Mark Fredriksen
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Mark Fredriksen as a French
extreme right figure and the founder, in 1966, of the neo-Nazi Fédération d'action nationaliste et européenne.
He co-edited Notre Europe, which was the mouthpiece of the Revolutionary Nationalist Groups
(GNR), a Third Position
group headed by François Duprat
, who later joined the National Front (FN).
Fredriksen also stood as a candidate for the National Front (FN) at a time when the party sought out alliances with more radical groups due to the impact on their support that the Parti des forces nouvelles
was having. As such Fredriksen was the FN candidate in Seine-Saint-Denis
in the 1978 election
where his 1.4% vote share was actually one of the higher results for the far right in an election in which they failed to prosper. Fredriksen left the FN after the murder of François Duprat
, feeling that Jean-Marie Le Pen
was too 'soft' for his liking.
Fredriksen's controversial opinions have made him a target for direct attacks more than once. On September 19, 1980 Fredriksen and a group of his supporters were attacked at the Paris
palace of justice by a group of people claiming to represent the Jewish Defense Organization
. Fredriksen suffered a further attack on October 12 of that same year and had to be hospitalized.
France
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extreme right figure and the founder, in 1966, of the neo-Nazi Fédération d'action nationaliste et européenne.
He co-edited Notre Europe, which was the mouthpiece of the Revolutionary Nationalist Groups
Revolutionary Nationalist Groups
The Revolutionary Nationalist Groups were a French far-right organization which gathered the nationalist revolutionary tendency between 1976 and 1978....
(GNR), a Third Position
Third Position
Third Position is a revolutionary nationalist political ideology that emphasizes its opposition to both communism and capitalism. Advocates of Third Position politics typically present themselves as "beyond left and right", instead claiming to syncretize radical ideas from both ends of the...
group headed by François Duprat
François Duprat
François Duprat was a writer and Holocaust denier. He was known also for being a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978.-Biography:...
, who later joined the National Front (FN).
Fredriksen also stood as a candidate for the National Front (FN) at a time when the party sought out alliances with more radical groups due to the impact on their support that the Parti des forces nouvelles
Parti des forces nouvelles
Parti des forces nouvelles or Party of New Forces was a French far right political party formed in November 1974 from the Comité faire front, a group of anti-Jean-Marie Le Pen dissidents who had split from the National Front .-Development:...
was having. As such Fredriksen was the FN candidate in Seine-Saint-Denis
Seine-Saint-Denis
- Culture :A number of hip hop artists come from the Seine-Saint-Denis, including one of the first major hip-hop groups in France, NTM, as well as Lord Kossity, or more recent acts such as Tandem or Sefyu.- Miscellaneous topics :...
in the 1978 election
French legislative election, 1978
The French legislative elections took place on 12 March and 19 March 1978 to elect the 6th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic.On 2 April 1974 President Georges Pompidou died. The non-Gaullist center-right leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was elected to succeed him...
where his 1.4% vote share was actually one of the higher results for the far right in an election in which they failed to prosper. Fredriksen left the FN after the murder of François Duprat
François Duprat
François Duprat was a writer and Holocaust denier. He was known also for being a founding member of the Front National party and part of the leadership until his assassination in 1978.-Biography:...
, feeling that Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
was too 'soft' for his liking.
Fredriksen's controversial opinions have made him a target for direct attacks more than once. On September 19, 1980 Fredriksen and a group of his supporters were attacked at the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
palace of justice by a group of people claiming to represent the Jewish Defense Organization
Jewish Defense Organization
The Jewish Defense Organization is a militant Jewish organization in the United States.-Background and ideology:The JDO was founded in the early 1980s by Mordechai Levy after a violent feud with the Jewish Defense League's former leader Irv Rubin, who was killed or committed suicide in jail in 2002...
. Fredriksen suffered a further attack on October 12 of that same year and had to be hospitalized.