Anarchism in Sweden

Anarchists besieged by police during the 2001 Gothenburg EU summit

Anarchism in Sweden first grew out of the nascent social democratic movement during the later 19th century, with a specifically libertarian socialist tendency emerging from a split in the movement. As with the movements in Germany and the Netherlands, Swedish anarchism had a strong syndicalist tendency,[1] which culminated in the establishment of the Central Organisation of the Workers of Sweden (SAC) following an aborted general strike. The modern movement emerged during the late 20th century, growing within a number of countercultural movements before the revival of anarcho-syndicalism during the 1990s.[2]

  1. ^ Woodcock 2004, p. 366.
  2. ^ Kuhn 2009, p. 1.

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