Norwegian Front National People's Party Norsk Front Nasjonalt Folkeparti | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Erik Blücher (1975–81) |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Ideology | Neo-fascism Neo-Nazism Norwegian nationalism Anti-communism Anti-immigration |
| Political position | Far-right |
TheNorwegian Front (Norwegian:Norsk Front, NF) was aneo-fascist[1][2]extraparliamentary political party inNorway founded in 1975, led byErik Blücher asfører.[3][4] Following a bomb attack by an activist from the party, the NF was dissolved in 1979 and succeeded by theNational People's Party (Nasjonalt Folkeparti, NF), which itself was dissolved in 1991 after several leading members had received long prison sentences following another bomb attack. The NF had around 1,400 members at its peak.[3]
The NF was founded in 1975 as a successor to the minor National Youth League (Nasjonal Ungdomsfylking, NUF), affiliated with former members ofNasjonal Samling.[3][4] It was founded by a young generation ofneo-Nazis,nationalists andanti-communists,[3] and areas of focus includedopposition to immigration, fight against theWorkers' Communist Party as well as "American finance capital", andHolocaust denial.[4][5] After being prevented from registering publicly as a political party,[6] and following repeated attacks fromanti-fascists,[7] the group turned towards violence and terrorism which garnered much media attention.[5]
The party had links to the FrenchNational Front[8] and theWorld Anti-Communist League (WACL).[2] The 12th WACL general conference inParaguay in 1979 was attended by a delegate from the party, whose journey was reportedly subsidised by the leader of theArab delegation Sheikh Ahmed Salah Jamjoom.[9] Some members of the party reportedly fought forRhodesia in theRhodesian Bush War.[10]
The NF was dissolved in 1979 after an activist from the group threw a homemade bomb against the annualMay Day demonstration, leaving two people wounded.[4][11]
Not long after, the party was succeeded by the National People's Party; the two parties effectively the same.[3] Opposition to immigration became its main focus.[5] Blücher however stepped down as leader in 1981 to pursue extreme-right connections abroad.[12] On 13 June 1985, a young activist from the party detonated a bomb outside anOsloAhmadiyya mosque.[13] Several of the party's leading members received prison sentences in the aftermath of the bombing for various activist offences.[3][5] The party was dissolved in 1991, and remaining members were encouraged to join theFatherland Party.[3]
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