Lars Bern

{{Short description|Swedish engineer (born 1942)}}

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| birth_name = Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sundsvall, Västernorrland County, Sweden

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• Engineer
• doctor
• author
• debater

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| spouse = {{marriage|Britt-Marie Ekblad|1966}}

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Lars Anders Vilhelm Bern (born on October 21, 1942) is a Swedish engineer, doctor of technology, author and debater.{{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}}{{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.}}{{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}} He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.{{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}} 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.{{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}}{{Cite news |last1=Röstlund |first1=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}}{{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 |language=sv}}

Bern has been chairman of the corporation which operates the television channel {{ill|Swebbtv|sv|}}, which has been described as conspiratorial and far-right.