Communist Party of Sweden (1995)

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{{Infobox political party|name=Communist Party of Sweden|native_name=Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti|logo=|founded=1995|abbreviation=SKP|chairman=[[Andreas Sörensen]]|secretary=[[Håkan Jönsson]]|leader1_title=International Secretary|leader1_name=[[Karl Gunnarsson]]|leader2_title=Treasurer|leader2_name=[[Ilya Zorkhin-Nilsson]]|newspaper=[[Riktpunkt]]|youth_wing=[[Young Communist League of Sweden]]|political_orientation=[[Communism]]
[[Marxism-Leninism]]|affiliation1_title=International affiliation|affiliation1=[[IMCWP]]|blank1_title=Book Publisher|blank1=[[FRAM]]|website=[https://skp.se| skp.se]|country=Sweden}}{{Communist Parties}}The '''Communist Party of Sweden''' ('''SKP''') is a [[communist party]] in [[Kingdom of Sweden|Sweden]] founded in 1995. It opposes [[imperialism]] and Sweden's potential membership in [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Communists save Sweden's dignity — “NO to NATO membership!”|date=2022-05-20|url=https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/05/communists-save-swedens-dignity-no-to-nato-membership.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519225718/https://www.idcommunism.com/2022/05/communists-save-swedens-dignity-no-to-nato-membership.html|archive-date=2022-05-19|retrieved=2022-05-29}}</ref>

== Timeline<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Communist Party of Sweden|title=The history of our movement|url=https://skp.se/partiet/kalendarium-om-var-rorelses-historia/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402201204/https://skp.se/partiet/kalendarium-om-var-rorelses-historia/|archive-date=2023-04-02|retrieved=2023-04-02}}</ref> ==
1848 – in the spring: The first [[Communism|communist]] societies are formed.

Dec: [[Library:Manifesto of the communist party|The Communist Manifesto]] is published in Swedish.

1881 – 6 Nov: [[August Palm]] gives the first [[Socialism|socialist]] lecture in Sweden.

1882 – March 4: The first socialist newspaper, [[Folkviljan]], begins to be published.

1886 – 27 – 29 August: [[First Scandinavian Labor Congress]] in [[Gothenburg]] declares adherence to socialism.

1888 – January 6 – 8: The [[South Swedish Labor Congress]] in [[Malmö]] adopts a [[Marxism|Marxist]] program.

1889 – April 19 – 22: [[Sweden's Social Democratic Workers' Party]] is formed.

1890 – 1 May: the first [[May demonstrations in Sweden]].

1898 – 5 – 7 August: [[The National Organization (LO)]] is formed.

1902 – May 15. [[General strike]] for democratic [[suffrage]].

1903 – March 24: [[Sweden's Social Democratic Youth League]] is formed.

1906 – October 2: The newspaper [[Norrskensflamman]] begins to be published regularly.

1907 – The Social Democratic Youth League participates in the formation of the [[Socialist Youth International]].

1908 – The first issue of the [[Stormklockan]] newspaper is published.

1909 – August 4: The general strike against [[wage]] cuts begins.

1914 – The Congress of the Social Democratic Youth League rejects the party leadership's demand for unprincipled submission and support for the [[First World War]].

1916 – March 18 – 19: The Peace Congress convenes at the initiative of the Social Democratic Youth League.

1917 – 13 – 16 May: The Social Democratic Left Party is formed at the constituent congress in Viktoriasalen, [[Stockholm]].

1918 – December 17: Universal suffrage is introduced.

1919 – March 2: [[Red Sunday]], general day of solidarity and [[propaganda]] in support of the [[Russian revolution of 1917|October Revolution]] in [[Russian Federation|Russia]] and the [[proletarian]] uprisings in other countries.

- September 29: Law on eight-hour working day is adopted by the [[Riksdag]].

1921 – March 25 – 26: The Congress of the Social Democratic Left Party adopts the [[21 conditions for joining the Communist International]] and changes the party's name to Sweden's Communist Party (SKP).

– May 14 – 15: The Congress of the Social Democratic Youth Association decides to adopt the name [[Sweden's Communist Youth Association]] (SKU).

1922 – March 12: In nationwide mass deputations, the unemployed present their demands to the government; large [[unemployment]] demonstrations.

1927 – Sweden's and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]]'s miners' [[Trade union|union]] forms a friendship and cooperation committee.

1928 – August 1: Demonstrations in connection with [[International Day of Struggle for Peace]].

1929 – January 26 – 27: The Workers' Union National Conference adopts guidelines for the fight against class collaboration and the new anti-union laws.

– 7 November: The [[Arbetartidningen]] in Gothenburg begins to be published.

1930 – January 2: The newspaper [[Ny Dag]] is published as the main organ of Sweden's Communist Party.

– March: Fierce battles against [[police]]-protected strikebreakers in [[Halmstad]].

