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* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Uthålligt ledarskap |date=1994 |publisher=Ekerlids förlag |isbn=9789188594006 |title-link=}}
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Uthålligt ledarskap |date=1994 |publisher=Ekerlids förlag |isbn=9789188594006 |title-link=}}
* ''Strategi för naturlig tillväxt'' (1996)
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Strategi för naturlig tillväxt |date=1996 |publisher=Ekerlids förlag |isbn=9789188594495 |title-link=}}
* ''Strategy for Sustainable Growth'' (1998)
* {{cite book |last=Bern |first=Lars |title=Strategy for Sustainable Growth |date=1998 |publisher= |isbn=9163070537 |title-link=}}
* ''Humankapitalisten'' (2002)
* ''Humankapitalisten'' (2002)
* ''Svart snö'' (2006)
* ''Svart snö'' (2006)

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Lars Bern
Born
Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern

(1942-10-21) 21 October 1942 (age 81)
Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • doctor
  • author
  • debater
Spouse
Britt-Marie Ekblad
​
(m. 1966)​

Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern (born 21 October 1942) is a Swedish engineer, doctor of technology, author and debater. Bern has been accused of being a ”climate change denier” and believes that the risks from climate change are exaggerated.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education and experience

Bern has a degree in engineering physics from Chalmers University of Technology and received a Ph.D. in chemical reaction engineering with mathetimatical modeling of hydrogenation of vegetable oils.[6]

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.[7]

He has also been the councilor of environmental topics for ABB. He specializes in physics, environmentalism, medicine and geopolitics.

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.[8] Bern is also a member of Svenska Dagbladet.[9]

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.[10] In his book, "Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler", Bern criticized Swedish corporations, specially the Wallenberg-family, for moving their industries to third world countries and taking away jobs from the Swedish market.[11][12]

Climate change debate

Lars Bern has 35 years of experience in environmental studies[13] 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".[14] In Klimatupplysningen, a Swedish climate debating movement, Bern stated that the climate change movement is similar to a religious doom cult which legtimizes politicians' rights in the West to increase taxes.[15] In an article published by DagensSPS in 2009, Bern stated that the "picture of the climate threats are exaggerated.".[16] In an interview on Swebbtv with the host Mikael Willgert, Bern stated that climate politics is a propaganda tool used to frighten the Swedish public.[17] Bern has also heavily criticized SVT (Swedens State Television) saying they spread disinformation about climate change[18] and distort research information about melting ice.[19] 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 attacked a straw-man[20] and spread disinformation about Bern's standpoint on the climate change debate.[21] Bern has also stated that the "doomsday climate sect is making Sweden and Swedish families poor".[22]

Skeptic of globalism

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.[23] 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".[24] 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.[25] Bern has criticized George Soros calling him an "evil villain".[26]

Criticism

Lars Bern has been accused of being a climate change denier by Uppsalainitiativet, in an article discussing his 2016 theory that discussion of climate change was being used to justify what he thought were plans by the U.S. to bomb power plants in China, India and other locations.[27]

Bern has also been called a conspiracy theorist.[28] Several climate scientists have criticized Bern saying he denies the "laws of physics".[29]

Expressen reported that Bern was involved in forming the environmental policy for the Sweden Democrats.[30]

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Humankapitalisten (2002)
  • Svart snö (2006)
  • En gudomlig skapelse? : en vetenskapsthriller (2008)
  • Chill-out – sanningen om klimatbubblan together with Maggie Thauersköld (2009)
  • Homo Eco (2010)
  • Antropocen (2013)
  • Varför försvinner våra kronjuveler
  • Antropocen II (2015)
  • Den metabola pandemin (2018)

