Vänsterpartiet

The Left Party or Vänsterpartiet is a political party in Sweden. The Left Party, formerly the Communist Party, is today a party which expresses some of the traditional values of the social democrats but which also is focused on the environment and opposes Swedish membership in the European Union. Their voter base consists mainly of public sector employees, journalists, and former social democrats.

Vänsterpartiet

Current Leader	Ulla Hoffman
Founded	1917
Color	red
Symbol	Sweet-William
Political ideology	post-communist
Election results	8.3 % (2002)
Seats in Parliament	30 (349)
In Government	-

Table of contents

1 Party leaders 2 References 3 External links

Party leaders

• Carl Winberg, 1917
• Zeth Höglund, 1917, 1919-1924
• Ernst Åström, 1918
• Karl Kilbom, 1918, 1921-1923
• Nils Flyg, 1924-1929
• Sven Linderot, 1929-1951
• Hilding Hagberg, 1951-1964
• C H Hermansson, 1964-1975
• Lars Werner, 1975-1993
• Gudrun Schyman, 1993-2003
• Ulla Hoffman (acting), 2003-

See also: Parliament of Sweden, Elections in Sweden

References

• United States Department of State - Sweden

External links

• Vänsterpartiet - Official site