Communist Party of Denmark

Not to be confused with Communist Party in Denmark or Communist Party (Denmark).

Communist Party of Denmark
Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti
LeaderHenrik Stamer Hedin and Rikke Carlsson
Founded9 November 1919; 105 years ago (1919-11-09)[1][2]
HeadquartersFrederikssundsvej 64, 2400 Copenhagen NV
NewspaperArbejderbladet ("The Worker's Paper"), 1922–1941
Land og Folk ("Land and People"), 1941–1990
Skub ("Push"), 2001-2023
Kommunist ("Communist") 2023-
Youth wingCommunist Youth of Denmark (DKU) (1919–1990)
Young Communist League of Denmark (1999) (since 1999)
Young Communist League (DKU) (since 2009)da
Membership160 (2019)[3]
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationRed–Green Alliance (1989-2023)[4]
International affiliationIMCWP
Comintern (1920–1943)
ColoursRed
Party flag
Website
dkp.dk

The Communist Party of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti, DKP) is a communist party in Denmark.da The DKP was founded on 9 November 1919 as the Left-Socialist Party of Denmark (Danmarks Venstresocialistiske Parti, VSP), through a merger of the Socialist Youth League and Socialist Labour Party of Denmark, both of which had broken away from the Social Democrats in March 1918. The party adopted its present name in November 1920, when it joined the Comintern.[5]

DKP-hammer and sickle

The DKP was last represented in the Danish parliament (Folketing) in 1979. In 1989, on the initiative of the Left Socialists (VS), the DKP and the Socialist Workers Party (SAP) jointly launched a new socialist political party named the Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten).

  1. ^ "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Communist Party of Denmark". USSR. 1979. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ^ Aksel Larsen, Taler og artikler gennem 20 år (Copenhagen, 1953).
  3. ^ Nyheder (18 December 2019). "Solidaritet – Danske kommunister opgiver at danne ét parti". Solidaritet (in Danish). Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ "DKP og KPiD genforenes". Solidaritet (in Danish).
  5. ^ "Folketingsvalget 1973".