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)). Image File history File links Vänsterpartiet. ... Lars Ohly Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (born January 13, 1957) is a Swedish politician and known as a communist. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...   (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. ... Socialism refers to a broad array of doctrines or political movements that envisage a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to social control. ... Feminism is a collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies largely motivated by or concerned with the liberation of women. ... The Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) is a green and socialist political party at the European level founded in Reykjavík on February 1, 2004. ... GUE-NGL logo The European United Left–Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ... Red may be any of a number of similar colours at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... 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. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... 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. ...

On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. Moreover, the party opposes Swedish membership of the European Union and advocates increased public expenditure. Privatization (alternately denationalization or disinvestment) is the transfer of property or responsibility from the public sector (government) to the private sector (business). ...

From 1998 to 2006, Vänsterpartiet was in an arrangement with the ruling Social Democrats and the Greens and until 2006 supported the Social Democratic minority government in the Swedish parliament, as well as in many of Sweden's counties and municipalities. The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. ... The Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna) is a political party in Sweden. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when no political party has won a majority of seats in the parliament, typically by the party that does have a plurality. ... The parliament building from outside. ... A county, or län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden. ... The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden. ...

The Left Party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance. The Nordic Green Left Alliance (NGLA) is a green and socialist political party at the European level founded in Reykjavík on February 1, 2004. ...

History

1910s

1917 Revolutionary fervour engulfed Sweden. Riots took place in many cities. In Västervik a workers council took control of day-to-day affairs. In Stockholm soldiers marched together with workers on May Day. In the upper-class neighbourhood of Stockholm, Östermalm, residents formed paramilitary structures to defend themselves from a possible armed revolution. Västervik Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town of Västervik (pop. ...   (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. ... May Day is May 1, and refers to any of several holidays celebrated on this day. ... Östermalm (IPA: ) is a 2. ...

The Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (SSV) was founded following a split in the Social Democratic Party. The new party was mainly founded by the youth league under the leadership of Zeth Höglund. SSV was a broad-based socialist party, encompassing many leftist tendencies. The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Swedish: Arbetarepartiet-Socialdemokraterna, commonly referred to as Socialdemokraterna; literally, Workers Party the Social Democrats and Social Democrats) is a political party in Sweden. ... Young Left (Ung Vänster) is the youth organisation of the Swedish Left Party. ... Zeth Zäta Höglund (1884 – 1956) was a Swedish Communist politician. ...

In 1919 SSV became a founding member of the Communist International. A small section of the party left in protest. The first edition of Communist International, journal of the Comintern published in Moscow and Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) in May 1919. ...

1920s

In 1921 in accordance with the 21 theses of the Comintern, the party name was changed to Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (Communist Party of Sweden). Liberal and non-revolutionary elements were purged. They regrouped under the name SSV. In total 6000 out of 17000 party members were expelled. The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Vänsterparti (The Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (1921)) When SSV approved the 21 thesis of the Communist International and thus changing name to SKP (Communist Party of Sweden) in 1921, an anti-ComIntern minority were expelled and founded their own SSV. This SSV existed between 1921 and...

In 1924 Zeth Höglund, the main leader of the party splits. Höglund was displeased with the development in Moscow after the death of Lenin, and he founded his own SKP, independent from the Comintern. Around 5000 party members followed Höglund. Zeth Zäta Höglund (1884 – 1956) was a Swedish Communist politician. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин  listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a... In 1924 there was a split in Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (Communist Party of Sweden). ... The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including...

On January 23-January 24, 1926, SKP organized a trade union conference with delegates representing 80 000 organized workers. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In 1927 SKP organized a conference of De Arbetslösas Landsförening (National Association of the Unemployed), and called for the abolition of the Unemployment Commission (AK).

