Bern |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LARS BERN (Lars Bern in 1996 discussing themes from Det Naturliga Stegets Miljöinstitut) |url=https://app.tt.se/bildobjekt/image/sdltbc86329 |website=[[TT News Agency]] |publisher=Björn Edergren, Copyright by SVT.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malm |first=Rolf |date=5 February 2019 |title=Den gigantiska klimatbluffen |trans-title=The gigantic climate fraud |url=https://samnytt.se/den-gigantiska-klimatbluffen/ |access-date=19 June 2019 |website=[[Samnytt]] |language=sv-SE}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]].<ref name="expressen-sd">{{Cite news |last=Baas |first=David |date=2016-10-19 |title=SD-politik styrs dolt av klimatförnekare |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sd-politik-styrs-dolt-av-klimatfornekare/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=[[Expressen]] |language=sv}}</ref> Bern has denied that the [[greenhouse effect]] has been proven, denies the extent of human influence on climate change that is part of the [[Scientific consensus on climate change|scientific consensus on climate change]] and has been described as a climate sceptic, [[Climate change denial|climate denialist]] and conspiracy theorist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nyberg |first=Matilda |date=2019-10-29 |title=De är svenskarna som ifrågasätter klimatkrisen: ”Lättare när det är varmt” |url=https://www.expressen.se/premium/nyheter/de-ar-svenskarna-som-ifragasatter-klimatkrisen/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=[[Expressen]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref name="dn-swebbtv">{{Cite news |last=Röstlund |first=Lisa |last2=Ewald Hurinsky |first2=Hugo |date=2022-05-06 |title=Bannlyst konspiratorisk tv-kanal sänder i Öppna kanalen – ”Kremls narrativ” |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/bannlyst-konspiratorisk-tv-kanal-sander-i-oppna-kanalen-kremls-narrativ/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref name="syre-widding">{{Cite news |last=Vergara |first=Daniel |date=2022-11-15 |title=Här sitter Elsa Widding (SD) med antisemiter och rasideologer |url=https://tidningensyre.se/2022/15-november-2022/har-sitter-elsa-widding-sd-med-antisemiter-och-rasideologer/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=[[Syre (newspaper)|Syre]] |language=sv}}</ref> |
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== Education and experience == |
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Bern has a degree in engineering physics from [[Chalmers University of Technology]] and received a [[Ph.D.]] in [[chemical reaction engineering]] with mathematical modeling of [[hydrogenation]] of vegetable oils.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Lars Bern, utgivare på NewsVoice |url=https://newsvoice.se/author/larsbern/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=NewsVoice |publisher=NewsVoice}}</ref> |
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He has worked for [[Volvo]] with the development of alternative fuels and he has been the CEO of Svensk Metanolutveckling, AB ÅF, Svenska Miljöforskningsinstitutet IVL and Konglomeratet Incentive (later [[Gambro]]) where he spoke of self-made energy within the paper industry.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paper Journal |first1=Swedish |title=Svensk papperstidning: Swedish paper journal (Translation on p. 97: self-made energy within the paper industry) |date=1990 |publisher=Svenska cellulosa- och pappersbruksföreningen |location=University of Minnesota |page=97 |edition=Svensk papperstidning, Volym 93, Utgåva 1–10 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=SZwqAQAAMAAJ&q=Lars+Bern&dq=Lars+Bern |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> |
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He has also been the councilor of environmental topics for ABB. He specializes in [[physics]], [[environmentalism]], [[medicine]] and [[geopolitics]]. |
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Bern is member of [[Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences]] and its former environmental committee. Previously he had been the chairman and on the board of several corporations and organizations, including Det Naturliga Stegets Miljöinstitut och Cancerfonden.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Lars Bern - The Anthropocene - Education and Experience of Bern |url=https://anthropocene.live/om-2/ |website=Anthropocene - Lars Berns personal website |publisher=WORDPRESS.COM. |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv-SE |date=5 January 2016}}</ref> Bern is also a member of a foundation part-owning the newspaper [[Svenska Dagbladet]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schori |first1=Martin |title=SvD avslöjar namn på ledamöter i kritiserad stiftelse (Svenska Dagbladet exposes members of criticized foundation) |url=https://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/svd-avslojar-namn-pa-ledamoter-i-kritiserad-stiftelse-6223148 |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=NYHETER (News) |agency=Dagens Media, 113 90 Stockholm, (Bonnier Business Media Sweden AB) |issue=Published: 06 September 2008, 10:01 Updated: 06 December 2015, 17:41 |publisher=Dvd |date=2008}}</ref> |
