Communist Party of Sweden (1924)

This article is about the Swedish Communist Party, the Höglund-branch of 1924. For other parties named "Communist Party of Sweden", see Communist Party of Sweden (disambiguation).

1924 election poster. Slogan reads 'Don't let the Reaction win - vote for the candidature Workers Party - Communists (Höglund wing)'. Head candidate of the list was Adolf Malmborg.

Communist Party of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti) was a political party in Sweden led by Zeth Höglund.^[1] Höglund broke away from the main SKP in 1924, following disagreements concerning ComIntern policies and functioning. He then set up his own SKP. Höglund's SKP had around 5,000 members, and published the newspaper Den Nya Politiken.

In 1926 SKP of Höglund merged into the Social Democrats.

Höglund's SKP had a youth wing called Arbetarnas Ungdomsförbund.

References

↑ Sveriges kommunistiska parti in Nordisk familjebok, vol. 38 (1926)

External links

1924 election manifesto of the party

Swedish Communism

Parties	SSV/SKP/VPK (1919–1990) SKP Höglund branch (1924–1926) SP (1929–1948) KFML/SKP (1967–1990) MLK (1970–1983) KFML(r)/KPML(r)/Kommunistiska Partiet (1970–) APK/SKP (1977–)

Personalities	Carl Winberg Zeth Höglund Kata Dalström Karl Kilbom Hugo Sillén Nils Flyg Sven Linderot Set Persson Hilding Hagberg C.-H. Hermansson Frank Baude Lars Werner

Press	Norrskensflamman (1917–1990) Folkets Dagblad Politiken (1916–1940) Arbetar-Tidningen (1929–1974) Ny Dag (1930–1990) Proletären (1970–)

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