Swedish Social Democratic Youth League

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Swedish Social Democratic Youth League Sveriges socialdemokratiska ungdomsförbund
Chairperson	Jytte Guteland
Secretary General	Mattias Vepsä
Founded	1917
Headquarters	Ringvägen 100 A, Stockholm
Mother party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
International affiliation	International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)
European affiliation	ECOSY - Young European Socialists
Website	www.ssu.se

The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Ungdomsförbund, abbreviated SSU) is a social democratic youth organisation in Sweden, affiliated with the Swedish Social Democratic Party and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Beginning 1.2 1930s 1.3 1940s 1.4 1950s 1.5 1960s 1.6 1970s 1.7 1980s 1.8 1990s 1.9 2000s 2 Organization 3 Presidents 4 Secretaries 5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Beginning

The Youth League established in 1917 after the former Youth League, the Social Democratic Youth (SDUF), the party divisions this year broke loose and came to form the backbone of the Swedish Social Democratic Left. That division was the Swedish word for the division between left-and right faction that social democracy across Europe feeling.Per Albin Hansson led the fight against Zeth Höglund and left wing who won a majority in SDUF at Congress 1910 which, majority, had voted to remove Hansson from the Board. The party's leadership and, above all, then President Hjalmar Branting supported Hansson, and the party's Youth League demending a loyalty statement. But Young did not accept the wording to be 'ready at all times to promote the party's activities in full compliance with the party and its subdivisions decisions', because it felt that this was intended to silence opposition within the party.

they chose to call this ultimatum for 'muzzled Charter '. Then came the split, and Young was forced to leave the party when a majority (136 votes against 42) at the party in 1917, in Brant's proposal, adopted a resolution which separated the then Youth from SAP. Left voted against.Ett new Youth League, League, formed in the Congress 27-28 October 1917 when 45 representatives meeting in Stockholm peoples houses. The participants included, among other things, Per Albin Hansson, and Gustav Moller. One of the major points in Congress was the issue of women's suffrage.

[edit] 1930s

SSU's membership grew strongly during the crisis years in the 1930s. It recognized that the members should be trained, why Bommersvik farm was bought, in order to form a union school. SSU had during this period over 100 000 members.

[edit] 1940s

It would take to the 1940s before it had a fully functioning organization in the entire country. Now approaching SSU parent party alltmer.SSU criticized Nazism hard during the 1940s. The union also helped refugees and had lectures about Nazism craime. One of the most famous lecturers on the subject of Bommersvik was Willy Brandt.

[edit] 1950s

The big question for SSU during the 1950s was whether Sweden should have nuclear weapons or not. The battle was mainly between Bertil Löfberg which was for atomic weapons and Oskar Lindkvist who were opposed. But it also drove a clear reform efforts during this time to build what was then often called folkhemmet.SSU began to push the issue of how to solve the housing crisis, and ideas about the housing policies that led to 'one million program' began to emerge.

[edit] 1960s

The presidents Ingvar Carlsson (1961-1967) and Bosse Ringholm (1967-1972) characterized this period as a time of success for Sweden, and social reforms could proceed rapidly to ever-expanding welfare. During this time, the international issues important, because it saw great injustice especially abroad. It criticized some dictatorships and wars around the world, including criticism was made Vietnam war.Den main opponent for SSU during this time was not right, but left as quickly expanded to strong. SSU felt obliged to fight for their democratic socialism. Ringholm about this time: 'An important task for SSU was to keep clean to the left and ensure that SSU is not ground into sects to the left of social democracy.' Federal Board did not agree on how to act and hence regarding the Vietnam War.

Everyone wanted to criticize the U.S., but Ingvar Carlsson and Ringholm wanted at the same time not be associated with the Communist in North Vietnam. Olof Palme, however, felt that there was no risk that SSU would misunderstood. The Board decided not to give any directives, but left it to each member / municipality / district to himself to decide whether it wanted to demonstrate with the communists or not.

