- Laholm Party
Infobox_Swedish_Political_Party
party_name = Laholm Party
party_name_swedish = Laholmspartiet
party_
leader = Jan Norrman
foundation =2002
ideology = Local interest
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headquarters = Humlegången 1B,Laholm
website =Laholm Party (in Swedish: "Laholmspartiet") a local
political party inLaholm ,Sweden . LP is one of many local parties that surged after the downfall of New Democracy. [ [http://www.hallandsposten.com/artikel.asp?oid=134088 Hallandsposten - Lokala nyheter i Halmstad, Laholm och Hylte ] ] LP was founded in2002 by Elver Åkesson, the last person in Sweden to be elected as a municipal councillor of behalf of New Democracy, Bengt Johansson and Svend Nielsen. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?artikel=1037886&ProgramID=128 Sveriges Radio - Grundare hoppar av Laholmspartiet - sr.se ] ]In the
2002 municipal elections LP got 382 votes (2.8%) and one seat in the municipal council.Party president is Jan Norrman since December
2004 . Norrman succeeded Åkesson, who resigned as party president and municipal councilor after accusations of misuse of party funds. Åkesson's seat in the council was taken over by Bertil Johansson. [ [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/halland/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=518176 Ny ordförande för Laholmspartiet - sr.se ] ]In the 2006 municipal elections the party got 647 votes (4.6%) and two seats. [ [http://www.laholm.se/l_templates/L_PageFull.aspx?id=3266 Laholms Kommun - Slutgiltigt valresultat ] ] After the 2006 elections the party entered into cooperation with the
Sweden Democrats regarding distribution of committee seats. [ [http://mobil.sr.se/site/index.aspx?offset=0&artikel=1026817&unitid=128 Sverigedemokrat i skolnämnden i Laholm - SR Mobil ] ] Svend Nielsen left the party in November 2006.References
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