United Socialists was a coalition in Gällivare

Gällivare

Gällivare is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 8,480 inhabitants in 2005. The town was founded in the 17th century...

, Sweden

Sweden

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, formed on January 10, 1988 by the Workers Association of Malmberget (MAF), the Solidarity Party

Communist Party of Sweden (1967)

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 and the International Group. In practice it functioned as a front of the latter.

FS contested the 1988 municipal elections (with the ballot name 'Förenade Socialister-nybyggare'). It got 575 votes, and Lasse Karlsson and Kjell Hansson (both from MAF) got elected. FS also contested the County Council elections in Norrbotten

Norrbotten

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, without winning any seat. In Gällivare it got 751 votes for their County Council list. Tomas Junkka of the Solidarity Party headed the list.

The Solidarity Party left FS in the fall of 1988, accusing other constituents of not respecting mutual agreements.

FS published Nybyggaren. The group was disbanded in 1990, but the core of its constituents continued to work with the Workers List