Word: hagberg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...socialists. In split No. 3, the Kilbom Communists (after their leader, Karl Kilbom) seceded; the majority eventually returned to the Social Democratic fold, others became pro-Nazis. In 1949 there was a new splintering: Party Boss Sven Linderot was ousted by the triumvirate of Set Persson, Hilding Hagberg and Fritiof Lager. In each case, the cause of the breakup was opposition to Soviet domination of the party...
...Democrats. Persson's crime was a familiar one: he opposed Moscow's order for a revival of the old "popular front" tactics. This left Sweden's dwindling Communist Party (which is down to 20,000 members, one-third its peak postwar strength) in the hands of Hagberg and Lager-until the next split...