Lars Rogner

 is a character in the German psychological thriller miniseries Dear Child, who is portrayed by Christian Beermann.

Biography
Lars is the owner of Rogner and Son, a local surveillance and security company.

Lars was raised by his grandparents. Lars' mother was young when she gave birth to him and she ran away one day.

Lars kidnapped Lena Beck and forced her to live in captivity for many years. At the time, Lena was pregnant with Hannah, who was fathered by her ex-boyfriend Florian.

While in captivity, Lena gave birth to Hannah, Jonathan and Sara. After giving birth to Sara, Lena and the baby both died from childbed fever, as Lars refused to get a doctor. After her death, Lena's captor kidnapped another woman and forced her to assume Lena's identity and raise the children. Lars continued doing this after each "Lena" died.

While in captivity, Lena, Hannah and Jonathan were forced to abide by strict rules. Every time their captor entered their bedroom, they had to show both sides of their hands.

The final woman to be kidnapped and forced to live as Lena was Jasmin Grass.

Throughout Dear Child
In a flashback, it is revealed that 13 years ago, Lena accidentally locked herself out of a house while dog sitting. In an attempt to open the door, she set off an alarm. Lars from the security company showed up to unlock the door for Lena, and they both ate ice cream inside the house.

At a beach, Jasmin said that she needed to go to the toilet, to distract Lars. She pretended to faint. When Lars ran by Jasmin's side, she stabbed Lars with a glass shard several times, telling him once and for all that her name is Jasmin, not Lena.

Gerd arrived at the beach, and found Lars bleeding to death. He asked Lars for the whereabouts of Lena's body. Lars revealed that Lena was buried in the garden by the house.

Personality
Lars is cold and cruel towards the women he kidnaps, including Lena Beck and Jasmin Grass. After each woman dies, he kidnaps another to take Lena's place. Lars has also killed a man.

However, Lars has a soft spot for his two children, Hannah and Jonathan. He treats his two children well. After Hannah is injured in a car accident, Hannah insists that Jasmin must be saved, unlike the others, because Jasmin tells stories just like their biological mother, Lena. Lars decides to spare Jasmin's life and allow her to get medical help from a hospital. He arranges to meet up with Jasmin and the children again after Jasmin recovers.

Appearances

 * Dear Child

Trivia

 * Lars inherited a house from his grandfather near Mönchengladbach.