NordNat was an association of nationalist parties, founded in

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on 8 June 1997, in an attempt to unite Nordic

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parties. The main initiator was the

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, which were then also a member of the wider

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together with the Finnish

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. The parties regarded themselves as "national democratic", and established a charter which set to work for protection of national sovereignty, the environment, the Nordic culture and people, and to oppose mass

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. According to a

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report, the Swedish and Finnish parties were "conventional nationalist parties", while the Norwegian and Danish ones were "

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groupings". The association was dissolved in 1999. The four parties in the association were: *

(SD) * Fatherland Party (FLP) * National Party (NP) *

(IKL)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nordnat Far-right politics in Finland Far-right politics in Norway Far-right politics in Sweden Organizations established in 1997 Organizations disestablished in 1999 Far-right politics in Europe