The Kilbom-led SKP held its congress prior to the Sillén-led party. At the congress there was a debate regarding the character of the party, whether to continue the system of party cells (the structure of the pre-split SKP) or whether to become a more open mass party. In the end the statutes adopted by the congress differed little from those of the pre-split SKP. Party cells remained the basic organization of the party, and in places where no cell existed a party member would be organized in the
arbetarkommun directly. However the criteria for membership were relaxed, the sole remaining criterion was activism in the base level organization. In 1930, Flyg, as an MP, put forward a motion on
separation of church and state. The motion was voted down in the Lower House. The Kilbom party merged in 1934 with a break-away group of the
Social Democrats based in
Gothenburg, led by
Albin Ström. At the time of the merger, the party changed its name to the
Socialist Party (
Socialistiska partiet). The transformation into SP also marked a break with the previous line of the party towards the
Comintern and the
Soviet Union. Initially the party had tried to persuade the Comintern to be allowed to return to the International. Gradually, however the party became more and more antagonistic toward the Comintern and the Soviet Union. The party gradually disintegrated, and many of the most prominent leaders such as Kilbom, left the party in 1937. During
World War II, their staunch anti-
Soviet line led the party to actually embrace some pro-German views (partially since the huge financial problems of the party led it to seek financial aid from
Germany). As a result of this, in 1940, a group of members that included Albin Ström and Evald Höglund broke away and formed the
Left Socialist Party. In the
elections the same year, the party lost its parliamentary representation. When Flyg died in 1943, he was succeeded as party leader by
Agaton Blom. During the final years of the war, the party continued to lose members and support, and changed its name to the
Swedish Socialist Party (
Svenska socialistiska partiet), which was outspokenly supportive of
Nazi ideology. The Swedish Socialist Party participated in the 1944 election and received 5,279 votes or 2 per thousand; they probably never reached a thousand members. The party was disbanded in 1948. The local units of the party were known as "Socialist Labour Communes" (
Socialistiska Arbetarkommuner). In terms of international contacts, the party was initially associated with the
International Communist Opposition and later with the
International Revolutionary Marxist Centre (also known as the "London Bureau"). The youth league of the party was called the
Socialist Youth League (
Socialistiska ungdomsförbundet), affiliated to the
International Bureau of Revolutionary Youth Organizations. ==Electoral results==