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}}{{Infobox Political Party

| name = Common Course

| native_name = Fælles Kurs (Arbejderpartiet Fælles Kurs)

| logo = Logo of the Common Course.png

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| colorcode = red{{party color|Common Course}}

| leader = [[Preben Møller Hansen]]

| split = [[Communist Party of Denmark]]

| merged = [[Communist Party of Denmark]]

| foundation = 1986

| dissolved = 2001

| headquarters = CopengahenCopenhagen

| ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Euroscepticism]]

| position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] to [[far-left politics|far left]]

| international =

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| country = Denmark

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'''Common Course''' ({{lang-langx|da|Fælles Kurs, Arbejderpartiet Fælles Kurs}}) was a [[political party in Denmark]], which held 4 seats in the [[Folketinget|Danish parliament]] from 1987–1988.

[[File:1987 Danish Folketing.svg|thumb|1987 Danish Folketing, Common Course, (Fælles Kurs) 4 seats.]]

[[File:1988 Danish Folketing.svg|thumb|1988 Danish Folketing, Common Course, (Fælles Kurs) 0 seats.]]

[[File:1990 Danish Folketing.svg|thumb|1990 Danish Folketing, Common Course, (Fælles Kurs) 0 seats.]]

==History==

Common Course was officially founded in 1986,<ref>{{cite book|title=Western Europe 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA132|accessdate=8 May 2016|date=30 November 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-152-0|page=132}}</ref> but it was built on several factions of the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] which were planning for the emergence of a new party as early as 1979. The party's leader was [[Preben Møller Hansen]], writer, cook, and leader of the [[Danish sailorsSeamens' unionUnion]], who was expelled from the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] in 1979. He was known for his outspoken way of expressing himself, frequently using [[swearwordsswear words]], making broad generaliwationsgeneralizations and [[anti-elitism|anti-elitist]] statements. The party itself gathered both communists and left-wing socialists, united in an inveterate struggle against [[Denmark and the European Union|Denmark's membership]] of the [[European Communities]]. The party's official immigration policy was quite restrictive, contrary to other parties on the left. It actively supported communist regimes in the [[Soviet Union]], [[Cuba]], and [[North Korea]], as well as Colonel [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]] in [[Libya]], and was a collective member of organisations supporting these nations.

In the [[1988 Danish parliamentary election|1988 parliamentary election]], the party achieved 1.9% of the votes, thereby failing to pass the 2% [[election threshold]]. In an attempt to regain parliamentary representation, Common Course started cooperating with [[Mogens Glistrup]]'s right-wing [[Progress Party (Denmark)|Progress Party]], causing many members to fleedesert. The attempt failed, the party was dissolved in 2001, and members were recommended to join the [[Communist Party of Denmark]] instead (which later merged into the [[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]] in 1991).

Former member of Danish parliament [[Line Barfod]] ([[Red-Green Alliance (Denmark)|Red-Green Alliance]]) was a former member of Common Course, and was chairperson of its youth wing in the years 1984–1985, before the actual formation of the party.

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[[Category:Political parties established in 1986]]

[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 2001]]

[[Category:Syncretic political movementsparties]]