In 1929 a major split, the largest in the history of the party, took place. Nils Flyg, Karl Kilbom, Ture Nerman, all MPs and the majority of the party membership were expelled by the Comintern. The expelled were called Kilbommare and those loyal to Comintern were called Sillenare (after their leader Hugo Sillén). Out of 17300 party members, 4000 sided with Sillén and ComIntern. Locally conflicts erupted over control of party offices and property. In Stockholm the office of the central organ, held by the Kilbommare, was besieged by ComIntern loyalists. In Göteborg fist-fights erupted in a clash over control of the party office. Effectively, the Kilbom-Flyg factions continued to operate their party under the name of SKP, soon renamed Socialistiska partiet. Notably, they took with them the central organ of the party, Folkets Dagblad Politiken. SKP started new publications like Ny Dag and Arbetar-Tidningen. Nils Flyg (1891 – 1943) was Swedish Communist politician who turned pro-nazi during World War II. Nils Flyg, the young communist, with his wife Elsa Ströberg Nils Flyg was born and raised in Södermalm, a working-class area of Stockholm. ... Karl Kilbom (1885 – 1961) was a Swedish Communist politician. ... Ture Nerman, passport photo Ture Nerman (May 18 , 1886 – October 7, 1969) was a Swedish Communist politician, and as a journalist and author, he was one of the most well-known political activists in his time. ... Hugo Sillén Hugo Sillén (1892 - 1971) was a Swedish Communist politician. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... Party Flag A split in the Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (The Communist Party of Sweden) in 1929 resulted in the formation of a parallel communist party, led by Karl Kihlbom and Nils Flyg. ... Politiken, later named Folkets Dagblad - Politiken was a Swedish Communist newspaper that existed from April 1916 to August 1940. ... March 28, 1940 edition of AT Arbetar-Tidningen (Workers Newspaper) was a communist newspaper from Göteborg, Sweden, published 1929-1974. ...

Under Sillén's leadership the party adhered to the 'Class against Class'-line, denouncing any co-operation with the Social Democrats. Sven Linderot, a dynamic young leader, become the party chairman. Sven Linderot (1889 - 1956), nickename Sven-Lasse was a Swedish Communist leader. ...

1930s

1932 SKP election poster, expressing the 'Class against class' line of the Swedish Communists at the time

The infamous Ådalen shootings of unarmed demostrating workers take place in 1931. This development leads to increased labour militancy and new life to the crisis-ridden SKP. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1067x1477, 456 KB) Summary Communist Party of Sweden electoral poster from 1932. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1067x1477, 456 KB) Summary Communist Party of Sweden electoral poster from 1932. ... The Ã…dalen shootings, also known as the Ã…dalen riots (in Swedish: Skotten i Ã…dalen) was a series of events in and around the Swedish town of Ã…dalen, in Kramfors Municipality, in May 1931. ...

In 1936 the Spanish Civil War begins. SKP and its youth wing sent a sizeable contingent to fight in the International Brigades. In total around 500 Swedes took part in the brigades, out of them the large majority were communists. A third would never return to Sweden. Simultaneously, an extensive solidarity work for the Spanish Republic and the people of Spain was organized in Sweden. Combatants Spanish Republic Soviet Union Nationalist Spain Italy Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco Casualties Hundreds of thousands The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939, was a conflict in which the Francoists or Nationalists, led by... Flag of the International Brigades. ...

During the 1930's the party was rebuilt, as the Kilbom-Flyg party crumbled, the party base was enhanced. By 1939 SKP had 19 116 members.

1940s

The 1939-1945 Second World War was a difficult time for the party. The party was the sole political force in Sweden supporting the Soviet side in the Finnish Winter War, which was frequently used as a pretext for the repression against the party. The party supported Soviet military expansion along its Western border. On July 26, Ny Dag, the main party organ wrote; "The border states have been liberated from their dependence of imperialist superpowers through the help from the great socialist worker's state".^[1] Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Winter War (also known as the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. As a consequence, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations on December 14th. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...

Moreover, the party supported the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Central Committee adopted a declaration in September 1939, which read; "The ruling cliques in England and France have in fear of Bolshevism, in their badly hidden sympathy for Fascism, in fear of workers power in Europe, refused to enter into an agreement with adoptable conditions for the Soviet Union to effectively crush the plans of the warmongers. They have supported the refusal of Poland to accept the Soviet help. The Soviet Union has thus, in clear accordance with its consequent politics of peace, through a non-aggression pact with Germany sought to defend the 170-million people of the first socialist state against Fascist attacks and the bottomless misery of a world war." ^[2] Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ...

When Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, SKP took a neutralist stand. In an article in Ny Dag, the German take-over in Norway was described as a "set-back for the British imperialism".^[3]

Following orders by the German legation in Stockholm, several repressive measures were taken by the Swedish government against the party. The main publications were effectively banned (they were banned from transportation, meaning it was illegal to carry the SKP newspapers by any form of vehicle). Key cadres of the party and youth league were detained in camps, officially as a part of their military service. In total 3500 persons were interned at ten different camps, the great majority of them were communists.[1] Many party activists went underground, including the party chairman. A complete ban on the party was discussed in government circles, but never became effective.^[4]   (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. ...

