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Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party

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Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party
Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Bonde-och Arbetarpartiet
FounderBirger Furugård
Founded12 August 1924
Dissolved1930
Merged intoSwedish National Socialist Party
NewspaperNationalsocialisten
IdeologyNazism
Agrarianism
Political positionFar-right

The Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party (Swedish: Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Bonde-och Arbetarpartiet) was the first Nazi organization in Sweden.

Founding

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In 1923 Sigurd and Gunnar met with Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff.[1]

The organization was founded by Birger Furugård and his two brothers Sigurd and Gunnar,[2] at a meeting in Älvdalen a year later on 12 August 1924 as the Swedish National Socialist Freedom League (Swedish: Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Frihetsförbundet). The group started the publication Nationalsocialisten, with Sigurd as its editor.[3]

The organization was renamed to its final name the following year. The party largely remained confined to Värmland. The publication of Nationalsocialisten was discontinued.

In 1930 the party merged with the Fascist People's Party of Sweden of Sven Olov Lindholm, and formed the Swedish National Socialist Party (SNSP).[4]

References

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  1. ^ Tommi Saukkoriipi; Sergej Teskeredzic (2005). "Nationalsocialismen i Sverige 1924–1950" (PDF). C-Uppsats. ISSN 1402-1773.
  2. ^ Sweden's Relations with Nazism, Nazi Germany, and the Holocaust: A Survey of Research. Almqvist & Wiksell. 2003. p. 143.
  3. ^ Eva F. Dahlgren. Farfar var rasbiolog (in Swedish).
  4. ^ Lööw, Heléne (1990). Hakkorset och Wasakärven: en studie av nationalsocialismen i Sverige 1924-1950 (in Swedish). Historiska institutionen. p. 527.