Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement | |
Native Name: | |
Abbreviation: | SAMAK |
Headquarters: | Youngstorget 2,0181 Oslo |
President: | Mette Frederiksen[1] |
Leader1 Title: | Chair of the Board |
Leader1 Name: | Kjersti Stenseng |
General Secretary: | Antti Rinne |
Founded: | 1886 |
Ideology: | Social democracy |
Position: | Centre-left |
Colours: | Red |
Seats1 Title: | Nordic Council |
European: | Party of European Socialists |
Europarl: | Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
Affiliation1 Title: | Nordic Council affiliation |
Affiliation1: | The Social Democratic Group |
Website: | samak.info |
Country: | European Union |
The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement (da|Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté, fi|Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea, Norwegian nb|Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité, sv|Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté), better known by its abbreviation SAMAK, is a social democratic European political alliance gathering parties and labour councils in Nordic countries.
SAMAK consists of all social democratic parties and trade union organisations in the Nordic countries, including in Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. The current president of the committee as of 2024 is Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark. Antti Rinne is the general secretary, and Kjersti Stenseng the chair of the board.
The committee was formed during the first Scandinavian Workers' Congress in Gothenburg in 1886.
SAMAK holds a congress every four years, while the board meets four to six times per year.
Faroe Islands
• Social Democratic Party
Greenland
• Forward
Aland Islands
• Åland Social Democrats