Wartime SKP election poster

In 1940 the office of the regional party organ in Norrbotten, Norrskensflamman, was bombed. Five people, including two children, were killed. This constitutes the bloodiest terrorist act in modern Swedish history. One of the main culprits behind the attack, Paul Wretlind, was a regional leader of the Liberal Party in Stockholm. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (474x677, 122 KB) Summary Communist Party of Sweden electoral poster 1942. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (474x677, 122 KB) Summary Communist Party of Sweden electoral poster 1942. ... Norrbotten is the name of an unofficial Province (landskap) in Sweden, originally a part of Västerbotten, which gradually grow apart from Västerbotten after the creation of Norrbotten County in 1810. ... Flamman (meaning The Flame) is a Swedish socialist newspaper. ... Folkpartiet Liberalerna is a liberal party in Sweden. ...

During the war the largest co-ordinated police action in Swedish history took place against the party. 3000 policemen took part in raids on party offices and homes of party members all over the country. However, the raids failed to produce any evidence of any criminal activity of the party.

The party actively supported resistance struggles in Norway and Denmark. In northern Sweden, party-affiliated workers stole dynamite from mines and smuggled them to the Norwegian resistance. In other parts, the party gave shelter to antifascist refugees.

As the military fortunes of the Third Reich turned sour, the party regained a strong position in Swedish politics. In the parliamentary elections of 1944 SKP got 10.3% of the votes. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

In 1945 there was a nation-wide metalworkers strike, led by SKP.

In the 1946 municipal elections SKP got 11.2% of the votes. Party membership reached its historical peak, 51 000. These developments, along with developments in the international arena and new Soviet policies of peaceful co-existence, led the party to initiate a readjustment of its role in Swedish politics. The electoral gains strengthened the perception that the party would be able to come to power within the parliamentary framework. Likewise the idea of a 'united front' with the Social Democrats gained ground in the innerparty debate. The trade union policy of the party was changed towards a less conflictive position towards the Social Democracy within the trade union movement. These changes met with some resistance in the party ranks. Peaceful coexistence was a theory developed during the Cold War among Communist states that they could peacefully coexist with capitalist states. ...

However, the onset of the Cold War became a difficult challenge to the party. The electoral gains of the postwar years would not last long. The prime minister Tage Erlander declared the intention to turn 'every trade union into a battlefield against the communists'.[2] Communists were purged from the trade union movement. However, the party continued its development of the united front strategy. For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... (June 13, 1901, Ransäter, Sweden - June 21, 1985, Huddinge, near Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish politician. ... LO logo The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige or LO) is an umbrella organisation for sixteen Swedish trade unions that organise blue collar workers. ...

1950s

In the 1952 parliamentary by-elections elections in Jämtland and Kristianstad the party had decided to withdraw their lists, in order to ensure that the Social Democrats would not lose the elections. The party leadership argued that communists had to make an effort to "ensure a labour majority in the Riksdag". Moreover, the two concerned counties were electoral districts where it was highly unlikely that any communist MP would be elected. However, the leftist minority within the party (led by Set Persson) saw the new line as a capitulation to the Social Democrats. (help· info), is a historical province or landskap in the center of Sweden. ... Kristianstad County, or Kristianstads län, was a County of Sweden until 1997 when it was merged with Malmöhus County to create the county of SkÃ¥ne. ... In voting systems, tactical voting (or strategic voting) occurs when a voter misrepresents his or her sincere preferences in order to gain a more favorable outcome. ... The parliament building from outside. ... Set Persson (1897-1960) was a Swedish communist leader. ...

Another issue concerned the youth league. The party took an initiative to create a broadbased youth movement, looking at similar developments in countries like Finland. In 1952 Democratic Youth (Demokratisk Ungdom) was founded as a broad youth movement, parallel to the existing Young Communist League of Sweden. The hardliners saw this as dilluting the political character of the youth movement.

An issue of high symbolic importance was the decision of the party to promote joint May Day rallies with the Social Democrats. Yet another issue was the decision of the party to give financial support to the "labour press", which was essentially in the hands of the Social Democrats. May Day is May 1, and refers to any of several holidays celebrated on this day. ...

In 1951 Hilding Hagberg was elected party chairman. Hilding Hagberg (1899 - 1994) was a Swedish Communist politician from Malmberget. ...

