Communist Party in Denmark () is a

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

. KPiD was founded in 1990, as a split from the

Communist Party of Denmark The Communist Party of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti, DKP) is a communist party in Denmark. The DKP was founded on 9 November 1919 as the Left-Socialist Party of Denmark (, VSP), through a merger of the Socialist Youth League and ...

(DKP). The founders of KPiD opposed the DKP decision (with other political fractions) to start the

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political party. KPiD can be seen as more ideologically orthodox than DKP. KPiD is one of four active

communist parties A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...

in Denmark. In recent years, attempts of the DKP, the KPiD and the KP to form a unified communist party have failed. The fourth communist party, the Workers' Communist Party (APK) refused to participate in the talks.

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1990 establishments in Denmark Communist parties in Denmark Political parties established in 1990 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties {{Denmark-party-stub

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