fi, Työväenliikkeen pohjoismainen yhteistyökomitea
da, Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté
no, Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité , logo = SAMAK logo.png , colorcode = , abbreviation = SAMAK , headquarters = Youngstorget 2 0181 Oslo , president = Jonas Gahr Støre , leader1_title = Chair of the Board , leader1_name =

Kjersti Stenseng Kjersti Stenseng (born 4 September 1974) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She finished her secondary education at Vinstra Upper Secondary School in 1993. She minored in sociology and modern history at the Nord-Trøndelag Universi ...

, general_secretary = Jan-Erik Støstad , founded = 1886 , ideology = Social democracy , position = Centre-left , colours = Red , seats1_title =

Nordic Council The Nordic Council is the official body for formal inter-parliamentary Nordic cooperation among the Nordic countries. Formed in 1952, it has 87 representatives from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as well as from the autonomou ...

, seats1 = , european = Party of European Socialists , europarl =

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist ...

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affiliation , affiliation1 =

The Social Democratic Group da, Socialdemokratisk gruppe no, Sosialdemokratisk gruppe is, Jafnaðarmannahópur , logo = Logo of The Social Democratic Group.png , colorcode = , abbreviation = S-Norden , headquarters = Copenhagen, Denmark , chairman = Martin Kolberg ...

, website
samak.info
, country = European Union The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement ( da, Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté; no, Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité; sv, Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté; fi, Työväenliikkeen pohjoismainen yhteistyökomitea), better known by its abbreviation SAMAK, is an alliance of

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

parties and

labour council A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or ...

s in the

Nordic countries The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or ''Norden''; literal translation, lit. 'the North') are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmar ...

. SAMAK consists of all social democratic parties and trade union organisations in the Nordic countries, including in Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. The current President of the Committee as of 2021 is Jonas Gahr Støre, the leader of the

Norwegian Labour Party The Labour Party ( nb, Arbeiderpartiet; nn, Arbeidarpartiet; A/Ap; se, Bargiidbellodat), formerly The Norwegian Labour Party ( no, Det norske Arbeiderparti, DNA), is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is positioned on the centr ...

and Prime Minister of Norway. Jan-Erik Støstad is the General Secretary, and

is Chair of the Board. The committee was formed during the first Scandinavian Workers' Congress in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

in 1886. SAMAK holds a congress every four years, while the board meets four to six times per year.

Member organisations

; * Social Democrats ; * Danish Trade Union Confederation * Social Democrats ; * Siumut ; *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

; * Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions *

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

; * Icelandic Confederation of Labour *

Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance ( is, Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands), officially The Alliance – Iceland's Social Democratic Party, is a social democratic, and pro-European political party in Iceland. The Social Democratic Alliance wa ...

; * Labour Party * Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions ; *

Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Party, formally the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti ; S/SAP), usually referred to as The Social Democrats ( sv, link=no, Socialdemokraterna ), is a social-d ...

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( sv, Landsorganisationen i Sverige ; literally "National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions ...

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