{{Refimprove|date=July 2024}} '''Lars Thomas Idergard''' (born 1 March 1969 in [[Arvidsjaur]]) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] businessman and political commentator connected with the [[Moderate Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Idergard|url=https://timbro.se/medarbetare/?medarbetare=30|website=timbro.se|accessdate=22 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225073802/https://timbro.se/medarbetare/?medarbetare=30|archivedate=25 February 2012|date=25 February 2012}}</ref> Now he is a Jesuit and a Catholic Priest.
He gained prominence as chairman of the [[Moderate Youth League]] between 1995 and 1998. He was seen as a future leader of the party but after his resignation he withdrew from party politics. He was thus considered as part of the "Lost Generation" of the Moderate Party together with [[Ulf Kristersson]].
In 2003, he was one of the leaders of [[Sweden in Europe]], campaigning for Swedish membership of the [[euro]].
He was often seen on [[Swedish TV]] as a commentator and wrote a column in ''[[Svenska Dagbladet]]''
In 2009, he became a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] and in 2014, a [[Brother (Catholic)|brother]] in the [[Society of Jesus]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sandlund|first1=Elisabeth|title=Thomas Idergard lämnade allt för Gud - dagen.se|url=http://www.dagen.se/livsstil/thomas-idergard-lämnade-allt-för-gud-1.92365|website=Dagen|accessdate=22 July 2017|language=sv|date=10 September 2014| trans-title= Thomas Idergard left everything for God}}</ref> In 2017, he was ordained [[deacon]] in the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jesuiten.org/aktuelles/details/article/london-zwei-schwedische-jesuiten-werden-zu-diakonen-geweiht.html|title=Acht Jesuiten in London zum Diakon geweiht - unter ihnen zwei Schweden|website=www.jesuiten.org|language=de-DE|access-date=2017-07-22}}</ref> He was ordained [[priest]] in the Catholic Church on September 30, 2017, by the Catholic bishop of Sweden, [[Anders Arborelius|Anders Cardinal Arborelius]] OCD, in the Jesuit St. Eugenia Church in Stockholm, where he also has his work (http://www.dagen.se/nyheter/tidigare-moderaten-thomas-idergard-prastvigd-1.1033757 samt https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/bytte-politiken-mot-kyrkan-blir-nu-prast/).
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