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Nordic Resistance Movement Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen, NMR (Swedish) Nordiske motstandsbevegelse, NMB (Norwegian) Pohjoismainen vastarintaliike, PVL (Finnish)
Spokesperson	Pär Öberg [sv]
Leader (Sweden)	Simon Lindberg
Leader (Norway)	Haakon Forwald
Leader (Finland)	Antti Niemi
Founder	Klas Lund (Sweden) Haakon Forwald (Norway) Henrik Esa Holappa (Finland)
Founded	1997 (Sweden) 1997 or 1998 (Norway) 2006 or 2007 (Finland) 2013 (Denmark)
Legalised	2016
Dissolved	2016 (Denmark)
Preceded by	White Aryan Resistance National Youth
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Ideology	Neo-Nazism Ultranationalism Pan-Nordism Social conservatism Hard Euroscepticism
Political position	Far-right
Municipalities	1 / 290
Website
nordfront.se

The Nordic Resistance Movement (Template:Lang-sv, Template:Lang-no, Template:Lang-fi, Template:Lang-da) is a Nordic Neo-Nazi movement.

Formation and structure

In the mid-1990s, a number of former members of the former White Aryan Resistance (Swedish: Vitt Ariskt Motstånd, also known as VAM,), having been released from prison, formed the Svenska motståndsrörelsen (SMR) or the Swedish Resistance Movement.

In 2016, a Nordic Resistance Movement was formed with separate departments in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. A Danish affiliate was disbanded. The Nordic Resistance Movement advocates an immediate stop to what they call mass immigration to the Scandinavian countries, and repatriation of people that are not of North European descent. It also advocates Nordic self-sufficiency and withdrawal from the European Union.

Sweden

The Swedish branch of Nordic Resistance Movement was known earlier as Svenska motståndsrörelsen (or Swedish Resistance Movement) (SMR) and was founded by Klas Lund. Its present leader is Simon Lindberg, whereas the political wing in Sweden is managed by Pär Öberg. It is known for its opposition to non-white immigration to Sweden. Svenska motståndsrörelsen is considered a central actor in Sweden's white power movement.

In the mid-1990s, former members of White Aryan Resistance (VAM) were released from prison and formed the core of Svenska motståndsrörelsen. The organisation was founded in December 1997 by individuals working with Folktribunen, the neo-National Socialist magazine, and members of National Youth and VAM, the now discontinued far-right organisation. It was founded by Klas Lund as the Swedish neo-Nazi grouping. The present leader of the organisation is Simon Lindberg.

The aim of Nordic Resistance Movement is to establish a Nordic National Socialist government by revolution or elections. The organization says its fight will require bloodshed. SMR praise Adolf Hitler and Corneliu Codreanu in their publications.

Their main tactics are distributing leaflets and making public speeches in inner-city areas about National Socialism and immigration. They also publish the Nationellt Motstånd magazine.

Their camps in the Swedish woods have led some people to believe that they are training for a civil war or a revolution, although all such claims have been publicly rejected by the organisation. In November 2003 the Swedish Security Service raided homes of leading members, among them Klas Lund, who was later sentenced to prison for illegal possession of firearms.

Three men with ties to Swedish NRM were sentenced to prison for respectively eight and a half years, five years, and one and a half years on 7 July 2017 for three bombings in Göteborg which took place in November 2016 and January 2017. One person received life-threatening injuries at the bombing of a refugee centre in Västra Frölunda. The men have appealed the verdict.

On 30 September 2017, NRM staged a march with roughly 500 members taking part in Sweden's second largest city Göteborg, timed to coincide with the annual Göteborg Book Fair. Fighting broke out between NRM and counterdemonstrators. 22 NRM members including the organisation's leader Simon Lindberg were arrested on suspicion of violent public disorder, and one counter-demonstrator was arrested on suspicion of attacking a police officer. Swedish Jews were outraged at the demonstration, which took place on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and was originally planned to pass near a synagogue. The march was re-routed and shortened following a court ruling.

National Youth

Nationell Ungdom (in English National Youth) was a Swedish neofascist and openly racist organisation closely linked with the Swedish Resistance Movement. In May 2006, the Swedish Resistance Movement announced the youth organization and all its activities and members as merged with the main organization.

Finland

Suomen vastarintaliike (in English Finnish Resistance Movement) is a Finnish branch of the Nordic Resistance Movement. One of the main tactics has been the planting of propaganda stickers and posters. The members are also participating in combat training arranged by the organization. The organisation is also increasingly violent, among other actions attacking anti-racism and gay pride.

References

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6. "Adaktusson fortsätter granskningen av nazisterna i Svenska motståndsrörelsen" (in Swedish). TV8. Archived from the original on September 28, 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. ^ "Politiskt extremism - Grupper inom vit makt-miljön" (in Swedish). Swedish Security Service.
8. ^ "Fakta Sv. Motståndsrörelsen/Nationell Ungdom" (in Swedish). =Expo.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
9. "Exklusiv intervju med första avhopparen från nazistgruppen Svenska motståndsrörelsen" (in Swedish). Adaktusson's blogg.
10. "Patriot.nu". 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
11. Stefan Lisinski; Lasse Wierup (25 November 2003). "Nazistledare gripen för vapenbrott" (in Swedish). DN.
12. ^ "Dozens of neo-Nazis arrested after violent clashes in Sweden", RT News, 30 September 2017, accessed 1 October 2017.
13. "Sweden’s literati wrestle with the far right", Politico Europe, 29 September 2017, accessed 1 October 2017.
14. "NMR-ledaren Simon Lindberg anhållen efter nazimarschen", Aftonbladet, 1 October 2017, accessed 1 October 2017.
15. "Fakta Sv. Motståndsrörelsen / Nationell Ungdom". expo.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-01.
16. "Extreme right radicals seeking more visible presence in Finland". Retrieved 1 October 2017.
17. "Researcher: Jyväskylä knife attack no surprise". Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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