Carl Zeth "Zäta" Konstantin Höglund was a Swedish politician, anti-militarist, author, journalist and mayor of Stockholm.
Zeth Höglund in 1953
Höglund, wearing his student cap, graduating from high school in 1902
"Ned med vapnen!": "Down With Weapons!"; "Fred med Norge!": "Peace with Norway!".
Zeth Höglund speaking to workers in Stockholm on the day of his release from prison.
The Left Party is a socialist political party in Sweden. On economic issues, the party opposes privatisations, and advocates for increased public expenditures. In foreign policy, the party is Euroscep
Zeth Höglund
…which supported the Bolsheviks in Russia and worked for the aim of a communist revolution in Sweden. This new party would soon become the (original) Communist Party of Sweden (SKP) and still exists today as the Left Party. In 1916, the left socialists launched their own newspaper, Politiken, in which they wrote and published…
First Communist Party group in the Second Chamber of the Swedish parliament in 1922. Standing from left: Viktor Herou, Verner Karlsson, J. P. Dahlén. Sitting from left: Karl Kilbom, August Spångberg, Helmer Molander, Carl Winberg.