Axel Jansson

Karl Axel Jansson (14 December 1916 – 22 June 1968) was a Swedish politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Sweden.

Jansson, born in , was the son of Johan August Jansson and Maria Matilda Andersson. He was the chairman of the Linköping branch of Verdandi 1937–1939. He was the editor of Stormklockan 1944–1950.

He became a Central Committee member of the party in 1946. In 1951 he became a political affairs editor of Norrskensflamman. He was a prominent figure in the right-wing trend inside the party leadership. He argued in favour of a gradual, parliamentary transition to socialism. Jansson lost his seat in the Executive Committee at the 1967 party congress.

Jansson died on Midsummers' Day at Vantör in 1968, at the age of 51.