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Bern has stated if Sweden did not intended to maintain nuclear power, it would be necessary to produce it for other countries for environmental reasons.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sveriges natur (Swedens Nature - Digitalized in 2010 from the Cornell University) |date=1993 |publisher=SNF |page=31 |edition=Volym 84, Volym 89–90 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=D1RQAAAAYAAJ&q=Lars+Bern&dq=Lars+Bern |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> In his book, "Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler", Bern criticized Swedish corporations, specially the [[Wallenberg family|Wallenberg]]-family, for moving their industries to third world countries and taking away jobs from the Swedish market.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nyberg |first1=Mikael |title=Han slickar miljardärernas fötter {{!}} Mikael Nyberg (He licks the feet of the billionaires) |url=http://mikaelnyberg.nu/2017/10/19/han-slickar-miljardarernas-fotter/#more-1399 |website=Mikael Nyberg |language=sv-SE}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=TULIN |first1=LARS |title=Veteranen sågar Wallenberg i bok (Veterans debunk Wallenberg in their book) |url=https://www.di.se/di/artiklar/2014/11/17/veteranen-sagar-wallenberg-i-bok/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=Dagens industri |agency=Dagens Industri |date=16 November 2014}}</ref> |
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== Climate change debate == |
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Lars Bern has 35 years of experience in environmental studies<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bränfeldt |first1=Johan Högberg Lars-Eric |title=Sanningen om växthusbråket (The truth about the co2 outlets) |url=https://www.affarsvarlden.se/bors-ekonominyheter/sanningen-om-vaxthusbraket-6662032 |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=Affärsvärlden |agency=Affärsvärlden (The Business World) |date=2009 |language=sv}}</ref> and is the founder of foundation Det Naturliga Steget and was previously CEO of Ångpanneföreningen and IVL (Swedish Environmental Institute). In 2008, Bern published an article originally from News Mill but borrowed by Archive.is saying that "''20 top scientists agree that carbon dioxide does not affect the environment''".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=20 toppforskare i unikt upprop: koldioxiden påverkar inte klimatet (20 top scientists in agreement: Carbon dioxide does not affect the climate) |url=http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2008/12/17/vetenskapen-ar-inte-enig-om-klimatlarmen?page=2/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525135827/http://www.newsmill.se/artikel/2008/12/17/vetenskapen-ar-inte-enig-om-klimatlarmen?page=2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2012 |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=Borrowed from Newsmill, and archive.is |agency=NewsMill |issue=Trackback URL: http://www.newsmill.se/trackback/2622 |publisher=Archive.is |date=25 May 2012}}</ref> In ''Klimatupplysningen'', a Swedish climate debating movement, Bern stated that the climate change movement is similar to a religious doom cult which legitimizes politicians' rights in the West to increase taxes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nordin |first1=Ingemar |title=Willgert och Bern om klimatet (Willgert and Bern about the Climate change) |url=http://www.klimatupplysningen.se/2018/10/19/willgert-och-bern-om-klimatet/ |website=Klimatupplysningen.se |publisher=Swebbtv |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv-SE |date=19 October 2018}}</ref> In an article published by DagensSPS in 2009, Bern stated that the "''picture of the climate threats are exaggerated''.".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Lars Bern: "Bilden av klimathotet överdriven" (The picture of the climate threat is exaggerated) |url=https://www.dagensps.se/entreprenor/lars-bern-bilden-av-klimathotet-overdriven/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Ansvarig utgivare Mikael Gullström |publisher=John Uggla VD & Ansvarig utgivare |date=10 May 2009 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> In an interview on Swebbtv with the host Mikael Willgert, Bern stated that [[politics of climate change|climate politics]] is a propaganda tool used to frighten the Swedish public.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Willgert |first1=Mikael |title=Fjärde statsmakten med Lars Bern om klimatskrämseln som får oss att satsa fel (The fourth state power: Climate propaganda that makes us invest wrong) |url=https://www.swebbtv.se/blogg/244-fjarde-statsmakten-med-lars-bern-om-klimatskramseln-som-far-oss-att-satsa-fel |website=SwebbTV |publisher=Swebbtv |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv-se}}</ref> Bern has also heavily criticized SVT (Swedens State Television) saying they spread disinformation about climate change<ref>{{cite news |title=Lars Bern kommenterar SVT:s fake news om klimatet (Lars Bern commentates the fake news of SVT) |url=https://www.vaken.se/lars-bern-kommenterar-svts-fake-news-om-klimatet/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Vaken (Awakened) |date=15 October 2018 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> and distort research information about melting ice.