Origins In 1968 the
Copenhagen-based Faroese association
Oyggjaframi had founded a branch in
Tórshavn. Whilst the Copenhagen branch continued to function as a broad socialist discussion club, a tendency emerged within the Tórshavn branch calling for the building of a
communist party on the basis of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.
Rhetoric As of 1975, Hermann Oskarsson was chairman of OFML. Initially OF(m-l) took part in the
Nordic cooperation of Marxist-Leninist parties that included
Arbeidernes Kommunistparti of
Norway,
Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna of
Sweden,
Kommunistisk Arbejderparti of
Denmark,
Marxist-Leninist Groups of
Finland, and
Einingarsamtök Kommúnista (marx-lenínistar) of
Iceland. When the
Sino-Albanian split occurred, OFML and EIK(ml) followed the
People's Republic of Albania. During its last years, OFML kept close contacts with the pro-Albanian Danish
Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti/Marxister-Leninister. ==References==