Carl Natanael Carleson (1865–1929), often referred to as C.N. Carleson, was a Swedish

socialist Socialism is an economic ideology, economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse Economic system, economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes ...

politician and political writer.Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (1927): ''Carl Natanael Carleson''
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, Carleson became a radical participant of the working-class movement. From 1888 he wrote frequently in different socialist papers under the

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''Spartacus''. "C. N. Carleson"
in ''Svenskt författarlexikon 1. 1900-1940 A-Ö''. Esselte aktiebolag, Stockholm 1942, p. 131 Carleson became a prominent leader in the

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and sided with the left-wing in the party split of 1917, and joined

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, Ture Nerman,

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and Karl Kilbom as one of the leaders in what developed into the Communist Party of Sweden. However, he never fully agreed to the most radical communist policies and retired from politics in 1923 after internal disputes within the party.

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