[edit] 1970s

After the left wing had 'lost' several congresses in 1972, they started organizing themselves in the so-called Thursday Club. Thursday Club's name came from the c: a 40 left delegates met a Thursday in Congress in 1972 and decided to maintain contact including through political seminars until next kongress.Efter a bit scattered this group and a small group began to gather behind the newspaper offensive, which started 1973. 1976 revealed that the secret trotskistisk activities occurred within the SSU, but it would take about 4 years before we could prove it. The proof finally came when two female members independent of each other told me about it for the Board. The method of its member organizations make use of is entrism. Lars Engqvist, SSU's Presidents 1972-1978, went around in the SSU to try to get a majority for an exclusion of these people but it was difficult because the evidence was not strong enough. Under Autumn 1976 was excluded, however, 7 members.

At the Congress in 1978 enforced decisions about exclusion and now begins debate on the offensive. The question of whether they were or were not in the SSU shared federation. Lars Engqvist severely criticized Offensive in Congress. the borde shown to have a clear majority for exclustion.1975-1977 was Jerry Smith, President of the IUSY. He was the first swede to the post and was elected to Congress in Brussels in Belgien.En of the major political issues in the 1970s was nuclear energy, which would later lead to a referendum in 1980.

[edit] 1980s

in 1980, it is clear that the hidden organization exists and that it has about 100 members of the organization in 10 different departments, and three people who work full time for organisationen.chairman Mr Jan Nygren (1978-1984) spoke so here: 'It was pure James Bond story. In one of the papers, I saw my own name and a report on a conversation with me. It was about SSU's military service activities and how we would activate SSU: are in the military. Then I could understand mentally that it was not something Fuales. ' A big of exclusions came as a result of dis.Lars Engqvist and later Jan Nygren stressed that it was not trying to silence the opposition, but it was entrismen they was against.Vid Congress in 1981 so, it was established that they had to clear out trotskisterna from SSU.

At the Congress in 1981 so, it was established that they had to clear out trotskisterna from SSU. The left wing was afraid that a purge would be used as a cover of the right wing to remove those that are not liked in general. After a negotiation it did, however, on exclusions. Over 100 members were excluded after the decision. In connection with the Congress in 1981 was also the basis for a compromise between the factions in SSU then left Bo Bernhardsson won the vote on the Federal secretarial post. Chairman Jan Nygren, who was re-elected, and Bernhardsson came after some mutual distrust initially to cooperate well and fighting in the Federation calmed down. This solution was repeated at the 2005 congress when the president and secretary was taken from a separate wing in order to calm conflicts in the organization.

Mother Party came up with to exclude the same on the party's meeting in April 1982.Förutom this gave SSU also published a book, 'Entrismen in Sweden 'of the SSU: makers Anders Lidström and Henry Ohlsson, where it tried to strongly criticize the newspaper Offensive and its medlemmar.1984 Congress was elected as German President Anna Lindh. Her time as chairman was marked by peace in League and she was SSU's first female president. She received SSU to test new methods to change society, including Monday bought shares in Volvo and other large companies to make management accountable for bolagsstämmorna.1989 had the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) Congress on Bommersvik. Sven Eric Söder, was elected president of the IUSY for the years 1989-1991.

[edit] 1990s

At the 1990 Congress was elected Karl-Petter Thorwaldson to chairman. The internal fighting was not as strong, the association gathered to meet a liberal on the march.

liberal could openly engage in anti-communist security and connect all socialist parties with the Soviet Union. The right-wing election victory in 1991 reinforced this political atmosphere. One time in opposition to social democracy meant for SSU that turned on their front. 1991-1993 increased SSU's medlemsantal.I Sec (then Czechoslovakia) 1991 Roger Hallberg was elected President of the IUSY. This was because the country has never had the presidency two terms of office in rad.1994 was SSU website www.ssu.se placed on line at gången.1995 for the first Congress in Norrköping was elected Niklas Nordstrom chairman. The current conflict between the factions emerge.Right-wing on the one hand wanted to take a clear distance from communism, for example, by leaving behind the symbols and words that can be related to communism. This came largely as a result of the Soviet Union had fallen and that abuses in the eastern countries also damaged the reputation of democratic socialism. Left-wing thought that it would be contrary to the traditions within the movement. They believed that it would be a betrayal of the foundations to move that way. This created an infected battle that persist into the 2000s.

