C.-H. Hermansson

{{Short description|Swedish politician (1917–2016)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = C.-H. Hermansson

| honorific-suffix = SKP

| image = CH Hermansson.jpg

| imagesize = 220px

| caption = C.-H. Hermansson at a Young Left convention in May 2003

| office = Leader of the Left Party Communists

| term_start = 1964

| term_end = 1975

| predecessor = Hilding Hagberg

| successor = Lars Werner

| parliament2 = Swedish

| term_start2 = 1963

| term_end2 = 1985

| constituency_MP2 = Stockholm Municipality

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1917|12|14}}

| birth_place = Bollnäs, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|26|1917|12|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| profession = Politician

| party = Left Party Communists

| otherparty =

| website =

}}

Carl-Henrik "C.-H." Hermansson (14 December 1917 – 26 July 2016){{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/ch-hermansson-har-avlidit/ |title=CH Hermansson har avlidit |work=Dagens Nyheter |date=27 July 2016 |language=sv}} was a Swedish politician who served as chairman of the Communist Party of Sweden (during his leadership renamed the Left Party – Communists) from 1964 to 1975 and member of parliament from 1963 to 1985. He was a major force in redirecting Left Party policies away from Moscow loyalism towards Eurocommunism and Scandinavian Popular Socialism.{{cite encyclopedia|title=C H Hermansson |encyclopedia=Nationalencyklopedin |language=Swedish |location=Malmö |publisher=NE Nationalencyclopedin AB}} He wrote several books regarding capitalism and the owners of the large corporations, as well as on communists and the policies of the left.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

At the time of Joseph Stalin's death in 1953, Hermansson praised Stalin as a brilliant scientist and a great leader. He subsequently regretted this and referred to his own words about Stalin as reprehensible.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/han-sa-hogt-vad-manga-partiledare-mumlat-tyst/ |last=Eriksson |first=Karin |title="Han sa högt vad många partiledare mumlat tyst" |date=27 July 2016 |language=sv}}