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Vänsterpartiet

Left Party
Vänsterpartiet
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
European Parliament
1 / 20
County councils
116 / 1,597
Municipal councils
750 / 12,780
Website
http://www.vansterpartiet.se/

The Left Party (Swedish: Vänsterpartiet, V) is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden on an ecological basis, founded in 1917 following a split from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The party has had many names throughout its history. In 1917 the party's name was Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti, SSV). It became the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921, the Left Party – Communists in 1967, and adopted its current name in 1990. Since its foundation, the party so far have never been part of a coalition government on the national level.

On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations. Moreover, the party was against accession to the European Union and wants Sweden to leave the European Union. 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.


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