Fatherland League (Norway)
The Fatherland League was a Norwegian right-wing, anti-communist and nationalist political organisation in the interwar period. Founded in 1925, the movement aimed to unite all centre-to-right forces against the rise of the revolutionary Marxist labour movement. At its peak of popular support and political influence around 1930 it was the single largest mass movement ever organised on the political right in Norway, with an estimated 100,000 members. The movement began to decline through the 1930s, followed by some unsuccessful attempts to gain direct influence as a political party. The Fatherland League was banned and dissolved after the German occupation of Norway in 1940.
Nansen on his 1929 campaign tour on the ship Stella Polaris, with rallies held from Bergen to Nordkapp.
Rally in rural Haukeliseter, with speech by Nansen ("N"). It was often the first centre-right group to establish local activity in more remote places.
Representatives for the organisation in 1932.
"Show your colour. Vote labour up, and the Labour Party down."
Norwegian nationalism is an ideology that promotes the unity of Norwegians and their culture under one nation state.
Postcard advocating for Norwegian Nationalism, in 1905: "FREEDOM, EQUALITY, BROTHERHOOD OF NORWAYS CONSTITUTION 1814" An allegorical "Mother Norway" depicted as a blonde Viking Valkyrie by Andreas Bloch (1860–1917).
