In a significant move aimed at curbing the influence of white supremacist groups, the U.S. State Department has designated the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), Sweden's largest neo-Nazi group, and its three leaders as terrorists. This rare designation marks only the second time the U.S. has applied the terrorist label to a white supremacist organization known for its history of violence and extremist activities.

 

The State Department's decision underscores the Biden administration's broader strategy to counter domestic terrorism, particularly the threat posed by white extremist groups. The designation allows the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to block any American property or assets belonging to the NRM. It also prohibits Americans from financial dealings with the organization and facilitates the banning of its members from entering the United States.

 

 

The Nordic Resistance Movement, founded in 1997, operates not only in Sweden but also in Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland, where it has been banned since 2020. The group's stated goal is to dismantle Nordic democracies and replace them with a "united ethnic Nordic nation," promoting a violent and fanatical Nazi ideology.

 

The designation follows concerns over the NRM's increasing violence and its efforts to forge connections with like-minded organizations in the United States. “The group’s members and leaders have carried out violent attacks against political opponents, protesters, journalists, and other perceived adversaries,” the State Department stated, highlighting the group's role in inciting domestic terrorism.

 

In recent incidents, the group's violent ideology was apparent when a neo-Nazi with suspected ties to the NRM stabbed a 12-year-old in Finland, an attack reportedly motivated by the child's foreign background. Additionally, masked members of the NRM attacked a migrant camp in northern Stockholm earlier this year.

 

The designation also names three key figures in the NRM: Tor Fredrik Vejdeland, the group's leader; Par Oberg, a member of the national council and head of its parliamentary branch; and Leif Robert Eklund, another council member and coordinator of the group's Swedish divisions.

 

While the Biden administration's action is a significant step, some experts believe it could go further. Mary McCord, a former top Justice Department official, suggested that the U.S. could have classified the NRM as a foreign terrorist organization, a move that would activate the material support statute, providing the government with more potent tools against such groups.

 

The NRM's designation comes amid a historical context of increasing attention to domestic terrorism. The Trump administration, although criticized for its stance on domestic terrorism, included this threat in its National Strategy for Counterterrorism and, in 2020, designated the Russian Imperial Movement, another ultranationalist group, as a terrorist organization. This was the first time the U.S. had applied the terrorist label to a white supremacist group.

 

The Russian Imperial Movement has been known to support neo-Nazi organizations in Scandinavia, aligning with the Russian government's broader strategy of sowing chaos and stoking internal divisions within Western democracies.

 

The designation of the Nordic Resistance Movement reflects an ongoing effort by the U.S. to combat the global rise of white supremacist extremism and protect democratic institutions from the violent ideologies that threaten them.

 

 

Credit: NYT 2024-06-18

 

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Good to see there’s non of the ‘Good people on both sides’ obfuscation.

 

 

Good they sound like an evil bunch 

Looks like the Vikings have had it with mass immigration too.

22 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Looks like the Vikings have had it with mass immigration too.

Thems Nazi not Vikings 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I was going to caution against incoming whataboutary.

 

Of course you were 😄

 

Just like your May general election prediction?

 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

But too late I see.

 

Indeed. A day late and a dollar short. At least you're consistent. 

'Biden administration's broader strategy to counter domestic terrorism, particularly the threat posed by white extremist groups'

 

Some questions here. How domestic is Sweden, and the other northern European countries to America?

Second, how many of the dozens or so American neo-nazi and white supremacist militias (well armed of course) have been designated terrorist organizations? To be honest, I don't know.

I'm just puzzled.

 

 

Edited June 18, 20242 yr by Presto

Might the Usraeli military be named next?

I’m sure why the US should be sticking its nose in Sweden’s business. 

And at the same time  changes it's stance on the Azof battalion

(now brigade) allowing supply of arms to Nazi's !!

11 hours ago, nauseus said:

Looks like the Vikings have had it with mass immigration too.

Do you mean that immigration automatically leads to Nazism? In Sweden?

13 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Good to see there’s non of the ‘Good people on both sides’ obfuscation.

 

 

 

That may be true of the article and video but, sadly, that's not the case on this forum.

 

It appears that many posters here can casually overlook Nazism.

52 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

That may be true of the article and video but, sadly, that's not the case on this forum.

 

It appears that many posters here can casually overlook Nazism.

Some embrace it

3 hours ago, johng said:

But J6 was infinitely worse

think of the democracy (children)

J6?was an attempt To overthrow the election.

 

Definitely way worse than stuff attributed to BLM.

maybe they are really fed up with the imported muslim gangs?

Why are the Yanks bothering Sweeden. They have enough of these nut bars in the USA why don't they go after them?

5 hours ago, Presto said:

Do you mean that immigration automatically leads to Nazism? In Sweden?

 

I didn't use the either word automatically, or Nazism. So, no.

They exist solely I guess due to the migrant influx across Europe's porous borders - combined with their higher welfare benefits migrants maybe can claim vs other Euro countries ?

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

A bit selective with which Nazis you want to make comparisons with.

This is not the 1930 and 40's. 

9 hours ago, john donson said:

maybe they are really fed up with the imported muslim gangs?

It’s them Muslims, they made Sven into a Nazi.

5 hours ago, TedG said:

This is not the 1930 and 40's. 

Although there are concerned efforts by some to take the world back to that evil madness.

On 6/17/2024 at 5:03 PM, nauseus said:

Looks like the Vikings have had it with mass immigration too.

Danish Vikings were better.

16 hours ago, johng said:

And at the same time  changes it's stance on the Azof battalion

(now brigade) allowing supply of arms to Nazi's !!

I see someone was confused perhaps this helps

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-us-weapons-azov-a3a555670bedeae2022900621d79aba7

 

The Azov Brigade is among Ukraine’s most effective and popular fighting units but it has been dogged by its origins as a volunteer battalion that drew fighters from far-right circles and criticism for some of its tactics. The U.S. had banned the regiment from using American weapons, citing the neo-Nazi ideology of some of its founders.

On 6/18/2024 at 5:45 PM, TedG said:

BLM caused more property damage and deaths than any Nazi group in the USA. 

I think the KKK would qualify as a nazi group.

12 hours ago, charleskerins said:

False 

Prove it. 

14 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Although there are concerned efforts by some to take the world back to that evil madness.

By who?

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U.S. Designates Sweden's Nordic Resistance Movement as a Terrorist Organization