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Lars Boje Mathiesen turns 50. Regardless of how he and his new party fare in Parliament, he says he has succeeded in life.

They called him the bag man: »They laughed at me. But I laughed the hardest«

»They've implemented a strategy to isolate me,« says the founder of Borgernes Parti (the Citizens' Party), who is trying to get his party elected to the country's city halls and Parliament. Foto: Jens Dresling
»They've implemented a strategy to isolate me,« says the founder of Borgernes Parti (the Citizens' Party), who is trying to get his party elected to the country's city halls and Parliament. Foto: Jens Dresling
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