Feminstiskt Initiativ

This political party was formed in the mid 00’s by those who thought that Sweden wasn’t moving as quickly as it should when it came to women’s rights. So far, they haven’t had much success in neither local, national nor European elections and are not in parliament. There have been a couple of interesting schisms along the way, perhaps most notably when one of the founding members, Susanne Linde, resigned. She claimed that one of the other members of the executive committee, Tiina Rosenberg, had called her a “middle class hag” who was a “gender traitor” for having sex with men instead of being homosexual.

Some claim that left-wing extremists have hijacked the party and their current leader, Gudrun Schyman, is the former leader of the communist Left Party. They are also famous for burning 13000 dollars (!) in a publicity stunt, aimed at highlighting the differences between men and women’s pay. This made some onlookers wonder if women really should be allowed to handle any money at all. Want to see what it looks like when you burn more than ten thousand dollars? Go right ahead.