Nordisk Styrka

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'''Nordisk Styrka''' (English: ''Nordic Strength'') is an [[Far right|extreme right-wing]] [[neo-Nazi]] paramilitary group in the Nordic region with membership in [[Norway]] and [[Sweden]]. It was founded in August 2019 by members of the [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] after an internal split and discontent over poor election results.<ref>Arbetaren; August 14, 2019: [https://www.arbetaren.se/2019/08/14/nmr-splittras-klas-lund-bildar-ny-nazistgrupp/ NMR split - Klas Lund forms new Nazi group]</ref>

==Background==
The Swedish Nordic Resistance Movement was founded in 1997 by {{wpl|Klas Lund}} {{lived|1968}} and other members of the Swedish {{wpl|White Aryan Resistance (Sweden)|White Aryan resistance}} and other neo-Nazi groups. The organization expanded over time into the Nordic Resistance Movement, a revolutionary [[National Socialist]] group opposed to [[democracy]] and modern values.

The NMR and its members have been responsible for numerous acts of violence, attacks on protesters, and promotion of [[hate speech]]. Notably the NMR attacked people at a {{wpl|December 2013 Stockholm riots|anti-racist demonstration in Kärrtorp}} in 2013. The NMR was considered the neo-Nazi group that posed the greatest threat to Sweden's internal security following this incident.

In 2015 the leader of the Swedish branch of the NMR Klas Lund stepped down in 2015, and was replaced by Simon Lindberg, former National Socialist Front member. This was the start of an ideological split in the group. Klas Lund believes in an elitist paramilitary group, and Simon Lindberg believes in a softer approach that has more mass appeal.

In 2019 the NMR ran for parliamentary elections and in Ludvika, Boden and Kungälv municipal elections. After only 0.3 per cent of the votes went to the NMR the group split with Klas Lund forming a new organisation, the Nordisk Styrka.

This was followed by infighting between Swedish neo-Nazis, with Klas Lund accusing the NMR of being "liberalized" and "de-radicalized", and the NMR accusing Nordisk Styrka of being "an extreme group" and "particularly violent", both groups have denied the claims made by each other.

==Membership==
The organisation was formed by members of the Nordic Resistance Movement as a splinter group intended to be more action oriented than the NMR. The leader is the former leader of the Svenska motståndsrörelsen NMR branch, Klas Lund, who is considered to be one of Sweden's most dangerous neo-Nazi activists since the 1990s.<ref>Aftonbladet; November 30, 1999: [http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9911/30/nazi/nazi2.html They want to overthrow democracy]</ref> He was once convicted of manslaughter for which he served a four-year prison sentence.<ref>Expressen; December 21, 2013: [https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/gun-britts-son-blev-offer-for-nazistvaldet/ Gun-Britt's son fell victim to the Nazi violence]</ref> Other founding members included Anders Rydberg, Emil Hagberg, and Haakon Forwald.<ref>Expressen; August 15, 2019: [https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/oro-for-mer-vald-efter-nazisternas-splittring/ Oro för mer våld efter nazisternas splittring]</ref>

==External links==
* {{wpa|Nordic Resistance Movement}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://nordiskstyrka.org nordiskstyrka.org on the Internet Archive]

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