Nordic Strength

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Nordic Strength
Nordisk Styrka
Founding leader Klas Lund
Leaders Haakon Forwald
Split from Nordic Resistance Movement
MotivesEstablishment of a pan-Nordic State
Ideology
Political position Far-right
Website https://nordiskstyrke.org

Nordic Strength (Swedish: Nordisk Styrka) is a Nordic neo-Nazi paramilitary group, founded in August 2019 by leading members of the Nordic Resistance Movement, including its leader Klas Lund. [1] Members of Nordic Strength have been convicted of over 100 violent crime and weapons offences. [2] [3] [4] In April 2021, Nordic Strength opened a gym for training in combat skills and tactics. [5]

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