Helmer Molander

The first communist group in parliament 1922. Standing from left: Viktor Herou, Verner Karlsson, J. P. Dahlén. Sitting from left: Karl Kilbom, August Spångberg, Helmer Molander, Carl Winberg.Helmer Molander (June 26, 1892 in Ytterlännäs – August 22, 1963 in Gudmundrå) was a Swedish politician.

Politics When the Social Democratic Party was split in 1917, Molander sided with the left-wing. After a brief experience in local politics (he served as vice chairman of the Säbrå municipal council 1920–1926), Molander was elected to Parliament and Västernorrland County Council as a candidate of the Communist Party. In 1924, he represented the Communist Party of Sweden at the Fourth World Congress of the Communist International. The day after the investigatory commission reached Kramfors, the three leaders would speak at a mass rally. The meeting was disturbed by followers of the Communist Party.

Molander also represented the Social Democratic Party in parliament. As a parliamentarian, he was engaged in issues like the abolition of the bicameral system and lowering the age of suffrage. In 1928, he was included into the national party board (where he remained until 1941). In 1941, he was appointed county director, thereby resigning from all political positions.