Probably the most popular
communist in
Sweden.
The Bamse comics always emphasize
equal rights and
cooperation, and Bamse (whose
dunderhonung makes him very strong) always helps those that are weaker than him. One of the recurring bad guys is Krösus Sork, a
greedy capitalist who is always
scheming on making more
profits by selling goods of poor quality etc.
When
Carl Bildt, the
conservative former
prime minister of Sweden, wore a Bamse-tie, the conservative party's youth organsition protested that he was endorsing a communist
symbol.