Scandza Forum

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'''Scandza Forum''' is an annual gathering of [[neo-Nazis]], [[identitarianism|identitarians]], and [[white nationalism|white nationalists]] held in [[Scandinavia]]n countries, though one conference was held in Tallin, [[Estonia]] in 2023.<ref>https://guidingthestorm.com/2023-spring-conference</ref>

In 2023, Scandza Forum was relabelled '''Guide to Kulchur''', named after [[Nazi]] sympathizer {{wpl|Ezra Pound|Ezra Pound's}} book.<ref>''Ezra Pound'' by Ezra Pound (1938) New Directions.</ref>{{efn|The Scandza Forum logo, however could still be seen on posters at the Guide to Kulchur conference.}}

==Background==

The European Commission Radicalisation Awareness Network has categorised the Scandza Forum as "right wing extremism".<ref>[https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2021-04/ran_adhoc_cont_manif_vrwe_eu_overv_pcve_pract_2021_en.pdf Contemporary manifestations of violent right-wing extremism in the EU: An overview of P/CVE practices], European Commission. </ref>

Scandza Forum was founded in 2017 and has been described as having "ties to the most radical section of the [[alt-right]] movement, and the message being delivered differs little from [[Nazism]]."<ref>https://fritanke.no/raseteorier-jodekonspirasjoner-og-antimodernitet/19.11344</ref> Its founder [[Fróði Midjord]], has been affiliated with the neo-Nazi {{wpl|Party of the Swedes||.}} The Scandza Forum was modelled on the London Forum, whose founder Jeremy “Jez” Bedford-Turner was found guilty of inciting racial hatred in May 2018.<ref>https://www.irehr.org/2019/10/15/sons-of-vanguardism-american-white-nationalists-at-the-scandza-forum/</ref> 

In 2019, Scandza Forum organised a conference titled "Human Biodiversity" dedicated to [[race and intelligence]] [[pseudoscience]].<ref>[https://hopenothate.org.uk/2019/11/01/the-fringe-the-far-right-racist-pseudoscience-conference-in-norway/ The Fringe & The Far Right: Racist Pseudoscience Conference in Norway]. ''[[Hope not Hate]]'' (Nov. 1 2019).</ref>

In 2023, Midjord founded Guide to Kulchur which appears to be the Scandza Forum under a different name.<ref>https://www.irehr.org/2023/05/09/mark-weber-jared-taylor-off-to-estonia-for-conference/</ref>

==List of speakers==

* Fróði Midjord — a white nationalist and [[neo-pagan]] from the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190626123921/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/qvy7vx/heavyweights-from-the-white-nationalist-world-will-be-bonding-in-finland-this-weekend-heres-what-they-want White Nationalists From Around the World are Meeting in Finland], ''Vice News'' (Apr. 4 2019).</ref>
* [[Greg Johnson]] — was scheduled to speak in Oslo at a Scandza Forum conference but was arrested.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/03/europe/norway-arrest-white-supremacist-greg-johnson-intl/index.html Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference], ''CNN'' (Nov. 3 2019). </ref><ref>https://www.thelocal.no/20191105/us-far-right-extremist-deported-from-norway</ref>
* [[Mike Enoch]] — founder of the neo-Nazi site and podcast ''The Right Stuff''
* Mark Weber — [[Holocaust denier]] and president of the [[Institute for Historical Review]]
* [[F. Roger Devlin]]
* [[The Golden One]] — white nationalist bodybuilder
* [[Jared Taylor]]
* [[Kevin MacDonald]] — infamous anti-Semite
* {{wpl|Tom Sunic}}
* Ruuben Kaalep — {{wpl|Conservative People's Party of Estonia}} politician
* [[Millennial Woes]]

===Other attendees===

* [[Mark Collett]] — neo-Nazi and founder of [[Patriotic Alternative]].

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