Left Party of Sweden
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Left Party
Vänsterpartiet |
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| Abbreviation | V |
| Leader | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Split from | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | 84, |
| Youth wing | Young Left |
| Ideology |
Socialism Feminism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | GUE/NGL |
| Colours | Red |
| Riksdag |
21 / 349
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| European Parliament |
1 / 20
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| County councils |
116 / 1,597
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| Municipal councils |
750 / 12,780
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| Website | |
| http://www.vansterpartiet.se/ | |
The Left Party (Swedish: Vänsterpartiet, V) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden on an ecological basis. The party originated as a split from the Swedish Social Democratic Party in 1917 as the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti, SSV) and became the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed Left Party – Communists and 1990 adopted its current name. The party has never been part of a government at the national level.
On economic issues, the party opposes privatizations. Moreover, the party was against accession to the European Union, and supports a Swedish exit. It advocates increased public expenditure and attempted to get Sweden to join the Non-Aligned Movement in 1980, but it did not succeed.
From 1998 to 2006, the Left Party was in a confidence and supply arrangement with the ruling Social Democrats and the Green Party. Until then, it also supported the minority government of Social Democrats and Greens in the Swedish parliament, as well as in many of Sweden's counties and municipalities.
The Left Party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance, and its single MEP sits in the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) group.
Revolutionary fervour engulfed Sweden in 1917. Riots took place in many cities. In Västervik, a workers council took control of day-to-day affairs. In , soldiers marched together with workers on May Day. In the upper-class neighbourhood of Stockholm, Östermalm, residents formed paramilitary structures to defend themselves from a possible armed revolution.
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