Nordic Freedom
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| Abbreviation | NF |
| President |  Aron Emilsson |
| General Secretary |  Karsten Lorentzen |
| Founded | Spring 2012 |
| Headquarters | Christiansborg, 1240 Copenhagen |
| Ideology | National conservatism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists Group (majority) Patriots for Europe (DPP) |
| Colours | Black Dark purple |
| Nordic Council | 8 / 87 |
| European Parliament | 5 / 720 |
| Website | |
| nordiskfrihet.se | |
Nordic Freedom (Swedish: Nordisk frihet, Danish: Nordisk frihed) is a right-wing to far right party group in the Nordic Council and an alliance in the European Parliament.[1]
European Parliament
[edit]In July 2024, Nordic Freedom expanded to the European Parliament as an alliance within the European Conservatives and Reformists, with the Sweden Democrats, Finns Party and Denmark Democrats as its members.[2]
Members
[edit]The member organizations of the Nordic Freedom are:[3]
| Country | National party | EP party | EP group | Nordic Council | MEPs | National MPs | Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | ||||||
| Denmark
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Danish People's Party Dansk Folkeparti (DF) |
N/A | PfE | 1 / 16
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1 / 15 [a]
|
2024 | 5 / 175
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2022 | Opposition |
| Denmark Democrats Danmarksdemokraterne (DD) |
ECR Party | ECR Group | 2 / 16 [b]
|
1 / 15
|
2024 | 14 / 175
|
2022 | Opposition | |
 Finland
|
Finns Party Perussuomalaiset (PS) |
ECR Party | ECR Group[c] | 4 / 18
|
1 / 15
|
2024 | 46 / 200
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2023 | Coalition |
| Sweden
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Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna (SD) |
ECR Party | ECR Group | 4 / 20
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3 / 21
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2024 | 73 / 349
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2022 | Confidence and supply |
- ^ Not a member of the Nordic Freedom alliance in the European Parliament.
- ^ Not a member of the Nordic Freedom group in the Nordic Council.[4]
- ^ Formerly part of Identity and Democracy (ID) from 2019 till 2023.
The Norwegian Progress Party (Bokmål: Fremskrittspartiet; Nynorsk: Framstegspartiet, FrP) was invited into the group back in 2017 but they refused to join.[5][6]
Elected representatives of Member Parties
[edit]European institutions
[edit]| Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|
 European Union |
European Parliament | 5 / 720
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| European Commission | 0 / 27
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| European Council (Heads of Government) |
0 / 27
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| Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) |
0 / 27
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| Committee of the Regions | ||
 Council of Europe |
Parliamentary Assembly |
References
[edit]- ^ "How soft power built the world's 12th-largest economy". EUobserver. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Nordic MEPs promise 'Conservative revival' in Brussels". Brussels Signal. 29 July 2024.
- ^ Nordic Freedom
- ^ Unaffiliated Political Parties (outside the main Party Groups)
- ^ Susanna Ginman (27 November 2017). "Nordisk populistfront". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish).
Det norska Fremskrittspartiet (FrP) är ett undantag. Också de vore välkomna till Nordisk frihet enligt gruppordförande Juho Eerola men FrP har hittills tackat nej.
- ^ Mads Fremstad (5 September 2018). "Sverigedemokraterna: – Et samarbeid med Frp hadde vært bra for våre land". ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian).
– Sverigedemokraterna er en del av det partigruppen Nordisk frihet i det Nordiske råd og vi vil gjerne snakke med Fremskrittspartiet om det er slik at de er interessert i å samarbeide med oss.