Socialist People's Party (Denmark)
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Socialist People's Party
Socialistisk Folkeparti |
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| Abbreviation | SF |
| Leader | Pia Olsen Dyhr |
| Founded | 15 February 1959 |
| Split from | Communist Party of Denmark |
| Headquarters |
Christiansborg 1240 Copenhagen K |
| Ideology | Popular socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | European Green Party |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| European Parliament group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
| Colours | Red, Green |
| Folketing |
7 / 179
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| European Parliament |
1 / 13
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| Regions |
10 / 205
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| Municipalities |
116 / 2,444
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| Election symbol | |
| F | |
| Website | |
| www.sf.dk | |
The Socialist People's Party (Danish: Socialistisk Folkeparti, SF) is a green and Popular socialistpolitical party in Denmark.
The SF was founded on 15 February 1959 by Aksel Larsen, a former leader of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP). Larsen was removed from the ranks of the DKP for his criticism over the Soviet intervention in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Larsen and the new SF sought to form a third way between Denmark's United States-oriented social democracy and Soviet Union–oriented communism, which sought to combine democracy with socialism. He was joined by a large share of the members of the DKP. They all supported the idea of independence from the Soviet Union.
In the 1960 elections the party entered the Folketing with eleven seats. The DKP lost all of its six seats. In the 1964 elections the party lost one seat. During the 1960s the SF became involved in the peace movement and the movements which opposed nuclear weapons and nuclear power. It sought to "walk on two legs", by combining its parliamentary work with involvement in grass roots movements.
In the 1966 elections the Social Democrats and the SF won a combined majority in parliament, in which the SF doubled its amount of seats from 10 to 20. A Social Democrat minority government was formed, which was supported by the SF. The cooperation lasted only one year, but lead to considerable conflict within the SF: in 1967 the Left Socialists (VS) broke away from the SF. In the subsequent 1968 elections the SF lost nine seats and the VS entered parliament with four. In 1969 the party chairperson Larsen stood down, he was replaced by Sigurd Ømann.
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