Nordic Resistance Movement

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The '''Nordic Resistance Movement''' (Icelandic: ''Norræna mótstöðuhreyfingin''; Danish: ''Den Nordiske Modstandsbevægelse''; Norwegian: ''Den nordiske motstandsbevegelsen''; Swedish: ''Nordiska motståndsrörelsen''; Finnish: ''Pohjoismainen vastarintaliike''; abbreviated NRM) is a [[neo-Nazi]] organization active in [[Scandinavia]]. Several of their members have committed violent crimes<ref>[https://expo.se/2007/09/nazister-d%C3%B6mda-f%C3%B6r-flera-grova-v%C3%A5ldsbrott Johannes Jakobsson, "Nazister dömda för flera grova våldsbrott" ("Nazis found guilty of several serious violent offenses"), ''Expo'', September 12<sup>th</sup>, 2007]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190720025647/https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/Eopq0a/den-nordiske-motstandsbevegelsen-etterforskes-for-angrep-paa-politiet Henrik Sande Giæver, «Den nordiske motstandsbevegelsen etterforskes for angrep på politiet» ("Nordic Resistance Movement investigated for attacks on police"), ''Verdens Gang'', December 15, 2017. Accessed July 19, 2019.]</ref> and made death threats to left-leaning politicians.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190720030459/https://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/sv-representant-politianmelder-nazi-gruppen-den-nordiske-motstandsbevegelsen-for-trusler-1.1540324 Bernt Erik Pedersen, «SV-representant politianmelder nazi-gruppen Den nordiske motstandsbevegelsen for trusler» ("Socialist Left representative reports the Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement to police for threats"), ''Dagsavisen'', June 17, 2019. Accessed July 19, 2019.]</ref>

The organization aims to create a [[Fascism|Fascist]] state across the Nordic countries, then expand into the Baltic countries. Created about 1997 by a [[Sweden|Swede]], Klaus Lund, as the Svenska Motståndsrörelsen,<ref>[https://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/nordiska-motstandsrorelsen-smr "Den nordiska motstandrörelsen," ''TRAC'' website (Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium), accessed Sep. 6, 2019.]</ref> it later gained sections in [[Finland]] and [[Norway]] as well, becoming the Nordic Resistance Movement in 2016. There was a [[Denmark|Danish]] group for a short time, and there was an attempt to expand into [[Iceland]] with recruitment from the {{wpl|Icelandic National Front||.}}

In August 2019, some NRM members formed a breakaway group, [[Nordisk Styrka]], so they could be even more violent.

== Individual countries ==

=== Finland ===

A 2017 assessment by the {{wpl|Finnish Security Intelligence Service}} found the Finnish Resistance Movement to consist of middle-class thirty-somethings, with approximately 15% of members being women. The number of active members was estimated to be ca. 80 to 85.<ref>[https://www.lapinkansa.fi/suomen-uusnatsiliike-koostuu-paaosin-keskiluokkais/100406 Suomen uus­nat­si­lii­ke koostuu pääosin kes­ki­luok­kai­sis­ta, per­heel­li­sis­tä ja työs­sä­käy­vis­tä mie­his­tä], ''Lapin Kansa'' 26 October 2017 (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000005424459.html Supon erikoistutkija: Tällainen on lakkautetuksi vaaditun uusnatsijärjestön tyypillinen jäsen – keskiluokkainen, perheellinen, työssäkäyvä, mies...], ''Ilta-Sanomat'' 26 October 2017 (in Finnish)</ref>

The Finnish Supreme Court ordered the NRM to cease their activity in Finland in March 2019. A new group under the name {{wpl|Kohti Vapautta!}} (''Towards Freedom!'') began shortly thereafter, with pretty much no one being fooled by the changes of name and logo. The new group was barred from demonstrating in Helsinki on Independence Day in 2019.<ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11102179 Helsingin poliisi kieltää Kohti vapautta -uusnatsiliikkeen järjestämän mielenosoituskulkueen itsenäisyyspäivänä], ''YLE Uutiset'' 4 December 2019 (in Finnish)</ref>

=== Norway ===

Norway's PST (Police Security Service) characterizes the organization as consisting largely of 
very fine people on both sides
 high-school dropouts and drug addicts with histories of violent crime, and says their members fit similar profiles to those radicalized into Islamist terror groups.<ref>[https://www.nrk.no/norge/pst_-mange-likhetstrekk-mellom-hoyreekstreme-og-ekstreme-islamister-1.14417156 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), David Vojislav Krekling and Olav Døvik, «PST: Mange likhetstrekk mellom høyreekstreme og ekstreme islamister» ("Police Security Service: Many similarities between right-wing extremists and Islamic extremists"), February 6<sup>th</sup>, 2019.]</ref>

==External links==
*[http://www.vastarinta.com NRM website (Finnish)]
*[http://www.frihetskamp.net NRM website (Norwegian)]
*[http://www.motståndsrörelsen.se NRM website (Swedish)]
*[https://tv.nrk.no/serie/brennpunkt/2017/MDDP11001717/ ''Rasekrigerne'' ("The Race Warriors"), episode of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation documentary series ''Brennpunkt''] (in Norwegian) 
*Tom Michael, [https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2382438/white-supremacist-nordic-resistance-movement-unite-scandinavia-far-right/ "Nazis on the March: Inside the violent and rapidly expanding white supremacist Nordic Resistance Movement which aims to unite Scandinavia with "revolution into a single 'far-right republic'"], December 12<sup>th</sup> 2016, ''[[The Sun]]''
*[https://redox.dk/tags/den-nordiske-modstandsbevaegelse/ ''Den Nordiske Modstandsbevægelse''] — articles by the left-wing Danish group Redox, mostly in Danish

==See also==
*[[Klaus Armstroff]]
*[[Ingrid Carlqvist]]
*[[Document.no]]
*[[Hans Jørgen Lysglimt Johansen]]
*[[Fróði Midjord]]
*[[Nordisk Styrka]]
*{{wpa|The III. Path}}

==References==
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[[Category:Fascism]]
[[Category:Finland]]
[[Category:Neo-Nazism]]
[[Category:Norway]]
[[Category:Pissed at us]]
[[Category:Racism]]
[[Category:Sweden]]
[[Category:Terrorist organisations]]

Categories: Fascism, Finland, Neo-Nazism, Norway, Pissed at us, Racism, Sweden, Terrorist organisations