Ideological orientation: Leftwing social democrats
Founded: 1940
Leader: Albin Ström
Publications: Arbetarposten (1934-1961)
Representation in parliament: No
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History: Albin Ström was a leftwing social democrat from Gothenburg (in Swedish Göteborg) that broke out of the Social Democratic Party in 1934. With him followed thousands of other social democrats from the west coast-region. The tendency of Ström founded the daily Arbetarposten (Workers' Post) and quickly unified itself with Kihlbom/Flygs "SKP". Together they formed Socialistiska Partiet. When SP, under the leadership of Nils Flyg, gradually orientated itself towards nazism, many of it's members left the party. The tendency of Ström broke out in 1940 and formed Vänstersocialistiska Partiet, after that Flyg had promoted that the SKP were to be suppressed by the state. VSP became very much centered around Ström and his group in Gothenburg. Arbetarposten became the main organ of VSP, with Ström as it's editor. When Ström died in 1963 the party was dissolved.

In 1945 a group of VSP militants, includning Evald Höglund (who later formed the trotskyist RSP) and Anton Nilsson, broke out as they thought that the party had slipped in a pro-allied direction.

Sources:
Arbetarmakt: Den svenska arbetarrörelsen och socialismen

Other related sites (not party or youth league sites):
Page about Arbetarposten from the Royal Library