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	The party originates from the split of the Social Democrats in 1917, into the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti, abbr. SSV), becoming the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed to Left Party – the Communists (Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna, abbr. VPK); it adopted its current name in 1990. The Left Party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance, and its two MEPs sit in [[The Left in the European Parliament]] (GUE/NGL) group. In 2018, the party joined ”Now the People !”. It is also part of the [[European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet]]; a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism.		The party originates from the split of the Social Democrats in 1917, into the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti, abbr. SSV), becoming the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed to Left Party – the Communists (Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna, abbr. VPK); it adopted its current name in 1990. The Left Party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance, and its two MEPs sit in [[The Left in the European Parliament]] (GUE/NGL) group. In 2018, the party joined ”Now the People !”. It is also part of the [[European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet]]; a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism.
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{{Infobox political party
|name=Left Party
|native_name=Vänsterpartiet
|logo=Left Party (Sweden) logo.svg.png
|logo_size=150px
|abbreviation=V
|chairperson=[[Nooshi Dadgostar]]
|founders=Zeth Höglund Carl Winberg
|founded=May 13, 1917
|split=[[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]
|headquarters=Kungsgatan 84, [[Stockholm]]
|youth_wing=[[Young Left (Sweden)|Young Left]]
|ideology=[[Social democracy]] [[Democratic socialism]] [[Reformism]] '''Historically:''' [[Marxism-Leninism]] {{small|(until 1967)}} [[Eurocommunism]] {{small|(1967 to 1990)}}
|position=[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] '''Historically:''' [[Far-left politics|Far-left]] {{small|(until 1967)}} [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] to [[Far-left politics|far-left]] {{small|(1967 to 1990)}}
|european=[[European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet]] [[Now the People|Now the People !]]
|europarl=[[The Left in the European Parliament]]
}}
The '''Left Party''' (Swedish: Vänsterpartiet, V) is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]], [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] and [[Reformism|reformist]] [[Political party|political party]] in [[Sweden]] that claims to be [[Socialism|socialist]]. On economic issues, the party opposes privatisations and advocates for increased public expenditures. In foreign policy, the party is Eurosceptic, being critical of the [[European Union]], [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] and opposing Sweden’s entry into the [[Eurozone|eurozone]]. It attempted to get Sweden to join the Non-Aligned Movement in 1980, but did not succeed. The party claims to be eco-socialist, and supports [[Republicanism|republicanism]]. It stands on the centre-left to left-wing of the political spectrum.

The party has never been part of a government at the national level; however, it has lent parliamentary support to governments led in the [[Riksdag]] by the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party]]. From 1998 to 2006, the Left Party was in a [[Confidence and supply|confidence and supply]] arrangement with the ruling Social Democrats and the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]. Between 2014 and 2018, it supported the [[Minority government|minority government]] of Social Democrats and Greens in the Riksdag, extending this cooperation to many of Sweden's counties and municipalities; and from 2018 to 2021, until the outset of the [[2021 Swedish government crisis]], it offered passive support to the [[Löfven II cabinet]] formed under the January Agreement, though disagreeing with some of the policies mandated by the Agreement.

The party originates from the split of the Social Democrats in 1917, into the Swedish Social Democratic Left Party (Sveriges socialdemokratiska vänsterparti, abbr. SSV), becoming the Communist Party of Sweden in 1921. In 1967, the party was renamed to Left Party – the Communists (Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna, abbr. VPK); it adopted its current name in 1990. The Left Party is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance, and its two MEPs sit in [[The Left in the European Parliament]] (GUE/NGL) group. In 2018, the party joined ”Now the People !”. It is also part of the [[European Left Alliance for the People and the Planet]]; a pan-European party that supports an alternative to capitalism.

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