Nordic Freedom

Nordic Freedom Nordisk frihet (Swedish) Vapaa Pohjola (Finnish) Nordisk frihed (Danish) Nordisk frihet (Norwegian) Norrænt frelsi (Icelandic)
Abbreviation	NF
President	Aron Emilsson
General Secretary	Karsten Lorentzen
Founded	Spring 2012 (2012)
Headquarters	Christiansborg, 1240 Copenhagen
Ideology	National conservatism Right-wing populism Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
European affiliation	European Conservatives and Reformists Party (majority) Patriots.eu (DPP)
European Parliament group	European Conservatives and Reformists Group (majority) Patriots for Europe (DPP)
Colours	Black   Dark purple
Nordic Council	8 / 87
European Parliament (Scandinavian seats)	5 / 70
Website
nordiskfrihet.se
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Nordic Freedom (Danish : Nordisk frihed; Swedish : Nordisk frihet) is a right-wing to far right party group in the Nordic Council and an alliance in the European Parliament. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Members

The member organizations of the Nordic Freedom are: ^[3]

Country	National party	EP party	EP group	Nordic Council	MEPs		National MPs		Status
					# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election
Denmark	Danish People's Party Dansk Folkeparti (DF)	N/A	PfE	1 / 16	1 / 15 [a]	2024	5 / 175	2022	Opposition
	Denmark Democrats Danmarksdemokraterne (DD)	ECR Party	ECR Group	2 / 16 [b]	1 / 15	2024	14 / 175	2022	Opposition
Finland	Finns Party Perussuomalaiset (PS)	ECR Party	ECR Group [c]	4 / 18	1 / 15	2024	46 / 200	2023	Coalition
Sweden	Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna (SD)	ECR Party	ECR Group	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. ^[4]
3. Formerly part of Identity and Democracy (ID) from 2019 till 2023.

The Norwegian Progress Party (Bokmål : Fremskrittspartiet; Nynorsk : Framstegspartiet, FrP) was invited into the group back in 2017 but they refused to join. ^{[5] [6]}

Elected representatives of Member Parties

European institutions

Organisation	Institution	Number of seats
European Union	European Parliament	5 / 720 (0.7%)
	European Commission	0 / 27 (0%)
	European Council (Heads of Government)	0 / 27 (0%)
	Council of the European Union (Participation in Government)	0 / 27 (0%)
	Committee of the Regions
Council of Europe	Parliamentary Assembly

References

1. "How soft power built the world's 12th-largest economy". EUobserver. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
2. "Nordic MEPs promise 'Conservative revival' in Brussels". Brussels Signal. 29 July 2024.
3. Nordic Freedom
4. Unaffiliated Political Parties (outside the main Party Groups)
5. 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.
6. Mads Fremstad (5 September 2018). "Sverigedemokraterna: – Et samarbeid med Frp hadde vært bra for våre land". ABC Nyheter  [ no ] (in Norwegian). – Sverigedemokraterna er en del av det partigruppen Nordisk frihet i det Nordiske råd og vi vil gjerne snakke med Fremskrittspartiet om det er slik at de er interessert i å samarbeide med oss.