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Lars Bern: Så förvillar SVT om klimatet (Bern: This way SVT lies about the climate) |url=https://nyadagbladet.se/miljo/lars-bern-sa-har-forvillar-svt-om-klimatet/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Nya Dagbladet |publisher=Swebbtv and Newsvoice |date=26 November 2018 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Bern states that the climate change is due to natural causes and that the anthropogenic effect is minimal. Bern has criticized reporter Kerstin Unger-Salén, wife of [[Anders Wijkman]], head of the [[Club of Rome]], saying she [[Attacking straw man|attacked a straw-man]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Bern replikerar – Unger-Salén angriper halmgubbe i klimatfrågan (Bern replies: Unger-Salén attacks straw man in the climate debate) |url=http://elbilsnytt.se/bern-replikerar-unger-salen-angriper-halmgubbe-i-klimatfragan/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Elbilsnytt |publisher=Gordon Strömfelt Marknadschef & Affärsutveckling |date=19 June 2018 |language=sv-SE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412172001/http://elbilsnytt.se/bern-replikerar-unger-salen-angriper-halmgubbe-i-klimatfragan/ |archive-date=12 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and spread disinformation about Bern's standpoint on the climate change debate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Unger-Salén |first1=Kerstin |title=Salén replikerar Lars Bern om "klimatalarmister" och "klimatförnekare" (Salen replies to Berns statements about climate fanatics and climate deniers) |url=https://newsvoice.se/2018/06/replik-klimatalarmister-klimatfornekare/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=NewsVoice |date=18 June 2018}}</ref> Bern has also stated that the "doomsday climate sect is making Sweden and Swedish families poor".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bern |first1=Lars |title=Klimatdomedagssektens framfart gör svenska folket fattigt (The doomsday movement is making Swedish families poor) |url=https://nyadagbladet.se/kronikor/klimatdomedagssektens-framfart-gor-svenska-folket-fattigt/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Nya Dagbladet |publisher=Markus Andersson, Isac Boman |date=14 June 2019 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> |
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== Skeptic of globalism == |
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In an article from Världen Idag, Bern said that the United Nations' plan, [[Agenda 2030]], aims transfer of power to global corporations from democratically elected leaders and sovereign nations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andersson |first1=Sara |title=Globala FN-planen Agenda 2030 väcker oro (Agenda 2030 increases worry and skepticism) |url=https://www.varldenidag.se/nyheter/globala-fn-planen-agenda-2030-vacker-oro/reprkB!oOeIJV2w7c9f7UftAdPTA/ |website=www.varldenidag.se |accessdate=19 June 2019 |language=sv}}</ref> He said, "The anglo-American hegemony has long ruled the world. The Royal Navy, the British Royal Navy, occupied the trading routes. Their role with control over the world trade was handed over to the Americans who now are trying to exercise power by control the trading routes. The US position is however failing. Who is it really that has ruled up to now? At the beginning it was the royal. Then the democratic institutions came, but now the power is slowly slipping out of their hands. The big global corporates that have developed dominates the economy and their final goal is total and unequivocal power".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wistrand |first1=Kersti |title=Lars Bern om "globalism" — Humanism & Kunskap (Humanist knowledge - Lars Bern about globalism) |url=https://humanismkunskap.org/2018/11/11/lars-bern-om-globalism/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=humanismkunskap.org |agency=Föreningen Kulturnätet |publisher=Sasser MedialabBörje Peratt, ordförande, 070-5566994, Torbjörn Sassersson, webbansvarig [email protected]}}</ref> Bern has stated that there are massive consequences for the Swedish public economy, saying wages stagnate due to the migration policy of the Swedish government and that debts are rising.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dagerlind |first1=Mats |title=Lars Bern långintervjuad om globaliseringens konsekvenser – del 1 (Lars Bern interviewed by Swebbtv about globalism consequences) |url=https://samnytt.se/lars-bern-langintervjuas-om-globaliseringens-konsekvenser-del-1/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |agency=Sammnytt |publisher=Sammnytt |date=11 March 2018 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Bern has criticized George Soros calling him an "evil villain".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlqvist |first1=Ingrid |title=Lars Bern om George Soros: "Han är en superskurk" (Bern about Soros: He is a super villain) |url=https://www.svegot.se/2018/03/19/lars-bern-om-george-soros-han-ar-en-superskurk/ |website=SVegot |publisher=Tidningen Svegot, TV Svegot och Radio Svegot (Part of https://www.detfriasverige.se) |language=sv-SE}}</ref> |
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Bern has been chairman of the corporation which operates the television channel {{ill|Swebbtv|sv|}}, which has been described as conspiratorial and [[Far-right politics|far-right]].<ref name="dn-swebbtv" /><ref name="syre-widding" /> |
