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Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
: ''Kommunistiska Arbetsgrupperna'') was a political organization in
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. KAG was formed in January 1971, at the time of the merger of the
Bolshevik Group The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
and the Revolutionary Marxists (RM) into the League of Revolutionary Marxists (RMF). The founders of KAG wanted a less well-knit group than RMF. KAG was based in
Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
and
Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...
. In Göteborg the majority of RM, led by Göte Kildén, had joined KAG. By 1972 KAG dissolved, and by that time many of its members had joined RMF. Östber

speculates that several of the KAG members might have joined Left Party (Sweden), VPK. Political parties established in 1971 Defunct communist parties in Sweden Trotskyist organizations in Sweden 1971 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-party-stub