Danish Front

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Danish Front (Dansk Front in Danish) was an extreme right, nationalist network in Denmark, whose goal was to "keep Denmark for the Danish people", thus they were also against multiculturalism and "alien religions" such as Islam.

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The phenomenon known as Dansk Front consisted of:

Their homepage tried to portray the Danish Front as a new, popular racist concept, but many saw them as neo-nazis.[ citation needed ] The leaders of Danish Front discouraged members from using swastikas and other traditional nazi symbols to express their views.

Members of this organization also used violence to further their goals.[ citation needed ]

A number of members of Danish Front had previously been members of Dansk Folkeparti or Dansk Folkepartis Ungdom but had been expelled from those political parties.[ citation needed ]

Controversial surroundings

Dissolution

The organization was dissolved on 19 July 2007.

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References

  1. "Politiets Efterretningstjeneste Årsberetning 2003" (PDF) (in Danish). Politiets Efterretningstjeneste. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2007.