Albin Ström

Albin Ström (1892 in Ånimskog – 1962) was a

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politician from

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. As a young

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, Ström joined

Zeth Höglund Carl Zeth "Zäta" Konstantin Höglund (29 April 1884 – 13 August 1956) was a leading Swedish communist politician, anti-militarist, author, journalist and mayor (''finansborgarråd'') of Stockholm (1940–1950). Höglund can be credited as the ...

in 1917 when the party was split in two, as Höglund's radical left-wing was expelled. The left-wing soon formed the Swedish Communist Party, but in 1923 Ström left the CP and rejoined the Social Democratic Party. From 1928 Albin Ström was member of the

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, first as a

, then as a member of the Kilbom Communist Party, and from 1940 as party leader for the Left Socialist Party. 1892 births 1962 deaths People from Åmål Municipality Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Swedish communists Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub