National Socialist Front Nationalsocialistisk front | |
|---|---|
 NSF's coat of arms | |
| Abbreviation | NSF |
| Leader | Anders Ärleskog Daniel Höglund (realm council) |
| Founded | 8 August 1994 |
| Dissolved | 22 November 2008 |
| Preceded by | White Aryan Resistance |
| Succeeded by | Party of the Swedes |
| Headquarters | Karlskrona |
| Newspaper | Den Svenske Nationalsocialisten |
| Ideology | Neo-Nazism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Colours | Blue Yellow |
| Party flag | |
 Party flag used from 1994 to 2003  Party flag used from 1999 to 2008 | |
TheNational Socialist Front (Swedish:Nationalsocialistisk front,NSF) was at the time of its dissolution the largestNeo-Nazipolitical party inSweden.[1][2][3][4] The organization was founded inKarlskrona on 8 August 1994. It became a political party on 20 April 1999, the 110th birthday ofAdolf Hitler. The party's official newspaper—now defunct—was namedDen Svenske Nationalsocialisten ("The Swedish National Socialist"), also known asDen Svenske ("The Swedish").
The party ran in themunicipal council elections inKarlskrona in 2002, but only attracted 0.5% of the votes which was not sufficient for a mandate. In 2006 the party enteredthe elections at a national level. There it gained 1,417 votes, or 0.03% (in order to enter theSwedish parliament a party needs at least 4% of the total votes). The party was most successful inTrollhättan, where it received 208 votes or 0.65%, although this was not enough to enter themunicipal assembly. 2006 was the best election year in the party's history.
In 2007, the NSF demonstrated inStockholm for the release ofHolocaust denierErnst Zündel.[5]
The party had as its main goals the abolition ofdemocracy, therepatriation of immigrants, internment ofcommunists intowork camps, a repeat ofthe Holocaust[6] and the implementation ofscientific racism and cutting taxes for families with many genetically healthy children.[7] The NSF also launched a campaign to defendMel Gibson over the criticism he received fromAbraham Foxman for making the filmThe Passion of the Christ.[8]
The National Socialist Front had a mandatory political uniformdress code during marches and demonstrations, which included a black combat-sweater or shirt, black military-cap, boots, khaki-coloured combat pants and the party's logo on the arms. This uniform was taken out of use after the police stated in 2006 that it was a hate crime to wear them during demonstrations. The members of the party often wore a blue T-shirt with yellow text that said "NSF" after this.
The party was formed in 1994 by a number of sympathisers of the formerWhite Aryan Resistance (Swedish: Vitt Ariskt Motstånd) in Karlskrona. From the beginning 1994 to December 1999, the party was led by Anders Högström. When he left, he introduced a so-called reich council consisting of Anders Ärleskog and Daniel Höglund. Anders Högström left NSF to instead become involved in the Social Democrats. As of April 1999, the National Socialist Front saw itself as a party political organization, but never registered a party designation.
Several people related to the organization were convicted of violent crime which was against the public. Among other things, the perpetrators of theMalexander murders 1999 had connections to NSF. One of the perpetrators, Andreas Axelsson, had previously been a member of NSF in a shorter period, and an ex-neo-Nazi andYugoslav Warsmercenary and war criminalJackie Arklöv, who assumed responsibility for the shooting of the two policemen, had written a letter to NSF's partition.
The National Socialist Front was sometimes focussed on media because of outward activities such as demonstrations and fly-spreading. NSF's former uniform was abolished before the 2006 election and then a blue T-shirt with yellow text was often used on which it was called "NSF". The previous uniforms included: black military-like cap, party logo tags on the arms, black long-sleeved sweater, beige combat pants and optional black boots. Among the propaganda party spread there was an extensive sale of white power products, including CDs, via the Internet.
The organization was hierarchically structured with a central management and subgroups. The action program showed that the organization worked for, among other things, national self-sufficiency,repatriation of all overseas immigrants, establishing a state race control to "secure the mental and biological health of the Nordic race" as well as state control of mass media. The overall objective was to "pave the way for a national socialist power access" and then abolishdemocracy. The National Socialist Front would introduce a people's government under theNordic leadership and responsibility principle,consisting of expert representatives selected within the various professions, which would only serve the people in the country of birth. Even the death penalty for serious sexual offenses and treason was included in the program. The organizationion wanted Sweden to exit from theEuropean Union and theUnited Nations. The party also wanted to abolish the aid tocommunist states and dictatorships.[9]
The National Socialist Front was officially dissolved on 22 November 2008. A new party, thePeople's Front ("Folkfronten"), was founded at the same time with the same people in charge.[10] The People's Front was later reconstituted as theParty of the Swedes which ran in the2010 and2014 general elections and received about 1,000 votes in the2014 election to the European Parliament, before being dissolved the following year.[11]
| Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,417 | 0.03 (#16) | 0 / 349 | New | Extra-parliamentary |
Partipolitiken betonas, demokratin ska avskaffas på parlamentarisk väg. Partiprogrammet består bland annat av rasbiologiska skyddsåtgärder, utträde ur EU, repatriering (flyktingars återvändande till sina hemländer) samt skattelättnader för barnrika och genetiskt friska familjer.