Lars Werner SKP
Lars Werner during a July 1974 visit to East Berlin
Leader of the Left Party Communists
In office 13 March 1975 – 7 January 1993
Preceded by	C.-H. Hermansson
Succeeded by	Gudrun Schyman
Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm Municipality
In office 1965–1994
Personal details
Born	(1935-07-25)25 July 1935 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	11 January 2013(2013-01-11) (aged 77) Tyresö, Sweden
Political party	Left Party Communists
Profession	Construction worker

Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician. ^{[1] [2]}

Werner was born in Stockholm. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1965 to 1994. ^{[2] [3]} A construction worker by profession, he was elected vice chairman of the Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK) ("the Left Party - Communists") in 1967, and became party chairman in 1975. During his time as party leader, he worked to distance the party from the Soviet Union, a process that had been started by his predecessor as party leader, C.-H. Hermansson. In 1990, VPK changed its name to Vänsterpartiet ("the Left Party"), removing the term "Communists". Werner resigned as party leader in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman. ^[1]

Werner died from a heart condition in 2013, at the age of 77. ^[1]

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