Anti-fascism in the Nordic Countries: New Perspectives, Comparisons and Transnational Connections [Hardcover]

Although the Nordic countries have a reputation for tolerance and social democracy, they were not immune to fascism which spread across Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. This book offers the first comprehensive history of anti-fascism in the Nordic Countries. Through a number of case studies on anti-fascism in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland, the book makes a significant contribution to the history of contentious politics in the Nordic Countries and to our broader knowledge of European fascism and anti-fascism. The case studies concentrate on the different manifestations of resistance to fascism and Nazism in the interwar era as well as some of the postwar variants. The book will be of considerable interest to scholars of anti-fascism as well as researchers of Nordic and Scandinavian history and politics.

Introduction - Kasper Brask?n and Johan A. Lundin, Anti-fascism beyond the far left. 1. Anti-fascist discourses, practices and confrontations in 1930s Iceland - Ragnhei?ur Kristj?nsd?ttir and Pontus J?rvstad, 2. Finnish liberals and anti-fascism, 1922-1932 - Jenni Karim?ki, 3. An anti-fascist minority? Swedish-speaking Finnish responses to fascism - Matias Kaihovirta and Mats Wickstr?m, 4. Conservative fascist sympathies and anti-fascism in 1930s Norway - Knut D?rum. Anti-fascist youth activism and militant resistance. 5. Three arrows against the swastika: militant social democracy and radical opposition to fascism in Denmark, 1932-1934 - Charlie E. Krautwald, 6. Social Democratic youth and anti-fascism in Sweden, 1929-1939 - Johan A. Lundin, 7. Boycott the Nazi Flag: the anti-fascism of the International of Seamen and Harbour Workers - Holger Weiss. Cultural fronts and antil3«