Nordic Freedom

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Nordic Freedom
Nordisk frihet (Swedish)
Vapaa Pohjola (Finnish)

Nordisk frihed (Danish)
Nordisk frihet (Norwegian)
Norrænt frelsi (Icelandic)
AbbreviationNF
President Flag of Sweden.svg Aron Emilsson
General Secretary Flag of Denmark.svg Karsten Lorentzen
FoundedSpring 2012 (2012)
HeadquartersChristiansborg, 1240 Copenhagen
Ideology National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Euroscepticism
Political position Right-wing to far-right
European affiliation ECR
European Parliament group ECR
Colours  Black
  Dark purple
Nordic Council
8 / 87
European Parliament
5 / 705
Website
nordiskfrihet.se

Nordic Freedom (Swedish : Nordisk frihet, Danish : Nordisk frihed) is a right-wing to far right party group in the Nordic Council and an alliance in the European Parliament. [1]

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Members

The member organizations of the Nordic Freedom are: [2]

CountryNational partyEP groupNordic CouncilMEPsNational MPsStatus
# of seatsLast election# of seatsLast election
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Danish People's Party
Dansk Folkeparti (DF)
PfE
1 / 16
1 / 15
[a]
2024
5 / 175
2022 Opposition
Denmark Democrats
Danmarksdemokraterne (DD)
ECR
2 / 16
[b]
1 / 15
2024
14 / 175
2022 Opposition
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Finns Party
Perussuomalaiset (PS)
ECR [c]
4 / 18
1 / 15
2024
46 / 200
2023 Coalition
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Sweden Democrats
Sverigedemokraterna (SD)
ECR
4 / 20
3 / 21
2024
73 / 349
2022 Confidence and supply
  1. Not a member of the Nordic Freedom alliance in the European Parliament.
  2. Not a member of the Nordic Freedom group in the Nordic Council. [3]
  3. Formerly part of Identity and Democracy group (ID group) from 2019 till 2023.

The Norwegian Progress Party was invited into the group but they refused. [4] [5]

European Parliament

In July 2024, Nordic Freedom expanded to the European Parliament as an alliance within the European Conservatives and Reformists, with the Sweden Democrats, Finns Party and Denmark Democrats as its members. [6]

Elected representatives of Member Parties

European institutions

OrganisationInstitutionNumber of seats
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union European Parliament
5 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
0 / 27
Committee of the Regions
Flag of the Council of Europe.svg  Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

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  2. Nordic Freedom
  3. Unaffiliated Political Parties (outside the main Party Groups)
  4. Susanna Ginman (27 November 2017). "Nordisk populistfront". Hufvudstadsbladet (in Swedish). Det norska Fremskrittspartiet (FrP) är ett undantag. Också de vore välkomna till Nordisk frihet enligt gruppordförande Juho Eerola men FrP har hittills tackat nej.
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