Fatherland League (Norway)
Norwegian political party from 1925 to 1940 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fatherland League (Norwegian: Fedrelandslaget) was a Norwegian right-wing, anti-communist and nationalist political organisation in the interwar period. Founded in 1925, the movement aimed to unite all centre-to-right forces against the rise of the revolutionary Marxist labour movement. At its peak of popular support and political influence around 1930 it was the single largest mass movement ever organised on the political right in Norway, with an estimated 100,000 members.[1] The movement began to decline through the 1930s, followed by some unsuccessful attempts to gain direct influence as a political party. The Fatherland League was banned and dissolved after the German occupation of Norway in 1940.
Fatherland League Fedrelandslaget | |
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Chairman | Joakim Lehmkuhl (1925–38) Victor Mogens (1938–40) |
Founded | 25 January 1925 |
Banned | 25 September 1940 |
Newspaper | Norges Fremtid (1927–32) ABC (1932–40) |
Membership | 100,000 (1930)[1] |
Ideology | Conservatism[2][3] National conservatism[4] Anti-communism[2][3] Norwegian nationalism[2][3] Corporatism[2][3] |
Political position | Right-wing |
Colors | Red, white, blue (flag of Norway) |