The intraparty polemic reached its peak at the 1953 party congress. Persson fiercely exposed his criticism, particularly towards the new party chairman Hagberg, whom he branded as an opportunist. Persson was in turn accused of being an egoist, and of wanting to divide and damage the party. Criticism was delivered towards Persson by Knut Senander and Nils Holmberg, who said that Persson had to be held accountable for lack of political orientation and anti-party actions. Interestingly, both Senander and Holmberg were considered as being part of the leftist section of the party, but on this occasion they appeared as the most firebrand defenders of the party line. Only a handfull of delegates defended Persson, and those who did clearly highlighted that they did not fully share Persson's critique of the line of the party leadership. In a highly emotional conclusion of the debate, Persson declared his resignation from the party in a speech to the congress. After his departure a purge was carried out against Persson's followers within the party, out of whom several were expelled. Nils Gösta Holmberg (1902-1981) was a communist leader in Sweden. ...

When Josef Stalin died the same year the party organized a memorial function, which was addressed by C.H. Hermansson. (Russian, in full: Ио́сиф Виссарио́нович Ста́лин [Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin]; December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953... Carl-Henrik Hermansson (December 14, 1917-) is a Swedish politician. ...

When the Hungarian revolt broke out in 1956, internal party debate surged on what stand the party should take. In the end, the party leadership chose to support the official Soviet line.

1960s

VPK poster demanding abolishment of VAT on food, a high-profile issue of VPK during the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1964 C.H. Hermansson was elected party chairman. Hermansson came from an academic background, unlike previous party leaders. Hermansson initiated a change in the political direction of the party towards Eurocommunism and Scandinavian Popular Socialism. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1042x1427, 164 KB) Summary VPK poster (Sweden). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1042x1427, 164 KB) Summary VPK poster (Sweden). ... vat can be a type of barrel used for storage. ... Carl-Henrik Hermansson (December 14, 1917-) is a Swedish politician. ... Eurocommunism was an attempt in the 1970s by various Western European communist parties to develop a theory and practice of social transformation that was more relevant in a Western European democracy. ... Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centered on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. ... Popular Socialism (Danish: Folkesocialisme) is a distinct Scandinavian socialist current. ...

Ahead of the 1967 party congress a heated debate take place. Several distinct tendencies were present. One section wanted to transform the party into a non-communist party, on the lines of the Danish SF, and thus proposed that the party should change its name to Vänsterpartiet (Left Party). Another section, largely based amongst the trade union cadre of the party, wanted to maintain the communist character of the party and the fraternal bond to the CPSU. The former party leader Hagberg, who was associated with the pro-Soviet grouping, tried to launch the name Arbetets Parti (Party of Labour), as a compromise. The party leadership came up with another compromise, and the party name was changed to Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK, Left Party - the Communists). VPK continued on the Eurocommunist course, but with a loud pro-Soviet minority grouped around Norrskensflamman. In addition there was a small pro-Chinese group led by Bo Gustafsson and Nils Holmberg, that left the party to form KFML at the time of the congress. The youth wing broke away, eventually forming MLK. External link Socialistisk Folkeparti - Official site Categories: Danish stubs | Danish political parties | Socialist parties ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian... Bo Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. ... Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (Communist League Marxists-Leninists) was formed at the 1967 party congress of VPK, when a pro-Chinese group left the party. ... Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet (Marxist-Leninist Struggle League), full name Marxist-leninistiska kampförbundet för Sveriges kommunistiska parti (m-l) (Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l)), was formed in 1970 by Vänsterns Ungdomsförbund (Left Youth League), the youth organization of VPK...

In 1968 VPK was the first Swedish party to publicly condemn the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia. The party organized a demonstration outside the Soviet embassy in Stockholm, which was addressed by Hermansson. This disapproval of Soviet aggression was an exception among the Western communist parties. The party line on Czechoslovakia irritated the pro-Soviet minority.

In the municipal elections of 1968, VPK received 3,8% of the votes, the lowest electoral result of the party in the post-war era. Lacking a functioning youth and students wing, the party was unable to capitalize on the international surge of youth radicalism.

At the onset of protests against the U.S. war in Vietnam, VPK launched the Swedish Vietnam Committee. The Committee raised the demand 'Peace in Vietnam' and appealed for all-party unity on the issue. The Committee was rapidly outmanouvered by the United FNL Groups (DFFG), and organization led by KFML that was actively supporting the armed struggle of the FNL. Soon, VPK left the Swedish Vietnam Committee and many members became active in DFFG. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (Communist League Marxists-Leninists) was formed at the 1967 party congress of VPK, when a pro-Chinese group left the party. ... FNL is an abbreviation which can refer to: Front de Libération Nationale, or National Liberation Front in Algeria The IATA airport code for Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport in Colorado Friday Night Live is a game show featuring housemates of the Big Brother television program. ...

