Roger Richthoff

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1948)}}

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| birth_name = Roger Karl-Göran Richthoff

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| birth_place = Västmanland, Sweden

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| office1 = Member of the Riksdag

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Roger Karl-Göran Richthoff (born 11 December 1948) is a Swedish politician and former commissioned army officer who was a member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2022.

Richthoff served in the Swedish Engineer Troops and was a United Nations 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/roger-richthoff_b4329cc3-9256-470c-a712-5e2501c6fde7|title=Roger Richthoff (SD) - Riksdagen|website=www.riksdagen.se}}[http://www.svt.se/nyheter/val2014/guide/kandidat/54693-roger_Richthoff.html Unknown]{{Dead link | date=March 2025 | fix-attempted=yes}} He has served as the defense spokesman for the Sweden Democrats (SD).{{Cite web|url=https://www.altinget.se/person/roger-Richthoff|title=Roger Richthoff|first=Senast uppdaterad: 27|last=augusti 2020|website=Altinget.se|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201095318/https://www.altinget.se/person/roger-Richthoff|url-status=dead}} In 2014, Richthoff spoke out against plans to build a refugee camp in Strängnäs.{{Cite web|url=https://strangnas.sd.se/flyktingboende-i-strangnas-roger-Richthoff/|title=Flyktingboende i Strängnäs, Roger Richthoff | Sverigedemokraterna i Strängnäs|website=strangnas.sd.se}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Richthoff has been noted for controversy on social media. In 2021, he called COVID-19 vaccines for children a "poison injection".{{Cite news |date=2021-10-18 |title=Riksdagsledamot från Strängnäs kallar covid-vaccin för gift |language=sv |work=SVT Nyheter |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/riksdagsledamot-fran-strangnas-kallar-covid-vaccin-for-gift |access-date=2022-03-29}} He also shared a video wherein Russia is thanked for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on Twitter.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-29 |title=SD-politiker petas efter Rysslandshyllning |language=sv |work=SVT Nyheter |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/sd-politiker-petas-efter-rysslandshyllning |access-date=2022-03-29}} 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.{{Cite web |title=SD-ledamot i försvarsutskottet sprider film som tackar Ryssland för invasionen |url=https://expo.se/2022/03/sd-ledamot-i-forsvarsutskottet-sprider-film-som-tackar-ryssland-for-invasionen |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Expo.se |language=sv}} In response to the latter incident, the SD's leader in Parliament Henrik Vinge denounced Richthoff's actions as "irresponsible" and on 30 March 2022 he left Riksdag Defense Committee and was expelled from the SD's parliamentary group. He remained an independent MP until the next election, which he was barred by the SD from standing as a candidate for the party.{{Cite web |title=Richtoff (SD) blir politisk vilde |url=https://www.altinget.se/artikel/richtoff-sd-blir-politisk-vilde |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Altinget.se |date=30 March 2022 |language=sv-SE}} Later in the same year he joined the far-right SD-splinter Alternative for Sweden, stating that he agreed with their party programme on several points.{{Cite news |last=Kammerland |first=Erik |date=2022-04-26 |title=Roger Richthoff ansluter sig till Alternativ för Sverige |language=sv |work=SVT Nyheter |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/sormland/roger-richthoff-ansluter-sig-till-hogerextrema-alternativ-for-sverige |access-date=2022-09-17}}