Socialist Party (Socialistiska partiet). The party's supporters were generally called Kilbommare after Kilbom while the Comintern affiliated Communist Party members were called Sillénare after their party leader Hugo Sillén. The first couple of years, the Kilbom-Party was much bigger than the official Communist Party. Kilbom also managed to keep control over the communist daily Folkets Dagblad Politiken. 1931 was the year of the Ådalen Massacre, when the Swedish military opened fire on a demonstration of strikers, killing five workers. Kilbom wrote in Folkets Dagblad Politiken, calling the Swedish conservative government of Carl Gustaf Ekman a murder regime. For this “slander”, Kilbom was sentenced to two months in prison to be served at Långholmen, but he was eventually pardoned due to lung disease. Back to social democracy In 1937, Karl Kilbom was expelled from the Socialist Party, as the leadership was taken over by Nils Flyg. Later, during World War II, Nils Flyg turned the remnants of the party into a pro-Nazi organization as he sided with Hitler in the war against Stalin. But by then, most members of the party had already left together with Kilbom. In 1938, Karl Kilbom rejoined the Swedish Social Democratic Party. Kilbom became very active as a leader within the Folkets hus movement. During World War II, Kilbom fully supported the Swedish coalition government under the leadership of Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson. Works Karl Kilbom wrote many political pamphlets and a huge number of articles in different papers. Kilbom's three volume autobiography, published 1953–1955, is called: Ur mitt livs äventyr (My Life’s Adventure) I hemligt uppdrag (On Secrete Mission) Cirkeln slutes (The Circle is Completed) Kilbom has also written many books on the history of the Walloon People's immigration to Sweden and their typical trades. References Kan, Aleksander. Hemmabolsjevikerna. Falun: Carlssons bokförlag, 2005. () Kilbom, Karl. My Life’s Adventure. (autobiography vol. 1.) Stockholm: Tidens förlag, 1953. Kilbom, Karl. On Secrete Mission. (autobiography vol. 2.) Stockholm: Tidens förlag, 1954. Kilbom, Karl. The Circle is Completed. (autobiography vol. 3.) Stockholm: Tidens förlag, 1955. 1885 births 1961 deaths Executive Committee of the Communist International Swedish communists Leaders of political parties in Sweden Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929) politicians Swedish sailors Swedish memoirists Swedish trade unionists Swedish autobiographers 20th-century memoirists Swedish people of Walloon descent