1970s

1975 VPK-KU May Day poster

In 1970 the youth wing was refounded as Kommunistisk Ungdom (KU). Image File history File links Vpkku1975. ... Image File history File links Vpkku1975. ... May Day is May 1, and refers to any of several holidays celebrated on this day. ...

In 1972 the party shifted towards a more leftist position with the adaptation of a new party programme. The neoleninist tendency emerged as an important section of the party.

In 1975 Lars Werner was elected party chairman. The runner-up candidate was Rolf Hagel of the pro-Soviet group. Werner was elected with 162 votes at the party congress. Hagel got 74 votes. Lars Werner (July 25, 1935-) is a Swedish politician. ...

In February 1977 the pro-Soviet minority left the party, and founded APK. The founder of APK took with them the newspaper Norrskensflamman and two MPs (Hagel and Alf Löwenborg). Between 1500-2000 VPK members joined APK.^[5] Flamman group, an orthodox pro-Soviet section with Vänsterpartiet 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. ...

At the party congress in 1978 a section of the party proposed the adoption of a 'Manifest for Democracy'. The proposed text included several passages which criticized on the human rights situation in Eastern Europe. The delegation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, attending the congress as a fraternal delegation, lodged a formal complaint and threatened to withdraw from the congress. In the end the Manifest was not adopted by the congress. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the Russian...

1980s

In 1980 VPK was active in the "No"-campaign in the plebiscite on Nuclear Power. A nuclear power station. ...

1990s

New logo adopted in 1990

In 1990 VPK changed its name to Vänsterpartiet ((v), Left Party) and ceased to be a communist party. Image File history File links Left_Party90. ... Image File history File links Left_Party90. ...

In 1993 Werner resigned. Gudrun Schyman was elected party chairman. Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ...

In the 1994 parliamentary elections the party receives 6.2% of the votes. The prolonged electoral crisis of the party was thus ended. The influence of the party started to grow, especially amongst the youth. In the same year the party was active in the "No"-campaign in the plebiscite on joining the European Union.

Having passed through a period of severe crisis, the party began to regain public support during the mid-1990s. In retrospect, the main factor behind this shift was not caused by the party itself but by the fact that the Social Democrats had moved considerably towards the right during the preceding years, which had alienated much of its traditional votebank.

At the 1996 party congress, the party declares itself as feminist. Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...

In 1998 the party did its best parliamentary election ever, getting 12% of the votes nationwide. Following the elections the party entered into an arrangement with the Social Democrats and started to support the government from outside. The Swedish Social Democratic Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti, commonly referred to as Socialdemokraterna), is the largest political party in Sweden. ...

2000s

In the 2002 parliamentary elections the voteshare of the party dropped to by 3% to a total of 8.3%. Simultaneously the Social Democrats regained 3%. Results of the general election to the Riksdag, the parliament of Sweden, held Sunday September 15, 2002. ...

2002 electoral poster

In 2003 Schyman resigned following tax irregularities. Ulla Hoffmann took over as interim leader. Image File history File links VP6. ... Image File history File links VP6. ... Ulla Hoffmann Ulla Hoffmann (born 1942) is a Swedish Left Party politician. ...

The 2004 party congress elected Lars Ohly as the new party chairman. In the end of the year Schyman left the party, becoming a parliamentary independent. Lars Ohly originally called himself a communist, but retracted that statement later. Lars Ohly Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (born January 13, 1957) is a Swedish politician and known as a communist. ...

In the same year, a two-part documentary on the party was broadcasted on the SVT show Uppdrag Granskning. The documentary focused mainly on the international relations of party during the post-war era. Following the broadcast, debate surged once again concerning the relations of the party with the ruling parties in the former Socialist Bloc.^[6] Sveriges Television- Swedish Television Ford Special Vehicle Team Supraventricular tachycardia Samozaryadnaya Vintovka Tokareva, a WW2 semi-automatic rifle Categories: Disambiguation ...

On July 19, 2006, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter revealed that former top spy Stig Bergling had joined the party. July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... â–¶(?) (DN) (Swedish: lit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the September 2006 election, the Left Party got 317,228 votes (5.8%; in 2002: 8.4%) and therefore 22 Riksdag seats (previously 30). A general election was held in Sweden on September 17, 2006 to elect members to the Riksdag. ...

