Anders Lagerström

Anders Lagertsrom is a neo-nazi and founder of Metapedia.

Biography

Early life

Lagerström was born in Östergötland on the 14th September 1977. He grew up in Ellös on the Orust, before going to Motala and then Linköping.

He was active in the National Youth (Nationell Ungdom) and later as the District President of the National Democratic Youth (Nationaldemokratisk Ungdom).

In 2000, he was convicted of spraying tear gas in the face of a police officer.

Activism

In 2002, at the age of 25, Lagerström founded the individual company Nordiska förlaget (Nordic Publishing), which specializes in selling neo-nazi literature and white power music, later linked to Nordiska förbundet (Nordic Alliance). He is also a prominent figure in the Nordic Federation.

Creation of Metapedia

German version of the logo of Metapedia.

On the 26th October 2006, he founded, using MediaWiki, the Wikipedia-based off website Metapedia, wich is an encyclopedia dedicated to idolize fascism, far-right politics, white nationalism and supremacism and spread anti-feminist, homophobic, Islamophobic and antisemitic points of views as "facts". He also denies the existence of the Holocaust and defines it as a hoax.