National Socialist Movement of Denmark
| National Socialist Movement of Denmark Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse | |
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| Leader | Esben Rohde Kristensen |
| Founded | September 1, 1991 |
| Preceded by | National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark |
| Ideology | National Socialism |
| Official colors | Red, White |
The National Socialist Movement of Denmark (Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse, DNSB) was a National Socialist political party in Denmark.
History
The movement traces its origins back to DNSAP (Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti), the Danish National Socialist party founded in the mid-1930s, more or less as a copy of Hitler's German NSDAP. After the end of the Second World War, a few people continued under the original party name, and published the newspaper Fædrelandet (The Fatherland) during the period 1952-1972.
The movement was dissolved, reformed, and renamed several times in the period 1972-1991. The current incarnation of Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse was founded on 1 September 1991 by the current chairman, Jonni Hansen.
Under Hansen's leadership, the movement has resumed publication of Fædrelandet, and started the National Socialist local radio station, Radio Oasen, which can be received in an area around Greve south of Copenhagen as well as being broadcast on the Internet.
The movement keeps its membership count secret, but it has been estimated at around 1,000 passive and around 150 active members.
DNSB has twice run for municipality council elections in Greve, Denmark, in 1997 and 2001. In the 1997 election, they gained 0.5% of the votes, and in 2001 0.23% (73 votes).
More recently, DNSB ran for the Greve municipality council and Region Sjælland (region Zealand) regional council in the 15 November 2005 municipality and Regional Council elections. This represented the first time since the Second World War that the voters could elect a National Socialist candidate above the municipality level. Although they got only 73 votes in Greve (0.3%) and 611 votes in the region (0.1%).
External links
- Website of DNSB (Archive)
- 'Most radical organisation': Neo-Nazi group seeks to gain ground in Nordic countries, 2018
