Communist Party (Sweden)

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Kommunistiska Partiet
Leader	Anders Carlsson
Founded	1970
Headquarters	Fjärde Långgatan 8B, Gothenburg
Political ideology	Marxism-Leninism
International affiliation	None
Colour(s)	Red
Website	www.kommunistiskapartiet.org
See 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 Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna), abbreviated KFML(r)) and during 1977-2004 it had the name Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries) (Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna), 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 Proletären (The Proletarian). In 1977 the a group known as the Communist Workers' League of Sweden broke away from KPML(r).

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. Today, he's still a CC member. 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 contest munipical elections in some municipalities;

Its supporters include actor Sven Wollter.

Contents 1 Front organizations 2 Espionage against the party 3 Electoral results 4 External links

[edit] Front organizations

In the early days of the party, the pro-KFML(r) fractions of the United FNL Groups (DFFG) and the Swedish Clarté League broke away and set up the Solidarity Front for the People of Indochina and Clarté (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).

[edit] Espionage against the party

KFML(r)/KPML(r), as well as other organizations close to it, was subject to political surveillance from SÄPO. (Numbers come from SÄPO's own report)

Year:	No. of registered individuals:
1980	1499
1985	2012
1990	1943
1995	1819
1996	1618
1997	1561
1998	1346

[edit] Electoral results

Municipality:	Votes 2002:	% 2002:	Seats 2002:	Votes 1998:	% 1998	Seats 1998:
Alingsås	204	0,9%	0	164	0,77%	0
Gislaved	1099	6,5%	3	1545	8,96%	4
Göteborg	4296	1,54%	0	3797	1,44%	0
Helsingborg	427	0,6%	0	-	-	-
Jönköping	328	0,44%	0	-	-	-
Karlshamn	2092	10,8%	6	2469	12,71%	7
Kristianstad	308	0,68%	0	177	0,4%	0
Lysekil	429	4,6%	2	414	4,44%	2
Malmö	477	0,32%	0	319	0,22%	0
Stockholm	511	0,1%	0	765	0,17%	0
Uppsala	451	0,4%	0	196	0,17%	0
Växjö	301	0,6%	0	-	-	-

[edit] External links

• (Swedish) Kommunistiska Partiet - Official site
• (Swedish) The Proletären magazine

Political parties in Sweden
Represented in the Riksdag (349)	Social Democrats (130) | Moderate Party (97) | Centre Party (29) | Liberal People's Party (28) | Christian Democrats (24) | Left Party (22) | Green Party (19)
Represented in the European Parliament (19 out of 732)	Social Democrats (5) | Moderate Party (4) | Christian Democrats (2)* | June List (2)* | Left Party (2) | Centre Party (1) | Feminist Initiative (1)** | Green Party (1) | Liberal People's Party (1)** *Three MEPs were elected for the June List, but one defected to Christian Democrats. **Two MEPs were elected for the Liberal People's Party, but one defected to Feminist Initiative.
Minor parties:	Sweden Democrats (2.93%) | Pirate Party (0.63%) | Senior Citizen Interest Party (0.52%) | Health Care Party (0.21%)