Kommunistiska Partiet (Communist Party) is a political party in Sweden. 1970-1977 it was known as Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna) (Communist League Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)) and during 1977-2004 it had the name Kommunistiska Partiet Marxist-Leninisterna (revolutionärerna) (Communist Party Marxist-Leninists (the revolutionaries)).

KFML(r) was founded through a split in the pro-Beijing KFML. "(r)-arna" considered that KFML had approached reformism and was not a genuine workers' movement. In 1970 it began publishing the weekly Proletären (The Proletarian). During the 80's KPML(r) achieved representation in some munipicalities, including Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden's second largest city. The Göteborg region has always been the strongest point of KPML(r). During the period of 1970 to 1999 the party chairman was Frank Baude. Today, he's still a CC member. The current chairman is Anders Carlsson.

The 14th Party Congress, held in Göteborg January 6-8 2005 decided to change the name of the party to Kommunistiska Partiet.

The party does not participate in elections to the national nor the European parliaments. It doesn't contest national parliament elections due to tactical reasons, whereas it advocates boycott of the European parliament elections. It contest munipical elections in some municipalities;

Revolutionär Kommunistisk Ungdom (Revolutionary Communist Youth) is the youth league of the party. It was founded in 1994 as a succesor of SKU(ml) (Young Communist League of Sweden (marxist-leninists)) which existed 1972-1978. RKU publishes a magazine called Rebell.

Front organizations: In the early days of KFML(r) there was also a student wing, SKS(ml), and Solidaritetsfronten för Indokinas Folk (Solidarity Front for the People of Indochina).

Espionage against the party: KFML(r)/KPML(r), as well as other organizations close to it, was subject to political surveilance from SÄPO. (Numbers come from SÄPO's own report)

External links

• Party website
• Proletären
• Alingsås party unit
• Uppsala party unit
• Revolutionär Kommunistisk Ungdom