1931 – May 14: Union workers' demonstration in [[Ådalen]] is shelled by the military. 5 workers are killed.

1932 – July: Strike, demonstrations and battles against strikebreakers in [[Klemensnäs]] and [[Sandarne]].

1933 – March 24: The Central Committee of the Communist Party proposes to the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sweden)|Social Democratic Workers' Party]] an [[Anti-fascism|anti-fascist]] united front in the fight against [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]'s [[fascism]] and for current social demands.

1936 – In the election, the Labor parties get an overall majority in the second chamber of the Riksdag.

1937 – May: [[The 10th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|The 10th Congress of the Communist Party]] addresses the issue of the fight against [[war]] and fascism and support for the [[Spanish Republic (1931–1939)|Spanish Republic]].

1939 – April 6 – 9: [[The 11th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|The 11th Congress of the Communist Party]] calls for unity in the struggle for peace and the defense of the nation.

1940 – February 28: Transport Union is introduced against the communist newspapers.

– March 3: Fascist murder and arson attack against the [[Northern Lights]], killing 5 people.

1941 – May 28: The Communist Party makes a significant declaration in the Riksdag about the protection of Sweden's freedom and national independence.

1944 – April: The Labor Movement's post-war program is adopted.

– May 6 – 9: [[The 12th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|The 12th Congress of the Communist Party]] declares its adherence to the implementation of the [[post-war program of the Labor Movement]].

1945 – February 5: Strike throughout the metal industry, lasting 5 months.

1946 – May 18 – 21: [[The 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|The 13th Congress of the Communist Party]] adopts the [[Action Program of Democracy]].

1948 – May 15 18: [[The 14th Congress of Communist Party of Sweden|The 14th Congress of Communist Party]] adopts the [[Democratic Cultural Program]].

1950 – March 16 – 19: [[The Bureau of the World Peace Council]] holds its third session in Stockholm issuing the [[Stockholm Appeal for the Prohibition of Atomic Weapons]].

1953 – 3 – 6 April: [[The 16th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|The 16th Congress of the Communist Party]] adopts the program '[[Sweden's road to socialism]]'.

1955 – The party campaigns and motions in the Riksdag against the anti-democratic trade union laws.

– 28 – 31 Dec.: [[The 17th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|17th Congress]]: Main tasks are the fight for peace and national [[self-determination]].

1957 – Advisory referendum on ATP.

– 28 – 31 Dec.: [[The 18th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|18th Congress]]: in the sign of the fight for ATP and women's interests.

1958 – New elections to the Riksdag. The party withdraws the lists in 11 constituencies to secure the majority for ATP.

- The youth association SKU merges with [[Demokratiskt ungdom]] (Democratic Youth).

1961 – 5 – 8 Jan.: [[The 19th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|19th Congress]]: program of action against big finance. Connection to the declaration from the 81-party conference in [[Moscow]]. Comprehensive campaign against [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear weapons]].

1962 – 19 February: party board statement against the [[cult of personality]], for the party's right to self-determination.

1964 – 3 – 6 Jan.: [[The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|20th Congress]]: party leader [[Hilding Hagberg]] establishes the party's character as an independent Swedish party. With [[C H Hermansson]] as newly elected chairman. begins the opportunistic adjustment to the right.

1967 – May 13 – 16: [[The 21st Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|21st Congress]]: The character of the party is the main issue. The party name is changed after compromise to the Left Party Communists. The youth association's name to [[Vänsterns Ungdomsförbund]] (VUF).

1969 – After electoral successes in 1964 and 1966, the VPK loses half the electorate (from 6.4% in 1966 to 3%).

1969 – Sept. 19 – 21: [[The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|22nd Congress]] adopts hand lens program '[[People Power]]'. The youth association splits and ceases.

1972 – Oct. 26 – 29: [[The 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|23rd Congress]]: Sharpened contradictions.

1975 – March 12 – 16: [[The 24th Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|24th Congress]]: Still sharpened contradictions. Prominent representatives of a clear communist line are maneuvered out of the party board. [[Lars Werner]] will be the new party chairman. with 162 of 236 votes.

1976 – The VPK leadership drives the party towards division through exclusions and measures contrary to the [[Constitution of the Communist Party of Sweden|constitution]].

1977 – February 29: Declaration of Communist Party Districts on the Need for a Communist Party

26 – 27 March National Conference: The Communist Party is re-established under the name The Communist Labor Party in english, Arbetarpartiet Kommunistern (APK) in Swedish.

1990 - through a coup as a result of APK distancing itself from the [[perestroika]] policy in the Soviet Union and the breakdown of socialism, a group leaves the party and takes the Norrskensflamman newspaper with them in defiance of the party's charter.

The newspaper [[Riktpunkt]] is published instead.

1995 – Nov 4-5: [[The 31st Congress of the Communist Party of Sweden|31st Congress]] decides to reclaim the name Sweden's Communist Party (SKP)

== References ==
[[Category:Communist parties]]

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