Editing Gudrun Schyman (section)

==Founder of the Feminist Initiative==
Schyman left the Left Party in 2004, and in 2005 co-founded [[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]] (Fi), an organization which at its first congress decided to contest the coming parliamentary elections. [[Jane Fonda]] supported her in 2006, during the party's campaign prior to the [[2006 Swedish general election]]. Fi received only approximately 0.7% of the vote, well below the 4% threshold required for parliamentary representation. In the [[2009 European Parliament election in Sweden]], the party received 2.22% of the vote.<ref name=Europa>{{cite web |title=Val till Europaparlamentet - Röster |url=http://www.val.se/val/ep2009/slutresultat/rike/index.html |publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)]] |language=sv |date=June 11, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812001407/http://www.val.se/val/ep2009/slutresultat/rike/index.html |archive-date=August 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the summer leading up to the [[2010 Swedish general election]], Schyman burned 100,000 [[Swedish krona]] in a protest against unequal pay in Sweden. The stunt, staged by advertising collective [[Studio Total]], gave Fi widespread attention;<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10526907 | work=BBC News | title=Swedish feminists burn cash in wage equality protest | date=July 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=makthavare |url=https://makthavare.com/gudrun-schyman-branner-100000/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |language=sv-SE}}</ref> however, the party received only 0.4% of the vote in the election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Val till riksdagen - Röster|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html |publisher=Election Authority (Sweden)|language=sv|date=September 23, 2010 |access-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref>

The [[2014 European Parliament election in Sweden]] proved to be the party's most successful election so far; it attracted 5.3% of the national vote, with [[Soraya Post]] taking one seat as an [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]].<ref name="val.se">{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/ep2014/valnatt/E/rike/index.html|title=Preliminary results of Swedish EU elections|access-date=2014-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528100311/http://www.val.se/val/ep2014/valnatt/E/rike/index.html|archive-date=2014-05-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[2014 Swedish general election]] Fi received 3.1% of the vote; despite still not meeting the 4.0% threshold for getting seats, it became the most popular party outside of the Riksdag.