1996, the Federal distance from the Socialist newspaper (run by people active from the newspaper Offensive) and decided that membership in the association journal Socialist would be incompatible with membership in SSU.1997, at the Congress in Gothenburg, hardened the conflict. Two distinct factions emerged and vote for a Board became intense. The Election Committee could not find a compromise and vice chairman Anders Ygeman from the left was forced to leave the Board, when the post was abolished. SSU wrote now in its action that it is feminist associations.

At Congress 1999 in Västerås was a left-wing candidate, Luciano Astudillo, from SSU district skåne, very close to becoming president. After a number of our revealed irregularities between factions and a loaded Congress defeated Astudillo, however, by Mikael Damberg from Stockholm County SSU-district, with votes, 126-124.De perhaps the biggest political issues in the 1990s, the EU and EMU. SSU decided at an extraordinary congress in 1994 to say no to Swedish EU membership, but that because of the split sentences of association does not run any campaign for the referendum the same year. The union came gradually to change their route to a more positive toward the EU itself, and in 2001 the Congress about to consider positively a Swedish EMU membership, but that does not now operate any kampanj.Under several years was Lisa Pellinge Secretary-General in IUSY.

[edit] 2000s

2000 was SSU hosted the International Union of Socialist Youth's World camp that was held in Malmo with over 2000 participants from around the world. The camp was the largest Iusy organized so far. Newspaper Work in Malmo on its placard 'Youth is the world camp in Malmo', given form, singlaris.Under the 2001 Congress gave Portsmouth left falang congress participants congress room when Damberg was re-elected (no RIVAL CANDIDATE). This was a very clear signal against right-falang governance and showed the conflict seriously. What the left wing most criticized was that in principle and action programs replaced the 'democratic socialism' with 'social democracy' which we thought was too weak ideological formulation when it seemed clear that SSU was socialist. Right wing had a large majority in Congress, which meant that the right wing could get 2/3-dels majority of the Board. The emotive issue was EMU.

SU in 2002 launched his own community: www.agera.ssu.se.2002, January 21, was murdered SSU: he Fadime Sahindal of his father. It proved to be an honor killings. She had worked for equality and above all for the rights of young women with a foreign background. SSU formed in 2003 a recall fund to honor Fadime memory.2003 years of European Community Organization of Socialist Youth Congress was held in the Bommersvik. SSU won a battle against French President Youth and Anders Lindberg was elected as the first swede, the president of the Young Socialists.

At the 2003 congress in Karlstad was right falang president candidate Ardalan Shekarabi (SSU Uppland) and left Lina Afvander (SSU Jönköping). Afvander receded just before the president election in the morning on August 6 when she became the Nomination Committee's proposal, and Shekarabi was elected unanimously by Congress. For förbundssekreterare elected Sara Heelge-Vikmång (SSU Östergötland). Congress also decided, about one month before the referendum, not at all express no opinion on the Swedish introduction of the euro as valuta. In media, it has been claimed that the choice of Shekarabi would have been surrounded by some irregularities, which created some problems for the federation. Among others had money from the Development Activities used to finance Shekarabis internal election campaign. This may have been one of the factors contributing to the factions began to seek more consensus before Congress in 2005.

Shekarabis writings led to the resignation of Congress in 2005 and the establishment of a future commission that recommended the Congress to share power between right-and left falangerna. 2004 Anna Sjödin was elected Vice-President of the International Union of Socialist Youth in Budapest. 2004 drove campaign to ban the fees for shoolfood. 2005 went against the mother party when it ran the issue of refforyamnesti.

2005 revealed serious errors in SSUs members. A large number of people were in the register without having paid a membership fee. The police launched an investigation when they suspect benefit fraud because SSU received financial assistance based on their membership. After the discovery was updated records, and to Congress, the Federal forward proposals on a central members to exercise better control, so that districts could not systematic cheating. The police closed the investigation for benefit fraud because the crime could not be proved and SSU free from all. Vid acquitted of the 2005 congress board tried SSU achieve organizational unity by allowing the two factions cher the board equal. While federal leadership divided up so that the right wing got the chair Anna Sjödin and left-wing union secretarial post Mattias Vepsä.

