Norwegian Front
Norwegian Front National People's Party Norsk Front Nasjonalt Folkeparti | |
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| Political position | Far-right |
The Norwegian Front (Norwegian: Norsk Front, NF) was a neo-fascist[1][2] extraparliamentary political party in Norway founded in 1975, led by Erik Blücher as fører.[3][4] Following a bomb attack by an activist from the party, the NF was dissolved in 1979 and succeeded by the National People's Party (Nasjonalt Folkeparti, NF), which itself was dissolved in 1991 after several leading members had received long prison sentences following another bomb attack. The NF had around 1,400 members at its peak.[3]
History
Norwegian Front
The NF was founded in 1975 as a successor to the minor National Youth League (Nasjonal Ungdomsfylking, NUF), affiliated with former members of Nasjonal Samling.[3][4] It was founded by a young generation of neo-Nazis, nationalists and anti-communists,[3] and areas of focus included opposition to immigration, fight against the Workers' Communist Party as well as "American finance capital", and Holocaust denial.[4][5] After being prevented from registering publicly as a political party,[6] and following repeated attacks from anti-fascists,[7] the group turned towards violence and terrorism which garnered much media attention.[5]
The party had links to the French
The NF was dissolved in 1979 after an activist from the group threw a homemade bomb against the annual May Day demonstration, leaving two people wounded.[4][11]
National People's Party
Not long after, the party was succeeded by the National People's Party; the two parties effectively the same.[3] Opposition to immigration became its main focus.[5] Blücher however stepped down as leader in 1981 to pursue extreme-right connections abroad.[12] On 13 June 1985, a young activist from the party detonated a bomb outside an Oslo Ahmadiyya mosque.[13] Several of the party's leading members received prison sentences in the aftermath of the bombing for various activist offences.[3][5] The party was dissolved in 1991, and remaining members were encouraged to join the Fatherland Party.[3]
References
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- ^ ISBN 9780874365146.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bjørgo, Tore (28 April 2015). "nynazisme". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
- ^ a b c d Strømmen, Øyvind (12 October 2011). "Den tredje bølgen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
- ^ Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities(in Norwegian).
- ISBN 9780870843501.
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- ISBN 9780714538556.
- ISBN 9780396085171.
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- ^ "Sub-Saharan Africa Report". Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1979: 26.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Trygg avstand: 6 meter". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 19 July 2002.
- ^ "Norske nazi-forbindelser til bankranerne" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang/NTB. 1 June 1999.
- ISBN 9781135285487.
