Swedish Resistance Movement
Encyclopedia
The Swedish Resistance Movement , also known as the SMR, is a Swedish, militant
Neo-Nazi
organisation that exists in Stockholm
, Gothenburg
, Malmö
and Linköping
. The Leader is Klas Lund
, former member of White Aryan Resistance
, VAM, and convicted of manslaughter
.
The organisation is mainly known for their links to heavy criminality. According to Swedish Security Service
SMR is the Neo-Nazi Group which is the biggest threat against Sweden's inner security.
SMR is considered being a central actor in the white power-movement
of Sweden.
(VAM) were released from prison and became the core of the Swedish Resistance Movement. The organisation was founded in December 1997 by people working with the Neo-Nazi magazine Folktribunen and people from National Youth and the now discontinued VAM.
.
The organization says their fight will require bloodshed. SMR honour in their publications people like Adolf Hitler
, Corneliu Codreanu and Robert Jay Mathews
.
and other physical activities such as marches and paintball
. Their camps in the Swedish woods have left some people to believe they are training for a civil war
or a revolution
, although all such claims have been publicly rejected by the organization. In November 2003 the Swedish Security Service
raided homes of leading members, among them Klas Lund
who was later sentenced to prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
They also publish the magazine Nationellt Motstånd.
(known from VAM).
was the youth organization of the Swedish Resistance Movement. However, in May 2006 they announced the youth organization as dismantled and all its members and activities are now part of the main organization. The main reason given was that "no youth organization has never made any revolutionary changes of society" and that it would be better if the young recruits are groomed as adults, as the members of the Volkssturm
in 1945.
Militant
The word militant, which is both an adjective and a noun, usually is used to mean vigorously active, combative and aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in 'militant reformers'. It comes from the 15th century Latin "militare" meaning "to serve as a soldier"...
Neo-Nazi
Neo-Nazism
Neo-Nazism consists of post-World War II social or political movements seeking to revive Nazism or some variant thereof.The term neo-Nazism can also refer to the ideology of these movements....
organisation that exists in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
and Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
. The Leader is Klas Lund
Klas Lund
Klas Lund is a leading member of the Swedish neonazi group Svenska motståndsrörelsen...
, former member of White Aryan Resistance
White Aryan Resistance (Sweden)
White Aryan Resistance , also known as VAM, was a militant neo-nazi group active in Sweden between 1991 and 1993. The name of the group was derived from the US White supremacist organisation WAR however the point of the acronym is lost in the translation...
, VAM, and convicted of manslaughter
Manslaughter
Manslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is said to have first been made by the Ancient Athenian lawmaker Dracon in the 7th century BC.The law generally differentiates...
.
The organisation is mainly known for their links to heavy criminality. According to Swedish Security Service
Swedish Security Service
The Swedish Security Service , former name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning , is the security service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board....
SMR is the Neo-Nazi Group which is the biggest threat against Sweden's inner security.
SMR is considered being a central actor in the white power-movement
White nationalism
White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism. The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and...
of Sweden.
Origin
In the mid-nineties former members of White Aryan ResistanceWhite Aryan Resistance (Sweden)
White Aryan Resistance , also known as VAM, was a militant neo-nazi group active in Sweden between 1991 and 1993. The name of the group was derived from the US White supremacist organisation WAR however the point of the acronym is lost in the translation...
(VAM) were released from prison and became the core of the Swedish Resistance Movement. The organisation was founded in December 1997 by people working with the Neo-Nazi magazine Folktribunen and people from National Youth and the now discontinued VAM.
Aims
The aims of Swedish Resistance Movement is to establish a Nordic government by revolutionRevolution
A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...
.
The organization says their fight will require bloodshed. SMR honour in their publications people like Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
, Corneliu Codreanu and Robert Jay Mathews
Robert Jay Mathews
Robert Jay Mathews was the leader of an American white nationalist group The Order.Mathews was burned to death during the intense gunfight with approximately seventy-five of the federal law enforcement agents who surrounded his house on Whidbey Island, near Freeland, Washington.Mathews' life was...