Splits

During its history, there has been several splits of various significance:

• 1919: a group opposed to joining ComIntern leaves the party.
• 1921: a group refusing to go along with the name-change to SKP is expelled. They form their own party, called SSV.
• 1924: Zeth Höglund splits, and forms his own SKP.
• 1929: Leader Karl Kilbom and the majority of the party are expelled by the Comintern. Kilbom forms a parallel SKP.
• 1956: Set Persson forms the Communist Labour League of Sweden.
• 1967: Pro-China elements form KFML.
• 1977: Pro-Moscow wing breaks away, forms Workers Party - Communists
• 2004: Gnesta branch disassociates itself from main party, forms Vänsterdemokraterna.

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Election results

% of votes by year:

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2002 municipal election results, colors indicating voting percentage.
Yellow shades are ranges between 2%-10%. Red colors are from 10% and up.

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Voter base

Below is a table based on surveys conducted by Göteborg University concerning the profile of the voters of the party. Numbers indicate the percentage of that particular sector that voted for the party. The entire report can be found at [3] Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ...

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Party Leaders

• Carl Winberg, 1917
• Zeth Höglund, 1917, 1919-1924
• Ernst Åström, 1918
• Karl Kilbom, 1918, 1921-1923
• Nils Flyg, 1924-1929
• Sven Linderot, 1929-1951
• Hilding Hagberg, 1951-1964
• C.-H. Hermansson, 1964-1975
• Lars Werner, 1975-1993
• Gudrun Schyman, 1993-2003
• Ulla Hoffmann (acting), 2003-2004
• Lars Ohly 2004-

Carl Winberg (1867 – 1954) was a Swedish Communist leader. ... Zeth Zäta Höglund (1884 – 1956) was a Swedish Communist politician. ... Karl Kilbom (1885 – 1961) was a Swedish Communist politician. ... Nils Flyg (1891 – 1943) was Swedish Communist politician who turned pro-nazi during World War II. Nils Flyg, the young communist, with his wife Elsa Ströberg Nils Flyg was born and raised in Södermalm, a working-class area of Stockholm. ... Sven Linderot (1889 - 1956), nickename Sven-Lasse was a Swedish Communist leader. ... Hilding Hagberg (1899 - 1994) was a Swedish Communist politician from Malmberget. ... Carl-Henrik Hermansson (December 14, 1917-) is a Swedish politician. ... Lars Werner (July 25, 1935-) is a Swedish politician. ... Gudrun Schyman Gudrun Schyman (born June 9, 1948) is a Swedish politician. ... Ulla Hoffmann Ulla Hoffmann (born 1942) is a Swedish Left Party politician. ... Lars Ohly Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (born January 13, 1957) is a Swedish politician and known as a communist. ...

See also

• Ung Vänster
• Vänstern i Svenska kyrkan
• Referenda in Sweden

• ABF

Young Left (Ung Vänster) is the youth organisation of the Swedish Left Party. ... Left-wing in the Swedish Church (in Swedish: Vänstern i Svenska kyrkan) is a nominating group of consisting of members of the Left Party that work within the Church of Sweden. ... Since the introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden six referendums have been held. ... ABF, short for Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund (The Workers Enlightenment League) is the Swedish educational section of the workers movement. ...

Publications

• Blekinge Folkblad (1943-1957)
• Bohustidningen  (1946-1948)
• Borås Folkblad (1943-1957)
• Dalarnes Folkblad (1917-1925)
• Dalarnes Folkblad (1940-1956)
• Folkviljan (1942-1957)
• Folkviljan (1980-1989)
• Gästriklands Folkblad (1921-1922)
• Hälsingekuriren (1919-1923)
• Kalmar Läns-Kuriren (1923-1942)
• Norra Småland (1918-1923)
• Norrlandskuriren (1922)
• Norrskensflamman (1906-1977)
• Piteåbygden (1920)
• Röda Röster (1919-1930)
• Skånes Folkblad (1918-1922)
• Smålandsfolket (1940)
• Örebro Läns Arbetartidning (1940-1956)
• Örebro Läns Folkblad (1919-1920)
• Övre Dalarnes Tidning (1917-1920)

References

• United States Department of State - Sweden

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External links

• Vänsterpartiet (Swedish)
• Election material in English
• The Swedish Parliament: The Left Party