Kommunens Bästa - Ölandspartiet a local political party

Political party

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 in Öland

Öland

' is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 km² and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 25,000 inhabitants, but during Swedish Midsummer it is visited by up to 500,000 people...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. KBÖ is one of the older Swedish local populist parties, having had representation in the Borgholm

Borgholm

Borgholm is a city and the seat of Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 3,093 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea....

 municipality, the northern half of the island, for many years. The party is led by the controversial figure Per Lublin.

Ahead of the 2002 municipal elections KBÖ launched a list in the second municipality of Öland, Mörbylånga

Mörbylånga

Mörbylånga is a locality situated on the southern part of the island of Öland and is the seat of Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,784 inhabitants in 2005....

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In 2002 elections the party got 341 votes (4.8%) in Borgholm, winning two seats (Evert Johansson and Per Lublin). In Mörbylånga the party got 675 votes (8.0%) and four seats. In Glömminge electoral district, near the border to Borgholm, KBÖ got 19.4% of the votes (74 votes). On the other side of the municipality, at the southerhn tip of the island, the party only got 1.4% of the votes.

Lublin has claimed that he wants to turn Öland into an independent monarchy

Monarchy

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 with princess Märtha Louise of Norway

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway

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as its regent, but that is not taken as a serious demand.