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{{Infobox political party
| name = National Socialist Front
| native_name = Nationalsocialistisk front
| logo = [[Image:Nationalsocialistisk front vapen.svg|100px]]<br />{{center|NSF's coat of arms}}
| abbreviation = '''NSF'''
| leader = Anders Ärleskog<br/>Daniel Höglund <br />(realm council)
| foundation = 8 August 1994
| dissolved = 22 November 2008
| ideology = [[Neo-Nazism]]
| position = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]
| predecessor = [[White Aryan Resistance (Sweden)|White Aryan Resistance]]
| successor = [[Party of the Swedes]]
| international = 
| european = 
| europarl = 
| colours = {{colorbox|{{party color|National Socialist Front}}}} [[Blue]] {{colorbox|yellow}} [[Yellow]]
| colorcode = {{party color|National Socialist Front}}
| flag = [[File:Flag of Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet.svg|150px]]<br />Party flag used from 1994 to 2003<br />[[File:Flag of the National Socialist Front.svg|150px]]<br />Party flag used from 1999 to 2008
| headquarters = [[Karlskrona]]
| newspaper = ''Den Svenske Nationalsocialisten''
| country = Sweden
}}

The '''National Socialist Front''' ({{langx|sv|Nationalsocialistisk front}}, '''NSF''') was at the time of its dissolution the largest [[Neo-Nazi]] [[political party]] in [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2000-1/sweden.htm |title=Antisemitism And Racism |publisher=Tau.ac.il |access-date=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105173829/http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2000-1/sweden.htm |archive-date=2011-11-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw99-2000/sweden.htm |title=Stephen Roth Institute: Antisemitism And Racism |publisher=Tau.ac.il |access-date=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204033942/http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw99-2000/sweden.htm |archive-date=2012-02-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive1/sweden/index.htm |title=Sweden |publisher=Axt.org.uk |access-date=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207083050/http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/archive/archive1/sweden/index.htm |archive-date=2012-02-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/countries/sweden/sweden.htm |title=Sweden |publisher=Axt.org.uk |access-date=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226035223/http://www.axt.org.uk/antisem/countries/sweden/sweden.htm |archive-date=2012-02-26 }}</ref> The organization was founded in [[Karlskrona]] on 8 August 1994. It became a political party on 20 April 1999, the 110th birthday of [[Adolf Hitler]]. The party's official newspaper—now defunct—was named ''Den Svenske Nationalsocialisten'' ("The Swedish National Socialist"), also known as ''Den Svenske'' ("The Swedish").

The party ran in the [[municipal council]] elections in [[Karlskrona]] in 2002, but only attracted 0.5% of the votes which was not sufficient for a mandate. In 2006 the party entered [[2006 Swedish general election|the elections at a national level]]. There it gained 1,417 votes, or 0.03% (in order to enter the [[Parliament of Sweden|Swedish parliament]] a party needs at least 4% of the total votes). The party was most successful in [[Trollhättan]], where it received 208 votes or 0.65%, although this was not enough to enter the [[Municipal assembly (Sweden)|municipal assembly]]. 2006 was the best election year in the party's history.

In 2007, the NSF demonstrated in [[Stockholm]] for the release of [[Holocaust denial|Holocaust denier]] [[Ernst Zündel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_AkJEv2G-4 |title=Nationalsocialistisk front - Frige zündel 7 juli 2007 |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-09-23 |access-date=2012-01-29}}</ref>

The party had as its main goals the abolition of [[democracy]], the [[repatriation]] of immigrants, internment of [[Communism|communists]] into [[Labor camp|work camps]], a repeat of [[the Holocaust]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVm7HlCs25A|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> and the implementation of [[scientific racism]] and cutting taxes for families with many genetically healthy children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/politiskextremism/vitmaktmiljon/grupper.4.3b063add1101207dd46800055810.html|title=Grupper inom vit makt-miljön|publisher=[[Swedish Police Authority]]|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009193242/http://www.sakerhetspolisen.se/politiskextremism/vitmaktmiljon/grupper.4.3b063add1101207dd46800055810.html|archive-date=2007-10-09|quote=Partipolitiken betonas, demokratin ska avskaffas på parlamentarisk väg. Partiprogrammet består bland annat av rasbiologiska skyddsåtgärder, utträde ur EU, repatriering (flyktingars återvändande till sina hemländer) samt skattelättnader för barnrika och genetiskt friska familjer.|url-status=dead}}</ref> The NSF also launched a campaign to defend [[Mel Gibson]] over the criticism he received from [[Abraham Foxman]] for making the film ''[[The Passion of the Christ]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsf.nu/thepassion/|title=The Passion of the Christ - NSF|access-date=2007-11-12|publisher=National Socialist Front|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320231024/http://www.nsf.nu/thepassion/|archive-date=2008-03-20}}</ref>

The National Socialist Front had a mandatory political uniform [[dress code]] during marches and demonstrations, which included a black combat-sweater or shirt, black military-cap, boots, khaki-coloured combat pants and the party's logo on the arms. This uniform was taken out of use after the police stated in 2006 that it was a hate crime to wear them during demonstrations. The members of the party often wore a blue T-shirt with yellow text that said "NSF" after this.

