Communist Party of Denmark
Communist Party of Denmark Danmarks Kommunistike Parti | |
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| Abbreviation | DKP |
| Founded | 9 November 1919 |
| Headquarters | Frederikssundsvej 64, 2400 Copenhagen NV |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth of Denmark (1919) (1919–1990) |
| Membership | 160 (2019)[1] |
| Political orientation |
Liberalism Revisionism |
The Communist Party of Denmark, (Danish: Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti) is a Revisionist party in Denmark. The party was formed as a Communist party but in the 1970s the party went through reforms which deviated from Marxism-Leninism. The party has since been trying to get into mainstream politics but has not been successful.
History
Establishment
The party was formed in 1919 and participated in the 2nd Comintern Congress in 1920, the party approved of the requirement to change it's name to the "Communist Party of Denmark", prior to that it's name was the "Socialist Labour Party of Denmark".
The Communist Party during world war 2
In 1932 the party participated and got 1.1% of the vote and won 2 seats in the Danish Parliament (folketinget), it would be the first time the party would get any representation. It would increase to 1.9% in 1935 as working conditions would get harsher during this time period in Denmark. In 1939 the party would get 2.4% of the vote, but Denmark would get occupied by Nazi Germany in on the 9th of April 1940, the party was still legally allowed to participate in elections, but 300 communists were arrested by the police on the 22nd of June 1941, following the German invasion of the Soviet Union the party was outlawed.
The party would resist the occupation and was one of the primary parties in the Danish resistance movement, following the collapse of the national unity government, the DKP, along with other non-socialist resistance forces, became the informal government of the country.