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Leif Zeilon

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Leif Ericsson
Leader of the Sweden Democrats
In office
1988–1989[1]
Serving with Jonny Berg
Succeeded byAnders Klarström
Ola Sundberg
Personal details
BornLeif Zeilon
1950 (age 7576)
PartySweden Democrats

Leif Zeilon, is a former Swedish politician, and is one of the founders of the Sweden Democrats (Swedish: Sverigedemokraterna) and Bevara Sverige Svenskt.[2][3]

During the 1970s he was active in Demokratisk Allians (DA), a right-wing pro-democracy group supporting the United States in the Vietnam War. In 1988 he was one of the founders as well as the leaders of the populist party Sweden Democrats and wrote its program. In 1995 he left the Sweden Democrats and according to some sources founded Homeland Party, later renamed the Conservative Party.[4]

References

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  1. "Sidan finns inte". Archived from the original on 2010-05-01.
  2. SD:s ideologiska rötter Archived 2010-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, SD-Kuriren 2002-02-01 (in Swedish)
  3. Larsson & Ekman 2001, p. 56ff
  4. Larsson & Ekman 2001, chapter 7

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