==History==
The party was formed in 1994 by a number of sympathisers of the former [[White Aryan Resistance (Sweden)|White Aryan Resistance]] (Swedish: Vitt Ariskt Motstånd) in Karlskrona. From the beginning 1994 to December 1999, the party was led by Anders Högström. When he left, he introduced a so-called reich council consisting of Anders Ärleskog and Daniel Höglund. Anders Högström left NSF to instead become involved in the Social Democrats. As of April 1999, the National Socialist Front saw itself as a party political organization, but never registered a party designation.

Several people related to the organization were convicted of violent crime which was against the public. Among other things, the perpetrators of the [[Malexander murders]] 1999 had connections to NSF. One of the perpetrators, Andreas Axelsson, had previously been a member of NSF in a shorter period, and an ex-[[neo-Nazi]] and [[Yugoslav Wars]] [[mercenary]] and war criminal [[Jackie Arklöv]], who assumed responsibility for the shooting of the two policemen, had written a letter to NSF's partition.

The National Socialist Front was sometimes focussed on media because of outward activities such as demonstrations and fly-spreading. NSF's former uniform was abolished before the 2006 election and then a blue T-shirt with yellow text was often used on which it was called "NSF". The previous uniforms included: black military-like cap, party logo tags on the arms, black long-sleeved sweater, beige combat pants and optional black boots. Among the propaganda party spread there was an extensive sale of white power products, including CDs, via the Internet.

== Party program ==
The organization was hierarchically structured with a central management and subgroups. The action program showed that the organization worked for, among other things, national self-sufficiency, [[repatriation]] of all overseas immigrants, establishing a state race control to "secure the mental and biological health of the Nordic race" as well as state control of mass media. The overall objective was to "pave the way for a national socialist power access" and then abolish [[democracy]]. The National Socialist Front would introduce a people's government under the [[Führerprinzip|Nordic leadership and responsibility principle]], [[Corporatism|consisting of expert representatives selected within the various professions]], which would only serve the people in the country of birth. Even the death penalty for serious sexual offenses and treason was included in the program. The organizationion wanted Sweden to exit from the 	[[European Union]] and the [[United Nations]]. The party also wanted to abolish the aid to [[communist state]]s and dictatorships.<ref>{{cite web|title=Punktprogram|url=http://www.nsfront.info/punktprogram.shtml|agency=Nationalsocialistisk front|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112200659/http://www.nsfront.info/punktprogram.shtml|archive-date=12 November 2006}}</ref>

==Dissolution==
The National Socialist Front was officially dissolved on 22 November 2008. A new party, the [[People's Front (Sweden)|People's Front]] ("Folkfronten"), was founded at the same time with the same people in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://den-svenske.com/2008-11-25-folkfronten_slog_upp_portarna.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623055627/http://www.den-svenske.com/2008-11-25-folkfronten_slog_upp_portarna.html |archive-date=2009-06-23|title=Folkfronten slog upp portarna |publisher=Den-svenske.com |date= 2008-11-25 |language=sv}}</ref> The People's Front was later reconstituted as the [[Party of the Swedes]] which ran in the [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]] and [[2014 Swedish general election|2014 general elections]] and received about 1,000 votes in the [[2014 European Parliament election in Sweden|2014 election to the European Parliament]], before being dissolved the following year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.val.se/val/ep2014/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html |title=Röster - Val 2014 |access-date=2014-09-23 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140907101617/http://www.val.se/val/ep2014/slutresultat/E/rike/index.html |archive-date=2014-09-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Image:NSF marching.jpg|thumb|250px|right|National Socialist Front members participating in a demonstration during [[National holiday of Sweden|Sweden's National Day]], June 6, 2007.]]

== Electoral results ==
=== [[Riksdag]] ===

{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election year
! # of overall votes
! % of overall vote
! # of overall seats won
! +/-
! Notes
|-
! [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 1,417
| 0.03 (#16)
| {{Composition bar|0|349|hex={{party color|Sweden Democrats}}}}
|''New''
| {{Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070903133731/http://www.nsfront.info/  The old official website of Nationalsocialistisk Front viewed through archive.org]
*[http://www.den-svenske.com/ Den svenske nationalsocialisten (NSF's official newspaper)]

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{{Swedish nationalism and fascism}}

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