Joar Forssell Explained

Joar Forssell
Honorific-Suffix:	L
Birth Date:	17 February 1993
Parliament:	Swedish
Term Start:	24 September 2018
Constituency Mp:	Stockholm Municipality
Party:	Liberals
Occupation:	Politician
Parents:	Lennart Carlsson^[1] Emilia 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. 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.

Drug liberalization

Joar is a Swedish cannabis rights activist,^[5] and has expressed his opinion against the zero tolerance drug policy of Sweden.^[6] He is also a supporter of abolishing the monarchy and was the recipient of an award from the Swedish Republican Association.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joar Forssell (L) . riksdagen.se . 22 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201122134232/https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/joar-forssell_1c9bf350-8e09-4e61-b337-d03d4656b86a . 22 November 2020.
2. Web site: Joar Forssell (L) - Riksdagen. Riksdagsförvaltningen. www.riksdagen.se. sv. 2018-11-23.
3. News: Joar Forssell - Liberala Ungdomsförbundet. Liberala Ungdomsförbundet. 2018-11-23. sv-SE.
4. Web site: Valresultat 2018. www.val.se. sv. 2018-11-23.
5. News: LUF: Det är nolltoleransen mot droger som dödar ungdomarna . nyheter24.se . 20 June 2017 . sv.
6. News: "Svensk narkotikapolitik är inhuman och misslyckad" . DN.SE . 25 March 2017 . sv.