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National Youth was a Swedish
neofascist and openly racist
organisation. National Youth was closely linked with the Swedish Resistance Movement
.
The group became famous in the summer of 1998 for tearing down photographs of nude boys at the Swedish Historical Museum. The reason behind the action was to protest against paedophilia and "degenerate art
". The exhibition was closed down after the event.
Since December 2000 they participated in the annual Salem March for Daniel Wretström
, who was killed in the Stockholm
suburb of Salem
by a group of which some were young immigrants.
Together with the Swedish Resistance Movement they published the magazine
Nationellt Motstånd. Earlier they published the magazine Folktribunen, which among other things has praised the people behind the racist killings in Kode
and Klippan
(in Sweden
) as true patriots
. The editor, Klas Lund
, was convicted of bank robbery and of the murder of Ronny Landin in the summer of 1986. In the beginning of the 1990s Klas Lund was one of the leaders of VAM.
In May 2006, the Swedish Resistance Movement announced the youth organization and all its activities and members as merged with the main organization.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
neofascist and openly racist
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
organisation. National Youth was closely linked with the Swedish Resistance Movement
Swedish Resistance Movement
The Swedish Resistance Movement , also known as the SMR, is a Swedish, militant Neo-Nazi organisation that exists in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Linköping. The Leader is Klas Lund, former member of White Aryan Resistance, VAM, and convicted of manslaughter.The organisation is mainly known for...
.
The group became famous in the summer of 1998 for tearing down photographs of nude boys at the Swedish Historical Museum. The reason behind the action was to protest against paedophilia and "degenerate art
Degenerate art
Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete Kunst, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art. Such art was banned on the grounds that it was un-German or Jewish Bolshevist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were...
". The exhibition was closed down after the event.
Since December 2000 they participated in the annual Salem March for Daniel Wretström
Daniel Wretström
Daniel Wretström, , was a Swedish white power skinhead killed in Salem, Sweden who also played in the white power band Vit Legion .-Death:...
, who was killed in the Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
suburb of Salem
Salem Municipality
Salem Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name traces its origins from Slaem in the 16th century, but was later changed to Salem, the Biblical name of Jerusalem...
by a group of which some were young immigrants.
Together with the Swedish Resistance Movement they published the magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
Nationellt Motstånd. Earlier they published the magazine Folktribunen, which among other things has praised the people behind the racist killings in Kode
Kode
Kode is a locality situated in Kungälv Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,336 inhabitants in 2005....
and Klippan
Klippan Municipality
Klippan Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan.The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan with the rural municipality of Riseberga and part of Östra Ljungby.Söderåsen National Park...
(in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) as true patriots
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
. The editor, Klas Lund
Klas Lund
Klas Lund is a leading member of the Swedish neonazi group Svenska motståndsrörelsen...
, was convicted of bank robbery and of the murder of Ronny Landin in the summer of 1986. In the beginning of the 1990s Klas Lund was one of the leaders of VAM.
In May 2006, the Swedish Resistance Movement announced the youth organization and all its activities and members as merged with the main organization.