Communist Party (Sweden)
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Template:Infobox Swedish Political Party The Communist Party (Kommunistiska Partiet) is a 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. "(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). During the 80's 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;
The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Communist Youth.
Front organizations: In the early days of KFML(r) there was also a student wing, SKS(ml), and Solidaritetsfronten för Indokinas Folk (Solidarity Front for the People of Indochina).
Espionage against the party
KFML(r)/KPML(r), as well as other organizations close to it, was subject to political surveilance 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 |
Election 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 | - | - | - |
External links
- Template:Sv icon Kommunistiska Partiet (http://www.kommunistiskapartiet.org/) - Official site
- Template:Sv icon The Proletären magazine (http://www.proletaren.se/)