Lars Hjälmered

Lars Olof Hjälmered (born 22 February 1977 ) is a Swedish politician for the Moderate Party. He was member of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2022, representing Gothenburg Municipality. Since October 2022, Hjälmered is state secretary with responsibility for state owned companies at the Ministry of Finance under Minister for Finance Elisabeth Svantesson.

Hjälmered is a trained civil engineer in mechanical engineering, he studied at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has worked at Volvo Aero in Trollhättan before he was elected to the Riksdag. He has also been a member of Gothenburg's municipal council.

Controversies In the middle of March 2010, a parliamentary inquiry was launched against Hjälmered and two other MPs for suspicions of bribery. The Chief Prosecutor, Björn Ericson in Malmö, had received information that the three members of the Riksdag had been invited to a trip to France paid for by the company Shell. As it was not clear whether it was improper or not, the chief prosecutor chose to initiate a preliminary investigation. None of the suspects were notified of any suspicion and at the end of March the investigation was laid down, and it was ruled that it had appeared that no crimes had been committed.