Lars Christer Bäckström (born March 16, 1953, in Uddevalla) is a Swedish Left Party politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Sweden 1988–2006. In 2008 he was appointed Governor of Västra Götaland County.

• Motions to the Swedish Parliament 1999/2000_proposing national support of the Incubator Project_Venture Capital

• Riksdag: Swedish Parliament

• 'Communists we are no longer, Social Democrats we can never be': The Evolution of the Leftist Parties in Finland and Sweden, Author: Arter D, The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Volume 18, Number 3, September 01, 2002 , pp. 1-28(28)