2006 was re-elected Anna Sjödin Vice-President of the In ternational Union of Socialist Youth Congress in Esbjerg.December 2006 Anna Sjödin resigned from the presidency after being sentenced to 120 daily fine of insult, violence against officials, violent resistance and an arbitrary act. She also was sentenced to pay 5 500 kronor in damages. The post of president remained vacant until the next Congress. secretarial Mattias Vepsä was task to be SSU's spokesperson in the meantime to Congress 2007. January 2007 will be announced in the board's new figures, from 20 500 to 4 300 A key members had been introduced to prevent cheating, which led to the 's membership plummeted by over two thirds of one and a half years, and was no longer the country's largest political youth league.I May 2007 published the candidates to Congress in August.

Förbundssekreterare Mattias Vepsä was the only candidate for a federal secretary. Jytte Guteland from the Stockholm County SSU-district and counted on the right wing ways nominated for the office of Federal. Several right-district support, however, Laila Naraghi from SSU Kalmar. There was a discontent in parts of the right wing to the effect that the Stockholm County SSU-district and Jytte Guteland's other support district had handled the Inter-democracy poorly. In the spring decided a divided caucus to advocate Jytte Guteland to the Federal SSU. Aug. 8 at the Congress Jytte Guteland was elected as chairman with 131 votes against 115 for Laila Naraghi.

[edit] Organization

The members form local clubs, but also belong to a municipal organisation (SSU-kommun) that are grouped together in regional organisations, in general following the county subdivisions, with the exceptions Stockholm County (two districts: Stockholm and Stockholms Län) and Västra Götaland County (five districts: Bohuslän, Göteborg, Norra Älvsborg, Södra Älvsborg, Skaraborg).

Every second year, the national organisation holds a congress, adopting policy documents and electing a national Board. The national head office is situated in Södermalm in central Stockholm.

The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League belongs to the European socialist youth organisation Ecosy, as well as the International Union of Socialist Youth.

[edit] Presidents

• Harry Svensson (1917-1919)
• Bertil Eriksson (1919-1922)
• Rickard Lindström (1922-1928)
• Adolf Wallentheim (1928-1934)
• Torsten Nilsson (1934-1940)
• Ossian Sehlstedt (1940-1943)
• Bertil Johansson (1943-1946)
• Frans Nilsson (1946-1952)
• Bertil Löfberg (1952-1958)
• Curt Ward (1958-1961)
• Ingvar Carlsson (1961-1967)
• Bosse Ringholm (1967-1972)
• Lars Engqvist (1972-1978)
• Jan Nygren (1978-1984)
• Anna Lindh (1984-1990)
• Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (1990-1995)
• Niklas Nordström (1995-1999)
• Mikael Damberg (1999-2003)
• Ardalan Shekarabi (2003-2005)
• Anna Sjödin (2005-2006)
• Secretary Mattias Vepsä leads SSU until the congress 2007
• Jytte Guteland (2007-)

[edit] Secretaries

• Karl Hovberg (1928-1931)
• Joel Ljungquist (1931-1935(until 1/4))
• Folke Thunborg (1935(1/4)-1940)
• Bertil Johansson (1940-1943)
• Hilding Färm (1943-1948(until feb))
• Essen Lindahl (1948(6-7/3)-1949)
• Bertil Löfberg (1949-1952)
• Frans Nilsson (1946-1952)
• Bertil Löfberg (1952-1958)
• Oskar Lindkvist (1952-1955)
• Sture Hollman (1955-1958)
• Rune Molin (1958-1962(31/7))
• Sven Hulterström (1962(from 31/7)-1964)
• Thage Pettersson (1964-1967)
• Bo Toresson (1967-1969(until 31/7))
• Ulf Karlsson (1969(from 21/4)-1972)
• Christer Lindström (1972-1975)
• Håkan Bystedt (1975-1981)
• Bo Bernhardsson (1981-1984)
• Leif Linde (1984-1988(until 1/10))
• Anders Teljebäck (1988(from 1/10)-1990)
• Lars Ericson (1990-1994)
• Carin Jämtin (1994-1995)
• Pernilla Mobeck (1995-1999)
• Lena Hallengren (1999-2002(until 21/10))
• Caroline Waldheim (2002-2003(until aug))
• Sara Helge-Vikmång (2003-2005)
• Mattias Vepsä (2005-)

[edit] External links

• Official site (in Swedish)

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