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National Socialist Bloc (in Swedish
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: ''Nationalsocialistiska Blocket'') was a Swedish National Socialist
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political party
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formed in the end of 1933 by the merger of '' Nationalsocialistiska Samlingspartiet'', '' Nationalsocialistiska Förbundet'' and local National Socialist units connected to the advocate Sven Hallström in Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, U ...
. Later ''Svensk Nationalsocialistisk Samling
Swedish National Socialist Unity ( sv, Svensk nationalsocialistisk samling) was a Skåne-based Nazi political party in Sweden. Swedish National Socialist Unity was formed by party branches in Skåne of the Swedish National Socialist Party, that had ...
'' merged into NSB.
The leader of the party was Colonel
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In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...
Martin Ekström
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. The party maintained several publications, ''Landet Fritt'' ( Gothenburg), ''Vår Kamp'' (Gothenburg), ''Vår Front'' (Umeå), ''Nasisten
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'' (Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...
) and ''Riksposten''.
NSB differentiated itself from other Swedish Nazi groups due to its liaisons with the Swedish upper class. NSB was clearly smaller than the two main Nazi parties in Sweden at the time, SNSP and NSAP. Gradually the party vanished.
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