.
Tactics
Their main tactic is handing out leaflets about crimes committed by foreigners and immigrants in Sweden, arranging public rallies and training their members in martial artsMartial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
and other physical activities such as marches and paintball
Paintball
Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...
. Their camps in the Swedish woods have left some people to believe they are training for a civil war
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....
or a revolution
Revolution
A revolution is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time.Aristotle described two types of political revolution:...
, although all such claims have been publicly rejected by the organization. In November 2003 the Swedish Security Service
Swedish Security Service
The Swedish Security Service , former name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning , is the security service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board....
raided homes of leading members, among them Klas Lund
Klas Lund
Klas Lund is a leading member of the Swedish neonazi group Svenska motståndsrörelsen...
who was later sentenced to prison for illegally possessing a firearm.
They also publish the magazine Nationellt Motstånd.
Leadership
Little is known about its leadership, but one man of prominence is Klas LundKlas Lund
Klas Lund is a leading member of the Swedish neonazi group Svenska motståndsrörelsen...
(known from VAM).
Youth organization
Nationell UngdomNationell Ungdom
National Youth was a Swedish neofascist and openly racist organisation. National Youth was closely linked with the Swedish Resistance Movement....
was the youth organization of the Swedish Resistance Movement. However, in May 2006 they announced the youth organization as dismantled and all its members and activities are now part of the main organization. The main reason given was that "no youth organization has never made any revolutionary changes of society" and that it would be better if the young recruits are groomed as adults, as the members of the Volkssturm
Volkssturm
The Volkssturm was a German national militia of the last months of World War II. It was founded on Adolf Hitler's orders on October 18, 1944 and conscripted males between the ages of 16 to 60 years who were not already serving in some military unit as part of a German Home Guard.-Origins and...
in 1945.
Violent connections
Persons linked to the Swedish Resistance Movement have been involved in several acts of violence:- Armed robbery, Sollentuna 1997
- Theft of weapons from the army in SträngnäsSträngnäsSträngnäs is a locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 12,296 inhabitants in 2005. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, a former Roman Catholic and present Lutheran Diocese, with the Strängnäs Cathedral, built...
, September 1998 - Assault and battery of persons of African descent, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
April 1999 - Assault and battery of homosexuals during Gay PrideGay prideLGBT pride or gay pride is the concept that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity...
in StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(See also Stockholm PrideStockholm PrideStockholm Pride is an annual gay pride festival held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Since the start in 1998, Stockholm Pride has grown....
), July 1999 - Assault and battery of ethnic Swedes at Gröna LundGröna LundTivoli Gröna Lund or Grönan is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located on the seaward side of the Djurgården island and is relatively small compared to other amusement parks, mainly due to its central location, which limits expansion. Gröna Lund is a popular venue for concerts during...
, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
1999 - The murder of Björn SöderbergBjörn SöderbergBjörn Söderberg, born 1958, was a Swedish union active syndicalist who was murdered in Sätra, Stockholm on October 12, 1999.Björn Söderberg had made a tip to the newspaper Arbetaren owned by Sveriges Arbetares Centralorganisation about his colleague Robert Vesterlund...
, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
1999 - Manslaughter in SkogåsSkogåsSkogås is a district of Huddinge Municipality in Sweden, 15 kilometres south of Stockholm along the railroad to the city and harbour of Nynäshamn. Population in Skogås reaches 13,000 but lately the suburb has conjoined with its northern neighbour Trångsund, forming a municipality part with a...
new year -2000, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
1999 - Three far left activists from the Socialist Justice Party and one conservative youth from the Moderate Youth LeagueModerate Youth LeagueThe Moderate Youth League , officially known in English as the Swedish Young Conservatives, is the youth wing of the Swedish Moderate Party. It had 12 051 members in 2010...
were seriously assaulted in GothenburgGothenburgGothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
2008