Anders Carlsson (politician)

Anders Carlsson
Chairman of the Communist Party
In office
1999–2014
Preceded byFrank Baude
Succeeded byRobert Mathiasson
Personal details
Born (1951-01-24) 24 January 1951
Hisingen, Gothenburg
PartyCommunist Party
Residence(s)Ringön, Gothenburg

Anders Carlsson (born 24 January 1951) is a Swedish politician and former chairman of the Communist Party[1] from 1999 until 2014. Carlsson's mother was one of Sweden's first kindergarten teachers and his father was a sailor and later on a sea captain.[2]

In 1969 he was elected member of KFML and in 1972 he was employed by the newspaper Proletären. He has been working for the party ever since.[2]

He got his first file in the Swedish Security Service's archive in 1968, after participating in a study circle on Marxism.[3]

References

  1. ^ Communist Party: Partistyrelsen. Retrieved 21 March 2010 (in Swedish)
  2. ^ a b ""Det är missnöjet som är revolutionärt"".
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: FRA Demonstration – Anders Karlsson (kp) – via YouTube.