Stop E4 West - Culture Party (in Swedish

Swedish language

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: Stoppa E4 väst - Kulturpartiet), a political party

Political party

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 in Uppsala län, Sweden

Sweden

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. Stoppa E4 väst was founded as a single-issue party in 1994, as a reaction to the plans to expand the E4 motorway

European route E4

European route E 4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, total length . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is actually only long...

 from Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 to Gävle

Gävle

Gävle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 71,033 inhabitants in 12/31 2010. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland , having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria.-History:It is believed that the name Gävle...

. Ahead of the 1998 elections it had renamed itself Stoppa E4 väst - Kulturpartiet, and started higlighting other issues than the E4. In that election it won one seat in Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 municipality and one in Tierp

Tierp

Tierp is a locality and the seat of Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 5,377 inhabitants in 2005. There is a saying that in Tierp the birds fly upside down.-Communications:...

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In the 2002 elections the party lost all its representation. It had been unable to stop the expansion of E4.