Feministiskt initiativ
Leader	Gudrun Schyman Devrim Mavi Sofia Karlsson (spokespersons)
Founded	April 3, 2005 1
Headquarters
Political ideology	Radical feminism
International affiliation	None
European affiliation
European Parliament group
Colour(s)	Pink
Website	www.feministisktinitiativ.se
See also the politics of Sweden series

Feminist Initiative (Swedish: Feministiskt initiativ, abbreviated Fi or F!) is a political party in Sweden. The party was formed (from a previous pressure group of the same name) in 2005 and announced on 9 September 2005 that it would put up candidates for the 2006 parliamentary elections in Sweden. According to preliminary reports, they got around 1% of the votes, 4% being the limit to enter the riksdag. One of the foundation of the party's policy platform is the concept called könsmaktsordning (literal translation: Gender Power Hierarchy), a term used within Swedish feminism for the belief that women are systematically and structurally subordinated to men. This concept is also endorsed by the ruling Social Democratic party. Image File history File links Feministiskt_initiativ. ... Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that views womens oppression (or patriarchy) as the basic system of power upon which human relationships in society are arranged. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Politics of Sweden takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Sweden is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... An advocacy group, interest group or lobbying group is a group, however loosely or tightly organized, doing advocacy: those determined to encourage or prevent changes in public policy without trying to be elected. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Swedish parliamentary election of 2006 will be held on 17 September, 2006 to elect members to the Riksdag of Sweden. ... The Riksdag or Sveriges Riksdag is the Parliament of Sweden. ... Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerned with the experiences of women. ... Social Democratic Party may refer to: Afghan Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Albania) Social Democratic Party (Andorra) Social Democratic Party of Austria Brazilian Social Democracy Party Social Democratic Party (Central African Republic) Social Democratic Party of Croatia Czech Social Democratic Party Socialdemokratiet, Denmark Social Democratic Party (East Timor) Social...

The founding of the pressure group

The original pressure group was presented at a press conference[1] in Stockholm on April 4, 2005. The announcement was preceded by a large number of rumours of a new feminist party. In particular, the rumours were concerned with the growing feminist movement around Gudrun Schyman, a former leader of the Swedish Left Party and at that time independent member of the Riksdag. At the press conference the founding members stressed that Fi was not yet a political party. The question on whether or not to stand for elections was postponed until further notice. Stockholm panorama from the City Hall (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... The Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party - Communists (Vänsterpartiet kommunisterna; (vpk)). On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. ...

The founding of the political party

Following the introduction of the pressure group, things happened quickly. Six days later the Fi website announced that the association now had more than 2500 members. Regional and local groups of Fi were announced on the website regularly. Fi's first annual national conference was to be held in Örebro on the 9 September - 11 September 2005 and some 200 motions were submitted. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The inaugural assembly gathered some 350 members (still lacking a formal structure the participants choose to regard themselves as independent members rather than delegates from regions or local groups). The agenda included three major decisions: the establishing of a political party, formulation of a party agenda and organisational matters (notably a decision on chairperson). On 9 September 2005 the decision was taken to organise as a political party and stand for the parliamentary general election 2006. Media also focused attention on what came to be called "the decision to campaign to abolish marriage" and the current state-recognised cohabiting partnerships, and instead introduce a new Cohabitation Act (Swedish: sammanlevnadsbalk) which would encompass a new legal status for private relationships between more than two people, irrespective of gender, thereby possibly opening up for polygamy. In reality, the decision was to enlarge the marriage law, so as to include any form of voluntary cohabitation. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern a society, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Regarding the organisational matters, the conference decided to appoint three executive committee members as their spokespersons (Swedish: talesperson). So far it has, however, not been made clear to the public what the powers and functions of these spokespersons are. It was also decided that men can hold offices within Fi, upon which two men were elected to the executive committee.

Interest from the media has been unusually keen, and mostly negative. Government money for feminist research projects has been questioned and Professor Tiina Rosenberg has been accused of plagiarism. The accusation against Tiina Rosenberg goes back to a review of her book "Byxbegär" ('Wearing the trousers') written by professor emeritus Ingeborg Nordin Hennel in 2000. Hennel showed that Rosenberg had nearly verbatim copied several passages from a book written by two other academics without providing sufficient references or marking the passages as quotations.[2][3] After a review of the errors in the book, Rosenberg's faculty at the Stockholm University deemed the matter unnecessary to investigate further, but Rosenberg nevertheless stepped down from the executive committee of Fi in the same month, citing the media attention and criticism directed toward her research and person as the reason, claiming to be the target of a deliberate antifeminist campaign instigated by right-wing lobbyists.[4] Tiina Rosenberg (born 1958 in Helsingfors, Finland) is a Swedish leftish politician who is a member of the feminist party Feminist Initiative. ... Stockholm University, or Stockholms universitet, is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... An antifeminist is one who opposes feminism. ...

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Internal criticisms

On the 23 August 2005 one of the key, high-profile founders, Ebba Witt-Brattström, announced that she was leaving the party's executive committee, citing teamwork problems as the reason, but also stating that Fi was primarily pursuing a far-left political agenda, and therefore not representing all women. She has since become a regular critic of the party in the media.^{[citation needed]} On 13 September 2005 another of the 15 founding members of the Executive Committee, Susanne Linde, resigned from the party. Linde was the only member of the founding group who had previously been active in a right-of-centre political party, the Liberal People's Party. She gave as her principal reason the treatment she had received from another committee member Tiina Rosenberg, who, among other claims, had criticised her for being a heterosexual, and calling her a "middle class hag". Linde was unhappy with Rosenberg's "reverse homophobia". Witt-Brattström claimed Rosenberg had called her a "gender traitor" for having sex with men.^{[citation needed]} Tiina Rosenberg herself later left the Executive Committee, but not Fi, after death threats to herself and her children, and perceived harassment from the media. August 23 is the 235th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (236th in leap years), with 130 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ebba Witt-Brattström (born 1953) is one of Swedens leading feminist critics. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Party of Sweden (in Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna, abbreviated fp, meaning Peoples Party the Liberals) is a political party in Sweden. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ...

Defection to the F!

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The first Executive Committee

The first Execuitve Committee included Ann-Marie Tung, Anna Jutterdal, Cecilia Chrapkowska, Gudrun Schyman, Helena Brandt, Lotten Sunna, Maria Jansson, Monica Brun, Monica Amante, Sandra Andersson, Sandra Dahlén, Sofia Karlsson and Tiina Rosenberg. Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... Lotten Sunna, member of the Feminist Initiatives temporary board of directors 4 April 2005 until the congress of September 10. ... Tiina Rosenberg (born 1958 in Helsingfors, Finland) is a Swedish leftish politician who is a member of the feminist party Feminist Initiative. ...

The Executive Committee elected

• Gudrun Schyman, Fi party Spokesperson, independent member of the Riksdag
• Devrim Mavi, Fi party Spokesperson, journalist and editor
• Sofia Karlsson, Fi party Spokesperson, student of political science
• Monica Amante, (student on leave) letter carrier
• My Brottom, trained nurse
• Lourdes Daza-Gillman, artist and former engineer
• Carl-Johan Folkesson, telemarketing salesperson
• Maria Hagberg, project coordinator
• Mattias Hansson , PhD-student
• Maria Jansson, university researcher and lecturer in political science
• Anna Jutterdal, university research assistant
• Kristina Niva, occupation unknown
• Lotten Sunna, journalist
• Kerstin Staver, teaching IT and web design
• Stina Sundberg, administrative director

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External links

• Feministiskt initiativ (Swedish)
• F! folder in English

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