References

  1. ^ Svenska kemiingenjörers riksförening, Svenska kemistsamfundet (1981). Kemisk tidskrift (in Swedish) (Volym 93, Utgåva 1–7 ed.). Ingenjörsförlaget. p. 23. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  2. ^ TT NYHETSBYRÅN, TT NYHETSBYRÅN. "LARS BERN (Lars Bern in 1996 discussing themes from Det Naturliga Stegets Miljöinstitut)". app.tt.se, TT NYHETSBYRÅN. Björn Edergren, Copyright by SVT.
  3. ^ Malm, Rolf (5 February 2019). "Den gigantiska klimatbluffen (The gigantic climate fraud)". Samnytt (in Swedish). Samnytt. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Vi är grundlurade – klimathotet är en bluff" (We have been fooled - Climate alarmism is a fraud)". Folkbladet [email protected].
  5. ^ Lindgren, Anita. "Insändare: Alla är grundlurade – klimatlarmen är fullständigt överdrivna (We have all been fooled - the climate alarms are exaggerated)". Norran, Skellefteå (in Swedish). Lars Andersson. Norran. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  6. ^ Bern, Lars. "Lars Bern, utgivare på NewsVoice". NewsVoice. NewsVoice. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ Paper Journal, Swedish (1990). Svensk papperstidning: Swedish paper journal (Translation on p. 97: self-made energy within the paper industry) (in Swedish) (Svensk papperstidning, Volym 93,  Utgåva 1–10 ed.). University of Minnesota: Svenska cellulosa- och pappersbruksföreningen. p. 97. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. ^ Bern, Lars (5 January 2016). "Lars Bern - The Anthropocene - Education and Experience of Bern". Anthropocene - Lars Berns personal website (in Swedish). WORDPRESS.COM. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  9. ^ Schori, Martin (2008). "SvD avslöjar namn på ledamöter i kritiserad stiftelse (Svenska Dagbladet exposes members of a criticized foundation)". NYHETER (News). No. Published: 06 September 2008, 10:01 Uppdated: 06 December 2015, 17:41. Dvd. Dagens Media, 113 90 Stockholm, (Bonnier Business Media Sweden AB). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ Sveriges natur (Swedens Nature - Digitalized in 2010 from the Cornell University) (in Swedish) (Volym 84, Volym 89–90 ed.). SNF. 1993. p. 31. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  11. ^ Nyberg, Mikael. "Han slickar miljardärernas fötter | Mikael Nyberg (He licks the feet of the billionaires)". Mikael Nyberg (in Swedish).
  12. ^ TULIN, LARS (16 November 2014). "Veteranen sågar Wallenberg i bok (Veterans debunk Wallenberg in their book)". Dagens industri. Dagens Industri. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  13. ^ Bränfeldt, Johan Högberg Lars-Eric (2009). "Sanningen om växthusbråket (The truth about the co2 outlets)". Affärsvärlden (in Swedish). Affärsvärlden (The Business World). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  14. ^ Bern, Lars (25 May 2012). "20 toppforskare i unikt upprop: koldioxiden påverkar inte klimatet (20 top scientists in agreement: Carbon dioxide does not affect the climate)". Borrowed from Newsmill, and archive.is. No. Trackback URL: http://www.newsmill.se/trackback/2622. Archive.is. NewsMill. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2019. {{cite news}}: External link in |issue= (help)
  15. ^ Nordin, Ingemar (19 October 2018). "Willgert och Bern om klimatet (Willgert and Bern about the Climate change)". Klimatupplysningen.se (in Swedish). Swebbtv. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. ^ Bern, Lars (10 May 2009). "Lars Bern: "Bilden av klimathotet överdriven" (The picture of the climate threat is exaggerated)" (in Swedish). John Uggla VD & Ansvarig utgivare. Ansvarig utgivare Mikael Gullström. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  17. ^ Willgert, Mikael. "Fjärde statsmakten med Lars Bern om klimatskrämseln som får oss att satsa fel (The fourth state power: Climate propaganda that makes us invest wrong)". SwebbTV (in Swedish). Swebbtv. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Lars Bern kommenterar SVT:s fake news om klimatet (Lars Bern commentates the fake news of SVT)" (in Swedish). Vaken (Awakened). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  19. ^ Bern, Lars (26 November 2018). "Lars Bern: Så förvillar SVT om klimatet (Bern: This way SVT lies about the climate)" (in Swedish). Swebbtv and Newsvoice. Nya Dagbladet. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  20. ^ Bern, Lars (19 June 2018). "Bern replikerar – Unger-Salén angriper halmgubbe i klimatfrågan (Bern replies: Unger-Salén attacks straw man in the climate debate)" (in Swedish). Gordon Strömfelt Marknadschef & Affärsutveckling. Elbilsnytt. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  21. ^ Unger-Salén, Kerstin (18 June 2018). "Salén replikerar Lars Bern om "klimatalarmister" och "klimatförnekare" (Salen replies to Berns statements about climate fanatics and climate deniers)". NewsVoice. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  22. ^ Bern, Lars (14 June 2019). "Klimatdomedagssektens framfart gör svenska folket fattigt (The doomsday movement is making Swedish families poor)" (in Swedish). Markus Andersson, Isac Boman. Nya Dagbladet. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  23. ^ Andersson, Sara. "Globala FN-planen Agenda 2030 väcker oro (Agenda 2030 increases worry and skepticism)". www.varldenidag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  24. ^ Wistrand, Kersti. "Lars Bern om "globalism" — Humanism & Kunskap (Humanist knowledge - Lars Bern about globalism)". humanismkunskap.org. Sasser MedialabBörje Peratt, ordförande, 070-5566994, Torbjörn Sassersson, webbansvarig [email protected]. Föreningen Kulturnätet. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  25. ^ Dagerlind, Mats (11 March 2018). "Lars Bern långintervjuad om globaliseringens konsekvenser – del 1 (Lars Bern interviewed by Swebbtv about globalism consequences)" (in Swedish). Sammnytt. Sammnytt. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  26. ^ Carlqvist, Ingrid. "Lars Bern om George Soros: "Han är en superskurk" (Bern about Soros: He is a super villain)". SVegot (in Swedish). Tidningen Svegot, TV Svegot och Radio Svegot (Part of https://www.detfriasverige.se).
  27. ^ Karlsson, Lars (7 March 2016). "Nya finurliga klimatkonspirationsteorier från Lars Bern (New funny conspiracy theories by Lars Bern)". Uppsalainitiativet (the Uppsala initiative). 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  28. ^ Leman, Daniel Pohl, Jonathan. "SD:s nye starke man skriver om "befolkningsutbyte" och försvarade Nya tider (SDs new man speaks of "population exchange")". Expo.se (in Swedish). EXPO. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  29. ^ Stensson, Björn Jorner, Carina (26 November 2008). "Bern förnekar fysikens grunder (Bern denies the grounds of physics)". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). No. Svd Debate. Svenska Dagbladet. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  30. ^ Baas, David (2016). "Sverigedemokraterna-politik styrs dolt av klimatförnekare (Sweden Democrats environmental policy run by climate denier)". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). No. debate. Expressen. Expressen. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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