Sarajevo List
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Sarajevo List was a political project in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 launched ahead of the 1995 European Parliament elections. The group contested the elections, with the intention of "giving a voice to Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

" in the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...

. The Sarajevo List urged Western countries to intervene in favour of the Bosnian Muslims in the ongoing Bosnian War
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War or the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April 1992 and December 1995. The war involved several sides...

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Leading figures of the Sarajevo List were Wilhelm Agrell, Per Svensson
Per Svensson
Per Svensson is a Swedish actor.Svensson studied at NAMA in Stockholm 1991–94. He belongs to the Royal Dramatic Theatre's solid ensemble.-Filmography:*Kenny Begins * 2007 – Ett gott parti...

, Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson is a Swedish actress.-Early life:Bibi Andersson was born as Berit Elisabeth Andersson in Kungsholmen, Stockholm, the daughter of Karin , a social worker, and Josef Andersson, a businessman...

, Jesús Alcalá and Maciej Zaremba
Maciej Zaremba
Maciej Zaremba Bielawski is a Swedish journalist and author.Zaremba was born in Poznań, Poland. He came to Sweden in 1969 where he worked as a construction worker during the 1970s. In his youth he was active in the League Communist , but abandoned his communist views when the group was dissolved...

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In the elections the Sarajevo List got 26,875 votes (1%), but failed to win any seats.
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