Sven Harald Linderot (8 October 1889, in Skedevi,

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– 7 April 1956) was a

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leader. He was born Sven Harald Larsson but changed his

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to Linderot in 1918. Among party members he was also known as ''Sven-Lasse''.Sven, "Sven-Lasse" Linderot
in ''

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'', accessed 2013-08-13 Linderot became active in the

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in 1914 and he joined the left opposition at the party split in 1917, which soon became the

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. During the

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he was active in

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. Linderot was one of the leaders of the party's youth organization and in late 1921 he was sent to

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to work for the

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(Comintern). He was also editor of the party newspaper ''

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'' from 1925 to 1927. When the party split in 1929, Linderot emerged as one of the main figures in the pro-Comintern faction together with

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, which by orders of Moscow expelled a majority of the party's members, including the leadership. Linderot replaced the expelled

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as leader of the party, a position he held from 1929 to 1951. In 1939, Sven Linderot was elected to the

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() of the

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, where he had a seat until 1949.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linderot, Sven 1889 births 1956 deaths People from Finspång Municipality Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) Swedish communists Leaders of political parties in Sweden Swedish Comintern people Members of the Första kammaren