Robert Mathiasson

Bengt Robert Mathiasson, born 26 February 1979 in Lund, is a Swedish politician who served as chairman of Sweden's Communist Party from 2014 until 2019. He succeeded Anders Carlsson at the 17th party congress in Gothenburg, held in 2014. He has worked as a removal man in Stockholm and as an industrial worker at a Volvo factory in Gothenburg. Mathiasson was previously chairman of Revolutionary Communist Youth between 2002 and 2004. In December 2019, Mathiasson left the Communist Party and, since 2020, he has been a columnist for a right-wing political online newspaper.

Robert Mathiasson
Robert Mathiasson speaking on International Workers' Day, 2014.
Chairman of the Communist Party (Sweden)
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Anders Carlsson
Succeeded by	Ulf Nilsson
Personal details
Born	(1979-02-26) 26 February 1979 (age 46) Lund, Sweden
Political party	Communist Party(until 2019)
Residence	Alingsås

References

• Göteborgs-Posten – Kommunistiska Partiet har fått ny ordförande
• Party homepage – ”Vi står starka inför framtiden”
• Alingsås Tidning – Mathiasson ny KP-ledare – efterlyser revolution
• Expressen – Sven Wollter rörd till tårar under hyllningen
• YouTube – Röd Front 2013 med Robert Mathiasson, Kommunistiska Partiet
• Värmlands Folkblad – Antirasistiskt möte i Naturum
• Folkbladet – Kommunister kämpar för socialistiskt samhälle
• Kommunisternas tidigare ledare – ny krönikör för Nyheter Idag