The (''Kommunistiska Partiet'') is a
Marxist-Leninist Political Party in
Sweden .
1970 -
1977 it was known as the (''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). During the 80s 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 .
The party does not participate in elections to the
National nor the
European Parliament s. 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;
In the early days of the party, KFML(r) set up a youth organization (
SKU(ml) ), a students organization (
SKS(ml) ) and a front for solidarity work with
Vietnam ,
Solidaritetsfronten För Indokinas Folk (Solidarity Front for the People of Indochina). Both SKU(ml) and SKS(ml) were disbanded, as the party itself consisted mainly of young people.
In
1994 the party again launched a youth organization,
Revolutionary Communist Youth (RKU).
Its supporters include actor
Sven Wollter .
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)
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