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Expressen reported that Bern was involved in forming the environmental policy for the [[Sweden Democrats]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baas |first1=David |title=Sverigedemokraterna-politik styrs dolt av klimatförnekare (Sweden Democrats environmental policy run by climate denier) |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sd-politik-styrs-dolt-av-klimatfornekare/ |accessdate=19 June 2019 |work=www.expressen.se |agency=Expressen |issue=debate |publisher=Expressen |date=2016 |language=sv}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography == |
== Bibliography == |
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* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=En gudomlig skapelse? : en vetenskapsthriller |date=2008 |publisher=Fri Tanke Förlag |isbn=9789197709460 |title-link=}} |
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=En gudomlig skapelse? : en vetenskapsthriller |date=2008 |publisher=Fri Tanke Förlag |isbn=9789197709460 |title-link=}} |
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* {{cite book |author1=Bern L. |author2=Thauersköld Crusell M. |title=Chill-out – sanningen om klimatbubblan |date=2009 |publisher=Kalla Kulor Förlag |isbn=9789185535583 |title-link=}} |
* {{cite book |author1=Bern L. |author2=Thauersköld Crusell M. |title=Chill-out – sanningen om klimatbubblan |date=2009 |publisher=Kalla Kulor Förlag |isbn=9789185535583 |title-link=}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Homo Eco |date=2010 |publisher=Recito Förlag |isbn= |
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Homo Eco |date=2010 |publisher=Recito Förlag |isbn=978-9186539641 |title-link=}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Antropocen |date=2013 |publisher=Recito Förlag |isbn=9789175175324 |title-link=}} |
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Antropocen |date=2013 |publisher=Recito Förlag |isbn=9789175175324 |title-link=}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler |date=2014 |publisher=Ekerlids förlag |isbn=9789187391545 |title-link=}} |
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler |date=2014 |publisher=Ekerlids förlag |isbn=9789187391545 |title-link=}} |
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Lars Bern | |
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Born | Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern 21 October 1942 |
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Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern (born on October 21, 1942) is a Swedish engineer, doctor of technology, author and debater.[1][2][3] He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.[4] Bern has denied that the greenhouse effect has been proven, denies the extent of human influence on climate change that is part of the scientific consensus on climate change and has been described as a climate sceptic, climate denialist and conspiracy theorist.[5][6][7]
Bern has been chairman of the corporation which operates the television channel Swebbtv , which has been described as conspiratorial and far-right.[6][7]
Bibliography
[edit]- Bern, Lars (1994). Uthålligt ledarskap. Ekerlids förlag. ISBN 9789188594006.
- Bern, Lars (1996). Strategi för naturlig tillväxt. Ekerlids förlag. ISBN 9789188594495.
- Bern, Lars (1998). Strategy for Sustainable Growth. ISBN 9163070537.
- Bern, Lars (2002). Humankapitalisten. Ekerlids förlag. ISBN 9789189617292.
- Bern, Lars (2006). Svart snö. Kalla Kulor Förlag. ISBN 9789197574846.
- Bern, Lars (2008). En gudomlig skapelse? : en vetenskapsthriller. Fri Tanke Förlag. ISBN 9789197709460.
- Bern L.; Thauersköld Crusell M. (2009). Chill-out – sanningen om klimatbubblan. Kalla Kulor Förlag. ISBN 9789185535583.
- Bern, Lars (2010). Homo Eco. Recito Förlag. ISBN 978-9186539641.
- Bern, Lars (2013). Antropocen. Recito Förlag. ISBN 9789175175324.
- Bern, Lars (2014). Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler. Ekerlids förlag. ISBN 9789187391545.
- Bern, Lars (2015). Antropocen II. Recito Förlag. ISBN 9789175178332.
- Bern, Lars (2018). Den metabola pandemin. Recito Förlag. ISBN 9789177654315.
References
[edit]- ^ Svenska kemiingenjörers riksförening, Svenska kemistsamfundet (1981). Kemisk tidskrift (in Swedish) (Volym 93, Utgåva 1–7 ed.). Ingenjörsförlaget. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "LARS BERN (Lars Bern in 1996 discussing themes from Det Naturliga Stegets Miljöinstitut)". TT News Agency. Björn Edergren, Copyright by SVT.
- ^ Malm, Rolf (5 February 2019). "Den gigantiska klimatbluffen" [The gigantic climate fraud]. Samnytt (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Baas, David (2016-10-19). "SD-politik styrs dolt av klimatförnekare". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Nyberg, Matilda (2019-10-29). "De är svenskarna som ifrågasätter klimatkrisen: "Lättare när det är varmt"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ a b Röstlund, Lisa; Ewald Hurinsky, Hugo (2022-05-06). "Bannlyst konspiratorisk tv-kanal sänder i Öppna kanalen – "Kremls narrativ"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ a b Vergara, Daniel (2022-11-15). "Här sitter Elsa Widding (SD) med antisemiter och rasideologer". Syre (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-02.