Workers' Communist Party (Norway)

Workers' Communist Party
Arbeidernes Kommunistparti
Founded1973 (1973)
Dissolved2007 (2007)
Merged intoRed Party
HeadquartersOslo
NewspaperKlassekampen (1973-1991)
Youth wingRed Youth
Electoral frontRed Electoral Alliance
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationICMLPO
Website
akp.no

The Workers' Communist Party (Norwegian: Arbeidernes Kommunistparti, AKP) was a Norwegian communist party (1973–2007). AKP was a Maoist party and one of two communist parties in Norway; the other was the older Communist Party of Norway which had remained pro-Soviet. The relationship between the two parties was characterized by strong hostility.

AKP was founded in 1973, as Arbeidernes Kommunistparti (marxist-leninistene). It did not participate directly in elections, but members had "activity duty", meaning that they were to work for the party's goals – passive members were not accepted. The precise number of its members is unknown.[1] On 22 February 2006, the party opened some of its archives to the public, in a move the party argued was to hit out at all the rumours surrounding the party.

It was a predecessor of the current party the Red Party, founded on 10 March 2007.