{{Short description|Swedish politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = DouglasThor.jpg | name = Douglas Thor | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[:sv:Nävelsjö församling|Nävelsjö]] (outside [[Vetlanda]]), [[Jönköping County]], Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | office = Chairman of the [[Moderate Youth League]] | term_start = 26 November 2022 | term_end = | predecessor2 = [[Matilda Ekeblad]] | successor2 = | occupation = | majority = | relations = | spouse = | alma_mater = [[Uppsala University]] | children = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Douglas Verner Thor''' (born 11 December 1997) is a Swedish politician of the [[Moderate Party]]. He has been national chairman of the [[Moderate Youth League]] since 2022.<ref>{{cite web | title=Utmanaren vald till ny Muf-ordförande | website=Altinget.se | date=25 November 2022 | url=https://www.altinget.se/nyttomnamn/utmanaren-vald-till-ny-muf-ordforande | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
== Life and career == Thor was born on 11 December 1997 in [[:sv:Nävelsjö församling|Nävelsjö]] (outside [[Vetlanda]]) in [[Jönköping County]], Sweden.<ref>[[:sv:Sveriges befolkning (databaser)|Sweden's Population (databases)]] 2000: Thor, Douglas Verner (11 December 1997) Försäkringskassan, uttag avseende 20001231 (2014) (in Swedish)</ref>
Thor was district chairman of the Moderate Youth League in Jönköping County from 2018 to 2021 and national chairman of the [[:Sv:Moderata studenter (sektion)|Moderate Students]] from 2021 to 2022.<ref>{{cite web | last=Löfquist | first=Julia | title=Douglas Thor (M) invald till riksordförande för MST – så vill han bredda partiet bland studenter | website=VP | date=29 March 2021 | url=https://www.vetlandaposten.se/2021-03-29/douglas-thor-m-invald-till-riksordforande-for-mst--sa-vill-han-bredda-partiet-bland-studenter | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> He was member of the [[municipal council]] in [[Vetlanda Municipality]] from October 2018 to May 2020, when he resigned to begin studies at [[Uppsala University]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Löfquist | first=Julia | title=Douglas Thor (M) lämnar Vetlandapolitiken: "Det har varit ett jobbigt beslut" | website=VP | date=12 May 2020 | url=https://www.vetlandaposten.se/2020-05-12/douglas-thor-m-lamnar-vetlandapolitiken-det-har-varit-ett-jobbigt-beslut | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
During the youth leagues congress in November 2022, Thor challenged incumbent [[Matilda Ekeblad]] as chairman of the Moderate Youth League and won with the votes 52–49.<ref>{{cite web | last=Mörberg | first=Josefine | title=Douglas Thor ny ordförande i Muf: "Största äran i mitt liv" | website=VP | date=26 November 2022 | url=https://www.vetlandaposten.se/2022-11-26/douglas-thor-ny-ordforande-i-moderata-ungdomsforbundet | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
In March 2023, Thor received negative publicity for having tried to influence the election of a district chairman in Jämtland County by suggesting that existing members could pay for new members' membership fees; his preferred candidate did not win.<ref>{{cite web | last=Jonsson | first=Ing-Marie | title=Douglas Thor i första blåsvädret – ska ha försökt påverka val | website=VP | date=9 March 2023 | url=https://www.vetlandaposten.se/2023-03-09/douglas-thor-i-forsta-blasvadret-ska-ha-forsokt-paverka-val | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> The [[Moderate Party]]s investigation stated that although Thor's action had been very bad, no new members could be linked to this occasion.<ref>{{cite web | title=Muf-ordföranden Douglas Thor kritiseras i internutredning | website=VP | date=29 May 2023 | url=https://www.vetlandaposten.se/2023-05-29/muf-ordforanden-douglas-thor-kritiseras-i-internutredning | language=sv | access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref>
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