Christian Social Responsibility (CSR, Kristet Samhällsansvar) was a

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organization that was founded in the mid-1950s in Sweden. The goal of the organisation was to get

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politicians placed high up on the voting papers of the Swedish political parties. CSR had a grassroots network of active members across the entire nation and produced their own material. CSR formed the origin of the current Swedish party, the

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. The chairman of the organisation was Centre Party voter and bishop Sven Danell.

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, a pentecostal pastor and later one of the founders of the

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was another founder and vice chairman. Birger Ekstedt, later to become the chairman of the Christian Democratic Party, was the secretary of the organisation.

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