Fascist People's Party of Sweden (in

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: ''Sveriges Fascistiska Folkparti'') was a

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and later

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History

It was founded on 3 September 1926 by a circle around the fascist publication ''Nationen''. Its cadre was made up of members of the earlier ''Sveriges Fascistiska Kamporganisation'' ("Swedish Fascist Combat Organisation", SFKO, initially called "Sveriges Fosterländska Kamporganisation" in the start).Polisrapport om Munckska frikåren 1932
(in Swedish) Retrieved 17 September 2019. Ideologically, the party was initially strongly influenced by Italian fascism and

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, but later on, the focus was shifted towards German

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. Until 1929 the organisation used the

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as its symbol however this was later replaced with three crowns representing its support for the Swedish monarchy placed upon a white circle with a red background similar to the flag of the

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representing its shift in ideology towards Nazism. Konrad Hallgren, a former German officer, was one of the people who started the organization and also became the leader of the party. He was also involved with the secret right-wing paramilitary "

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" ("Munck's corps"). Other important members included Corporal

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and Lieutenant Sven Hedengren. It had close connections to at least one leading member of the German counter-revolutionary

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who, after the Freikorps murder of

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, had moved to Sweden. In 1929 a delegation of the party, including Hallgren and Lindholm, attended the ''Parteitag'' of

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. After the return from Germany, the party changed its name to National Socialist People's Party of Sweden (''Sveriges Nationalsocialistiska Folkparti''). On 19 January 1930 the party split, with members under Stig Bille rebelling against Hallgren and forming the

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. In 1930, the party merged with the

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. Later the same year, it merged with the

, forming the

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References

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