Haakon Forwald (born 1978 in

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) is a leading member of the extreme right-wing Nordic

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(''Norwegian: Nordisk Styrke''), founded in 2019. He was from 2010 to 2019 the leader of the Norwegian branch of the

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(NRM), a

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movement in Scandinavia. He has been described by the newspaper ''

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. Forwald is the founder of the band Disiplin and was previously a member of the bands Myrkskog and

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. He used the stage names Weltenfeind,History
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Biography

Forwald played in Desolation, Archon, and Maleficum. He joined Myrkskog in 1998 and left the band in 2000 to form Disiplin. In 2005 he kicked out the other Disiplin members for not being members of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order", a Satanic order. After Brice Leqlercq left

, Forwald became the band's bassist in 2005 and left the same yearNews
/ref> "As a result of bassist Haakon Forwald's family situation back home in Norway and his initiatory work with the Norwegian cell division of the Misanthropic Luciferian Order" and "in order to focus on his

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and

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work in Norway".http://www.whiskey-soda.de/news.php?id=12247 "Dissection bassist Haakon Forwald leaves the band" In around 2005/2006, Forwald turned towards

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ideology which he integrated into his band Disiplin, which also joined the NSBM network Pagan Front.

References

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