Roger Richthoff

Roger Karl-Göran Richthoff (born 11 December 1948) is a Swedish politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2014.

Richthoff served in the Swedish Engineer Troops and was a UN peacekeeping officer from 1973 to 1991. He was elected to parliament during the 2014 Swedish general election. In parliament, Richthoff has sat on the defense committee and been part of the Delegation of the Riksdag to NATO.[2][3] He has served as the defense spokesman for the Sweden Democrats.[4] In 2014, Richthoff spoke out against plans to build a refugee camp in Strängnäs.[5]

Richthoff has been noted for controversy on social media. In 2021 he called covid-19 vaccines for children a "poison injection".[6] In 2022 he shared a video wherein Russia is thanked for the Invasion of Ukraine.[7] In the video, an antisemitic conspiracy theory is presented, stating that Barack Obama and George Soros is using ukrainian laboratories to commit genocide against christians.[8] In response to the latter incident, the leader of the Sweden Democrats in Parliament Henrik Vinge denounced Richthoff's actions as "irresponsible", and on 30 March, Richthoff left the Sweden Democrats and the Riksdag Defense Committee. He will remain an independent MP until the next election, which he will not be able to contest on behalf of SD.[9]