The Swedish communist reclaim the hammer and sickle

Since the communist party in Sweden was reestablished in 1977, our party has used a logo consisting of a gear, wheats and our initials. The colors have consisted in the red color of socialism, and the blue and yellow colors of Sweden. 

This logo is from another time, when our movement was heading straight into eurocommunism, when the party adapted to a place within Swedish capitalism. When the party continued down this route, the revolutionaries that were still left in the party managed to reestablish our party. In this process, the logo followed. 

Today, we can observe how the communist movement is weaker than it has been in a long time and our international movement is characterized by ideological ambiguity, and many parties have continued their adaptation, while others have been made into willing tools in the struggle between the imperialists by constantly taking the side of the “lesser evil”. 

Reality has put a great task upon the shoulders of communists and we see it as our duty to carry this task with dignity and hope for the future. 

We have now decided to do this without our old logo, and instead we have decided to continue the struggle with the clearest of communist symbols: the hammer and sickle. 

United under this symbol, millions of workers have fought and we are proud to be able to continue our struggle under the same symbol as those who have forced the wheels of history forward and made the future much more tangible. 

The Communist Party of Sweden has therefore, in an extraordinary congress on the 19th of October, decided to change our old logo, under which the communist party in Sweden was reestablished, for a new one, with the hammer and sickle. 

In the coming days, the work with replacing our old logo will commence.