Hilding Hagberg

Karl Hilding Hagberg (28 October 1899 – 17 December 1993) was a Swedish communist politician. He was the leader of the Communist Party of Sweden from 1951 to 1964.

Hilding Hagberg

Hilding Hagberg, circa 1960
Leader of the Communist party
In office
1951–1964
Preceded bySven Linderot
Succeeded byC.-H. Hermansson
Member of the Riksdag's Second Chamber
for Stockholm Municipality
In office
1933–1952
ConstituencyVästerbotten County and Norrbotten County
Member of the Riksdag's Second Chamber
for Västerbotten and Norrbotten County
In office
1953–1964
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born(1899-10-28)28 October 1899
Gällivare parish, Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Died17 December 1993(1993-12-17) (aged 94)
Luleå, Norrbotten County, Sweden
Political partyWorkers' Party – The Communists (1977-1993)
Other political
affiliations
Communist party (1917-1977)
Picture of Hagberg c.1938

Hagberg was born in Gällivare in Norrbotten County. As a miner working in Malmberget he joined the Communist Party of Sweden in his youth. He was editor of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman from 1930 to 1935, and political editor of the Communist Party's main newspaper Ny Dag from 1943 to 1964. He was a member of the executive board of the Communist Party of Sweden from 1930 to 1964, and a member of the lower house of the Parliament of Sweden from 1933 to 1964.

As leader of the Communist Party of Sweden, Hagberg upheld a clearly pro-Soviet line. He supported the Soviet crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and he also defended the building of the Berlin Wall as "serving the cause of peace".[1]

In the municipal elections in 1962, the Communist Party hit a record low of 3.8% of the votes and critics within the party blamed this on the party's pro-Soviet line. In 1964, Hagberg was replaced as party chairman by C.-H. Hermansson. When a pro-Soviet faction broke away from the party in 1977 to form the Workers' Party - the Communists, Hagberg joined them.

Hagberg died in his home in Luleå on 17 December 1993. His memoirs, titled Jag är och förblir kommunist ("I am and will remain a communist"), were published in 1995.

References

  1. Mavi, Devrim (2008-02-11). "Flykten från historien" (in Swedish). Arena (Swedish magazine). Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Sven Linderot
Leader of the Communist Party of Sweden
1951 – 1964
Succeeded by
C.-H. Hermansson


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