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Leif Ericsson
Leader of the Sweden Democrats
In office 1988–1989Serving with Jonny Berg
Succeeded by	Anders Klarström Ola Sundberg
Personal details
Born	Leif Zeilon 1950
Nationality	Swedish
Political party	Sweden Democrats

Leif Zeilon, also known as Leif Ericsson, is a former Swedish politician, and is one of the founders of the Sweden Democrats (Swedish: Sverigedemokraterna) and Bevara Sverige Svenskt.

During the 1970s he was active in Demokratisk Allians (DA), which was a reaction to the communist demonstrations for a North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. 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 Sweden Democrats and according to some sources founded Homeland Party.

References

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

Literature

• Larsson, Stieg; Ekman, Mikael (2001). Sverigedemokraterna - Den nationella rörelsen (in Swedish). Ordfront. ISBN 91-7324-877-0.

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