Leif Zeilon

{{short description|Swedish politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Leif Ericsson

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|office = Leader of the Sweden Democrats

|term_start = 1988

|term_end = 1989{{Cite web|url=http://sverigedemokraterna.se/vart-parti/partiets-historik-i-kronologisk-ordning/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100501195943/http://sverigedemokraterna.se/vart-parti/partiets-historik-i-kronologisk-ordning/|archive-date = 2010-05-01|title = Sidan finns inte}}

|predecessor =

|alongside = Jonny Berg

|successor = Anders Klarström
Ola Sundberg

|birth_name = Leif Zeilon

|birth_date = 1950

|birth_place =

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Sweden Democrats

|alma_mater =

|occupation =

|profession =

|website =

|footnotes =

|children =

|partner =

|nationality = {{flag|Sweden|name=Swedish}}

}}

Leif Zeilon, is a former Swedish politician, and is one of the founders of the Sweden Democrats ({{langx|sv|Sverigedemokraterna}}) and Bevara Sverige Svenskt.[http://www.sdkuriren.se/expo.php?action=fullnews&id=1783 SD:s ideologiska rötter] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818145819/http://www.sdkuriren.se/expo.php?action=fullnews&id=1783 |date=2010-08-18 }}, SD-Kuriren 2002-02-01 {{in lang|sv}}Larsson & Ekman 2001, p. 56ff

During the 1970s he was active in Demokratisk Allians (DA), which was a pro democracy group opposing the communist demonstrations supporting a North Vietnamese invasion of South Vietnam. In 1988 he was one of the founders as well as the leaders of the populist party Sweden Democrats and wrote its program. In 1995 he left Sweden Democrats and according to some sources founded Homeland Party, later renamed the Conservative Party.Larsson & Ekman 2001, chapter 7