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3 unusual facts about Communist Party of Denmark


Communist Law

The Communist Law or The Law on Prohibition Against Communist Associations and Communist Activities was a piece of Danish legislation passed on August 22, 1941 which banned the Communist Party of Denmark and other communist parties and organisations in Denmark.

Communist Party of Denmark

DKP fell out of parliament once again in the 1979 Folketing election, and suffered several high-profile defections in the waning years of the Soviet Union, including from party Chairman Ole Sohn, who was expelled in 1991 and later join the Socialist People's Party.

After the liberation of Denmark, on 5 May, 1945, the first Communist Minister was inducted into the new liberation government, when Alfred Jensen was made Minister for Traffic.



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