Communist Party (Sweden)
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Not to be confused with Communist Party of Sweden.
Kommunistiska Partiet
Leader Anders Carlsson
Founded 1970
Headquarters Marx-Engelshuset, Fjrde Lnggatan 8B, Gothenburg
Political ideology Communism,
Marxism-Leninism
International affiliation None
Colour(s) Red
Website
www.kommunistiskapartiet.orgSee also the politics of Sweden series
The Communist Party (Kommunistiska Partiet) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sweden.
1970-1977 it was known as the Communist League Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries) (Kommunistiska Frbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionrerna), abbreviated KFML(r)) and during 1977-2004 it had the name Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries) (Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionrerna), abbreviated KPML(r)).
KFML(r) was founded through a split in the pro-Beijing KFML. "The (r)s" ("(r)-arna") considered that KFML had approached reformism and was not a genuine workers' movement. In 1970 it began publishing the weekly Proletren (The Proletarian).
During the 1980s, KPML(r) achieved representation in some munipicalities, including Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city. The Gothenburg region has always been the strongest point of KPML(r). During the period of 1970 to 1999 the party chairman was Frank Baude. The current chairman is Anders Carlsson.
The 14th Party Congress, held in Gothenburg January 6-8 2005 decided to change the name of the party to the Communist Party.
The party does not participate in elections to the national nor the European parliaments. It doesn't contest national parliament elections due to tactical reasons, whereas it advocates boycott of the European parliament elections. It contests municipal elections in some municipalities.
Its members and sympathisers includes - or included - several Swedish celebrities, such as actors Sven Wollter, Lasse Brandeby and Kent Andersson and artists Ken, Totta Nslund and Fred kerstrm, all of whom have participated in events and gatherings arranged by the party.Contents [hide]
1 Front organizations
2 Espionage against the party
3 Electoral results[1]
4 Footnotes and references
5 External links
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Front organizationsPart of a series on
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Sven Linderot
Set Persson
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In the early days of the party, the pro-KFML(r) fractions of the United FNL Groups (DFFG) and the Swedish Clart League broke away and set up the Solidarity Front for the People of Indochina and Clart (m-l) respectively. In 1972 these two structures were dissolved and merged into the Young Communist League of Sweden (marxist-leninists), the new KFML(r) youth wing. Later a new students organisation, SKS(ml), was formed. Both SKU(ml) and SKS(ml) were disbanded towards the end of the 1970s, as the party itself consisted mainly of young people.
In 1994 the party again launched a youth organization, Revolutionary Communist Youth (RKU).
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Espionage against the party
KFML(r)/KPML(r), as well as other organizations close to it, was subject to political surveillance from SPO. (Numbers come from SPO's own report)Year: No. of registered individuals:
1980 1499
1985 2012
1990 1943
1995 1819
1996 1618
1997 1561
1998 1346
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Electoral results[1]
KPML(r) municipal election results 2002Municipality: Votes 2006: % 2006: Seats 2006: Votes 2002: % 2002: Seats 2002: Votes 1998: % 1998 Seats 1998:
Alingss 243 1.07% 0 204 0.9% 0 164 0.77% 0
Gislaved 794 4.68% 2 1099 6.51% 3 1545 8.96% 4
Gteborg 3701 1.27% 0 4296 1.54% 0 3797 1.44% 0
Helsingborg 211 0.29% 0 427 0.6% 0 - - -
Jnkping 300 0.40% 0 328 0.44% 0 - - -
Karlshamn 847 4.33% 2 2092 10.86% 6 2469 12.71% 7
Kristianstad 231 0.50% 0 308 0.68% 0 177 0.4% 0
Lysekil 525 5.72% 2 429 4.66% 2 414 4.44% 2
Malm 451 0.29% 0 477 0.32% 0 319 0.22% 0
Stockholm 449 0.09% 0 511 0.1% 0 765 0.17% 0
Uppsala 497 0.43% 0 451 0.4% 0 196 0.17% 0
Vxj 323 0.66% 0 301 0.65% 0 - - -
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Communist Party of Sweden (1995)
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This article is about the Swedish Communist Party, APK, the "Flamman group" of 1977. For other parties named "Communist Party of Sweden", see Communist Party of Sweden (SKP).
Not to be confused with Communist Party (Sweden).
Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti
Leader Gun Isaxon
Founded 1995
Headquarters Brommavgen 6, Solna
Political ideology Communism
International affiliation None
Colour(s) Red
Website
www.skp.seSee also the politics of Sweden series
The Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) is the continuation of Workers' Party – The Communists (Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna, abbreviated APK).Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Election results
3 See also
4 External links
5 References
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History
Flamman group, an orthodox pro-Soviet section with Vnsterpartiet Kommunisterna (Left Party – The Communists) that emerged as an internal fraction when C.-H. Hermansson took over as party leader and distanced the party from Moscow. The group was centered around the party newspaper Norrskensflamman (The Flame of the Aurora Borealis, usually just called Flamman), the regional party publication in Norrbotten. The fraction worked as a parallel party centre, and relations between them and the party leadership soared.
At the party congress in 1975, when Hermansson stepped down as party leader, the Flamman group launched Rolf Hagel as their candidate for party leadership. Hagel was defeated by Lars Werner with 162 votes against 74. In the same year the Flamman-sympathizers were expelled from Kommunistisk Ungdom (Communist Youth), the youth league of the party.Part of a series on
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Kata Dalstrm
Karl Kilbom
Hugo Silln
Sven Linderot
Set Persson
Hilding Hagberg
C.H. Hermansson
Lars Werner
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In 1977 the group broke away, and formed Arbetarpartiet Kommunisterna (Workers Party - the Communists, abbreviated APK). A founding congress took place in the Swedish Riksdag. A large number of foreign delegated participated in the congress, indicating that APK had a strong moral support from CPSU and the orthodox sector of the World Communist Movement. Two MPs (and party central committee members), Rolf Hagel and Alf Lwenborg, were leading the split. Rolf Hagel was elected party president. Norrskensflamman became the central party organ.
In many places entire VPK party units joined APK, including in Malm, Gteborg and Mlardalen. The foremost stronghold of the new party was Norrbotten. In total, up to 25% of the entire VPK party membership (other sources claim between 10 to 15%) joined APK. To a large extent it was the trade union cadres of VPK who joined APK. Shortly thereafter, a large section of the KU district in Gvleborg joined APK.
Sveriges Kommunistiska Ungdomsfrbund (Young Communist League of Sweden) was created as the youth league of the party. A student wing, Marxistiska Studenter (Marxist Students), was founded although it never attained any importance.
The party maintained a Finnish language-publication, Siirtotylinen, from 1978 to 1986.[1]
APK failed to make any electoral breakthrough, and gradually the party declined. The fall of the Soviet Union came to have a very negative impact on the party. Many members left it, either to politics completely or to rejoin Vnsterpartiet. SKU broke away in 1990, and had a shortlived period as an independent communist youth organization.
In 1995 APK was declared financially bankrupt by state authorities, the first political party in Sweden to suffer that fate.
Directly after the bankruptcy of APK, the core around Hagel regrouped and reconstituted their party as Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (Communist Party of Sweden). In 2000 SKU was reorganized as the party youth league. The party participates in elections under the nomenclature of Kommunisterna (The Communists).
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Election results
In the latest election, the party received 438 votes.[1]
