''Vägen Framåt'' ( Swedish: ''The Road Forward'') was a weekly newspaper published by the

New Swedish Movement The New Swedish Movement () was a far-right political movement in Sweden that emphasized strong Swedish nationalism, corporatism and anti-communism as well as a cult of personality around Per Engdahl. Engdahl founded the organization in 1941 ...

, a fascist and corporatist nationalist political movement in Sweden founded by

Per Engdahl Per Claes Sven Edvard Engdahl (25 February 1909 – 4 May 1994) was a leading Swedish far-right politician. He was a leader of '' Sveriges Fascistiska Kamporganisation'' (SFKO or Sweden's Fascist Combat Organization), during the 1930s. He led a ...

. The paper was in circulation between 1932 and 1992 with some interruptions.

History and profile

''Vägen Framåt'' was established as a weekly newspaper by the New Swedish Movement in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

in 1932. The founding editor was Per Engdahl. The publisher was Riksförbundet Det nya Sverige based in Uppsala. ''Vägen Framåt'' was published in

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in the period 1935-1937 and in

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from 1942. Between 1937 and 1940 ''Vägen Framåt'' temporarily ceased publication. One of the editors was Yngve Nordberg, a friend of Per Engdahl. The paper frequently published articles by Per Engdahl who praised

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and

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. One of his articles dated 1979 formulated the strategy to be followed by the Swedish fascist movement in future. The newspaper folded in 1992.

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