Communist Party of Sweden (SKP)
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The name Communist Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti, abbreviated SKP) has been used by several political parties in Sweden:
- Left Party (Sweden), known as the Communist Party of Sweden between 1921 and 1967
- Communist Party of Sweden (1924), split off by SKP leader Zeth Höglund in 1924 (which later merged with the social democrats in 1926)
- Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929), 'Kilbommarna', which evolved from a parallel SKP created when the majority of the SKP were expelled from the Communist International in 1929
- Communist League Marxist-Leninists (Sweden), called the Communist Party of Sweden between 1973 and 1987
- Communist Party of Sweden (1995), name used since 1995 by the group previously known as the Workers' Party - the Communists (APK)
- Communist Party of Sweden (Takman), a short-lived party founded by party veteran John Takman when APK folded in 1995
- Communist Party of Sweden (1995) (III),another group, led by Sten Gunnarsson, Jonas af Roslagen and Ingvar Lööv, that emerged out of APK in 1995