Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti
| Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti | |
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| Party leader | Henrik Stamer Hedin |
| founding | November 9, 1919 |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen |
| Number of members | 300 |
| Youth association | DKU (1906–1990) Ungkommunisterne (2009-) |
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International connections |
Comintern (1920–1943) International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (2002-) |
| www.dkp.dk | |
Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti ( DKP ) is the oldest communist party in Denmark . It was founded on November 9, 1919 under the name Danmarks Venstresocialistiske Parti (Left Socialist Party of Denmark). Members of Socialdemokratisk Ungdomsforbund , Socialistisk Arbejderparti and Det Uafhængige Socialdemokrati were involved . The party has had its current name since 1920.
history
Party leaders were Aksel Larsen (1932–58), Knud Jespersen (1958–77), Jørgen Jensen (1977–87) and Ole Sohn (1987–91). After that there was a collective leadership from 1991 to 2003. Henrik Stamer Hedin has been chairman since 2003 .
From 1945 to 1990 the communists published the daily newspaper Land og Folk (Eng. Land und Volk).
Before the war, the DKP was in the Folketing from 1932 to 1941 . In 1941 the communists were banned by the German occupying forces . Most of the communists were arrested and sent to German concentration camps. After the war, the DKP was represented in parliament from 1945 to 1960 and from 1973 to 1979. The number of members fell from about 60,000 in the first post-war years to below 300 today.
In 1989, the DKP formed the socialist-green unity list with Venstresocialisterne and Socialistisk Arbejderparti , which has been part of the Folketing since 1994.
Election results
Folk elections
Source: Folketingets Oplysning
Student organization
In September 1968 the first student organization in the vicinity of the DKP was founded in Århus , Danmarks Kommunistiske Studenter ( Komm.S. for short ). In 1974 a nationwide umbrella organization was created, the number of affiliated local and university groups grew quickly to 28. Between 1977 and 1982 Frank Aaen was its chairman, later a member of the Folketing for Enhedslisten . With the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the student organization also dissolved in 1989.
Known members
- Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Martin Andersen Nexø
- Ruth Berlau
- Jens-Peter Bonde
- Rudolf Broby-Johansen
- Alfred Jensen
- Hans Kirk
- Hans Scherfig
- Dea Trier Mørch
literature
- Maria Eysell: History, Program and Politics of the Danish Left . In: Hans Rühle , Hans-Joachim Veen (Hrsg.): Socialist and Communist Parties in Western Europe. Publication of the social science research institute of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung . Volume 2: Nordländer (= Uni-Taschenbücher . Vol. 762). Leske + Budrich (UTB), Opladen 1979, ISBN 3-8100-0241-0 . Pp. 201-292.
Web links
- Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti Official website of the party (Danish, English)
- Lexicon article DKP leksikon.org (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Henning Schmaltz-Jørgensen (Red.): Valg og vælgere , Chr. Erichsens Forlag, Copenhagen 1970, ISBN 87-555-0045-5 , p. 50 f.
- ↑ Enhedslisten - Om Frank ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 13, 2012
