Nordens Frihet Explained

Editor:Harald Wigforss
Editor Title:Editor
Category:Political magazine
Founded:1940
Founder:Samfundet Nordens Frihet
Firstdate:28 March 1940
Finaldate:December 1945
Country:Sweden
Language:Swedish

Nordens Frihet (Swedish: Nordic Freedom) was a Swedish language anti-Nazi weekly magazine that was published by Samfundet Nordens Frihet, an association established to support the independence of the Nordic countries. The magazine existed between March 1940 and December 1945.

History and profile

Nordens Frihet was started by an association, Samfundet Nordens Frihet, on 28 March 1940.[1] The editorial board consisted of ten individuals, including historian Nils Ahnlund and writer Eyvind Johnson, who were all members of the association.[2] Its editor was Harald Wigforss.[3]

The magazine was published on a weekly basis[3] until April 1944 when its frequency was switched to monthly. It had an anti-Fascist political stance and encouraged the independence of the Nordic countries during World War II.[1] Following the invasion of Denmark and Norway by the Nazi forces in April 1940 it called for the formation of a defensive alliance by Sweden and Finland.[4] The magazine was also against Soviet Union's policies of invasion.[4]

Nordens Frihet ceased publication in December 1945.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peter Stadius. Jonas Harvard. Communicating the North: Media Structures and Images in the Making of the Nordic Region. Ashgate. 2016. 978-1-317-16357-2. Burlington. https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99. 99. Tora Byström. Nordic solidarity in print: the Nordens Frihet Association and its magazine, 1939-45.
  2. Web site: Antinazister och nordister under andra världskriget. forskning.se. sv. 11 September 2009. 7 March 2022.
  3. News: Namn att minnas – Harald Wigforss. 7 March 2022. sv. Svensk Tidskrift. 31 December 1963. 5 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805040548/https://www.svensktidskrift.se/namn-att-minnas-harald-wigforss/.
  4. Book: Jonas Harvard. Peter Stadius. Communicating the North: Media Structures and Images in the Making of the Nordic Region. Routledge. 2016. London; New York. 978-1-317-16357-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=uFE3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PP100. 100–101. Erlend Eidsvik. Expressions of pan-Scandinavian sentiments in the magazine Fram among Scandinavian migrants in South Africa, 1914-1954.