Samfundet Nordens Frihet (, "

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Freedom Society") was a

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association founded in 1939 to promote independence for the

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during the

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. The association was dissolved in 1946.

History

Initially Samfundet Nordens Frihet was closely linked to the “Finlandskommittén” (Finland Committee), which worked to assist Finland with volunteer military forces. After the German occupation of Norway and Denmark in 1940, the society considered that Sweden should join the war. Politically, the society was against

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and

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. At most it had 250 members, among them many prominent cultural figures. Almost 50% of the members were academics in the field of History. “The core group consisted of members of the senior seminar on history at

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.” Society membership was applied by election, Sigurd Curman was the first president and Harald Wigforss was editor of the society’s journal, '' Nordens Frihet''. Other leading members of the society included the Stockholm municipal commissioner

Yngve Larsson Gustaf Richard ''Yngve'' Larsson (; December 13, 1881 – December 16, 1977) was a Swedish political scientist, Municipal commissioner (''Borgarråd''), and Member of Parliament. He was an important force in the urban development of Stockholm d ...

Nils Ahnlund Nils Ahnlund (23 August 1889 – 11 January 1957) was a Swedish historian. He was professor of history at the then-Stockholm University College 1928–1955, and became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1941. He was the father of physician Hans ...

Harald Hjärne Harald Gabriel Hjärne (2 May 1848, in Klastorp, Skövde – 6 January 1922, in Uppsala) was a Swedish historian. Hjärne held one of the chairs of history at Uppsala University from 1889 until 1913, and was a member of the Swedish Academy 1903 ...

Eli Heckscher Eli Filip Heckscher (24 November 1879 – 23 December 1952) was a Swedish political economist and economic historian who was a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is known for the Heckscher–Ohlin theorem, an influential model of ...

, Karl-Gustaf Hildebrand, Nils Herlitz,

Stig Jägerskiöld Stig Axel Fridolf Jägerskiöld (20 April 1911 – 14 September 1997) was a Swedish professor in public law, international law and constitutional law. He was also a historian and a diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diplom ...

, K.G. Westman,

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and Andreas Lindblom. Larsson, Ahnlund and Lindbom were members of the board throughout the society’s existence.Byström 2005, p. 147 The board members

Gustaf Aulén Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén (15 May 1879 – 16 December 1977) was the Bishop of Diocese of Strängnäs, Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran theologian, and the author of ''Christus Victor'', a work which still exerts consider ...

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, and

Henning Throne-Holst Henning Throne-Holst (25 July 1895 – 23 March 1980) was a Norwegian born, Swedish industrialist. Biography Throne-Holst was born at Strinda Municipality in Søndre Trondhjem, Norway. He was the son of Johan Throne Holst (1868-1946) and H ...

received

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