Lars Werner

Lars Werner (right) with Erich Honecker, 1974

Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician.^[1]^[2]

Werner was born in Stockholm. He was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1965 to 1994.^[2] A construction worker by profession, he was elected vice chairman of the Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK) ("the Left Party - Communists") in 1967, and became party chairman in 1975. During his time as party leader, he worked to distance the party from the Soviet Union, a process that had been started by his predecessor as party leader, C.-H. Hermansson. In 1990, VPK changed its name to Vänsterpartiet ("the Left Party"), removing the term "Communists". Werner resigned as party leader in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman.^[1]

Werner died from heart problems in 2013, at the age of 77.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Lars Werner är död". Dagens Nyheter. 2013-01-12. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
1 2 "Lars Werner". www.ne.se (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 2016-10-26.

"Lars Werner (V)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Sveriges riksdag. Retrieved 2010-05-10.

Preceded by C.-H. Hermansson	Leader of the Swedish Left Party - Communists 1975—1993	Succeeded by Gudrun Schyman

Swedish Communism

Parties	SSV/SKP/VPK (1919–1990) SKP Höglund branch (1924–1926) SP (1929–1948) KFML/SKP (1967–1990) MLK (1970–1983) KFML(r)/KPML(r)/Kommunistiska Partiet (1970–) APK/SKP (1977–)

Personalities	Carl Winberg Zeth Höglund Kata Dalström Karl Kilbom Hugo Sillén Nils Flyg Sven Linderot Set Persson Hilding Hagberg C.-H. Hermansson Frank Baude Lars Werner

Press	Norrskensflamman (1917–1990) Folkets Dagblad Politiken (1916–1940) Arbetar-Tidningen (1929–1974) Ny Dag (1930–1990) Proletären (1970–)

Communism Portal

Left Party

Party leaders

Party leader	Winberg & Höglund Åström & Kilbom Höglund Kilbom Höglund Kilbom Linderot Hagberg Hermansson Werner Schyman Hoffmann (acting) Ohly Sjöstedt

Party secretary	Forsberg Hammar Kvist Mikaelsson Ohly Zethraeus Ahlsten

Parliamentary group leader	Lars Bäckström Alice Åström Hans Linde

In office

Never been in government¹

Press

Flamman (since 1906)
Ny Dag (1930–1990)
Arbetar-Tidningen (1929–1974)
Vänsterpress

Associates

Young Left
Left Students League
Left Party LGBT Network
Socialist Pioneers of Sweden

History, ideology och cooperation

¹On several occasions the Left Party has collaborated with Social Democratic governments

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 71376954

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