Mark Fredriksen (18 November 1936 – 25 August 2011) was a Frenchextreme right figure and the founder, in 1966, of theneo-NaziFédération d'action nationaliste et européenne.
Fredriksen co-editedNotre Europe, which was the mouthpiece of theRevolutionary Nationalist Groups (GNR), aThird Position group headed byFrançois Duprat, who later joined theNational Front (FN).
He also stood as a candidate for theNational Front (FN) at a time when the party sought out alliances with more radical groups due to the impact on their support that theParti des forces nouvelles (PFN) was having.[1] Fredriksen was a strong critic of the PFN, arguing that they were just a more militant version of mainstreamGaullism.[2] As such Fredriksen was the FN candidate inSeine-Saint-Denis in the1978 election where his 1.4% vote share was actually one of the higher results for the far right in an election in which they failed to prosper.[3] Fredriksen left the FN after the murder ofFrançois Duprat, feeling thatJean-Marie Le Pen was too 'soft' for his liking.[4]
Fredriksen's controversial opinions made him a target for direct attacks more than once. On 19 September 1980 Fredriksen and a group of his supporters were attacked at theParis palace of justice by a group of people claiming to represent theJewish Defense Organization. Fredriksen suffered a further attack on 12 October that year and had to be treated in hospital.[5] In 1981, Frederiksen was sentenced to 18 months in prison, with 12 months suspended, plus 33,000 Francs in fines, for racist remarks and pro-Nazi sentiments inNotre Europe.[6]
He died on 25 August 2011.[7]
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