The Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party ( sv, Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Bonde-och Arbetarpartiet) was the first

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organization in Sweden.

Founding

In 1923 Sigurd and Gunnar met with

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and

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. The organization was founded by

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and his two brothers Sigurd and Gunnar, at a meeting in

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a year later on 12 August 1924 as the Swedish National Socialist Freedom League ( sv, Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Frihetsförbundet). The group started the publication ''Nationalsocialisten'', with Sigurd as its editor. The organization was renamed to its final name the following year. The party largely remained confined to

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. The publication of ''Nationalsocialisten'' was discontinued. In 1930 the party merged with the Fascist People's Party of Sweden of

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, and formed the

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(SNSP).

References

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