Sten Sture Tolgfors is a Swedish

Sweden

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 Moderate Party

Moderate Party

The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...

 politician, Member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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 and Swedish Minister for Defence

Swedish Minister for Defence

The Minister for Defence of Sweden , is a member of the Government of Sweden , heads the Ministry for Defence, and is appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden....

 and former Minister for Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt

Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt

The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt is the current cabinet of Sweden. It is a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and the Christian Democrats...

 since 24 October 2006. He is a conscientious objector, meaning that he refused to carry arms when called to Swedish mandatory military service. He served in the Red Cross instead of doing the military service

Military service

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. However, he changed his mind completely when he saw a few photos from the civil war in Iraq

Iraq

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.

He was born in Forshaga

Forshaga

Forshaga is a locality and the seat of Forshaga Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 6,355 inhabitants in 2005.-Notable natives:* Stefan Holm, high jump Olympic champion in 2004.* Oskar Olofsson, guitarist in Swedish indie rock group Molotov Jive....

, Värmland County, Sweden

External links

• Sten Tolgfors at the Riksdag
  Parliament of Sweden
  The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...
  
   website
• Sten Tolgfors at the Moderate Party
  Moderate Party
  The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
  
   website