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The Social Democratic Labour Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Arbetareparti or SAP), is a one of the main political parties in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889, and in 1917 a split occurred when the communists and revolutionaries left to form a separate party.
Ideologically the party is Social Democratic (it is a full member of Socialist International) and has a base of blue-collar workers, intellectuals, and public sector employees. It derives much of its power from strong links with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation or LO, which represents around 90 percent of Sweden's blue-collar workers. The party programme combines a commitment to social welfare and government direction of the economy.
Currently, the party has about 165 000 members. There are roughly 2 540 local party associations around the country, as well as some 500 workplace associations.
There are a number of special, independent organisations within the Swedish social democratic movement: The National Federation of Social Democratic Women in Sweden (S-kvinnor) organise Social Democratic women. The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsf�rbund or SSU) organises the youth movement. The Social Democratic Students of Sweden (Socialdemokratiska Studentf�rbundet) organises Social Democrats at universities. The Christian Brotherhood (Broderskap) organises Christian Social Democrats.
Förbundet har sina rötter till Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet som bildades 1903.
Förbundets föregångare grundades ursprungligen 1903 under namnet Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbundet (SDUF) som ungdomsförbund till Socialdemokratiskaarbetarpartiet.
År 1917 bryter hela ungdomsförbundet och vänsterdelen av Socialdemokratiskaarbetarpartiet med partiet eftersom man inte gick med på partiledningens ultimatum att vara "redo att vid alla tillfällen främja partiets verksamhet i full överensstämmelse med av partiet och dess underavdelningar fattade beslut", eftersom man upplevde att detta syftade till att tysta oppositionen inom partiet.
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