Vägen Framåt

Weekly newspaper in Sweden (1932–1992)

  • Weekly newspaper
  • Bimonthly magazine
Founder(s)New Swedish MovementPublisherRiksförbundet Det nya SverigeFounded1932Political alignmentFar-rightLanguageSwedishCeased publication1992Headquarters
  • Uppsala
  • Stockholm
  • Malmö
CountrySwedenISSN0346-4849OCLC number924810836

Vägen Framåt (Swedish: The Road Forward) was a weekly newspaper published by the New Swedish Movement, a fascist and corporatist nationalist political movement in Sweden founded by Per Engdahl. The paper was in circulation between 1932 and 1992 with some interruptions.

History and profile

Vägen Framåt was established as a weekly newspaper by the New Swedish Movement in Uppsala in 1932.[1][2] The founding editor was Per Engdahl.[3] The publisher was Riksförbundet Det nya Sverige based in Uppsala.[4] Vägen Framåt was published in Stockholm in the period 1935-1937 and in Malmö from 1942.[4]

Between 1937 and 1940 Vägen Framåt temporarily ceased publication.[4] One of the editors was Yngve Nordberg, a friend of Per Engdahl.[5] The paper frequently published articles by Per Engdahl who praised Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.[6] One of his articles dated 1979 formulated the strategy to be followed by the Swedish fascist movement in future.[7] The newspaper folded in 1992.[8]

References

  1. ^ Lena Berggren (2014). "Intellectual Fascism: Per Engdahl and the Formation of 'New-Swedish Socialism'". Fascism: Journal of Comparative Fascist Studies. 3 (2). doi:10.1163/22116257-00302001.
  2. ^ Karl Arne Blom (2018). Lilla Marlene (in Swedish). Copenhagen: SAGA Egmont. p. 56. ISBN 978-87-11-70710-4.
  3. ^ Elisabeth Åsbrink (2021). "When Race Was Removed from Racism: Per Engdahl, the Networks that Saved Fascism and the Making of the Concept of Ethnopluralism". Journal of the History of Ideas. 82 (1): 137. doi:10.1353/jhi.2021.0006. PMID 33583834. S2CID 231926387.
  4. ^ a b c "Vägen framåt" (in Swedish). Libris. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ Elizabeth Åsbrink (2011). Och i Wienerwald står träden kvar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Natur & Kultur. p. 325. ISBN 978-91-27-13340-2.
  6. ^ Conny Mithander (2007). ""Let Us Forget the Evil Memories." Nazism and the Second World War from the Perspective of a Swedish Fascist". In Conny Mithander; John Sundholm; Maria Holmgren Troy (eds.). Collective Traumas: Memories of War and Conflict in 20th-century Europe. Brussels: P.I.E.P. Lang. p. 192. ISBN 978-90-5201-068-7.
  7. ^ "Fascismen bortom mytbildningen". Arbetaren (in Swedish). 18 April 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Tidning "Vägen framåt"" (in Swedish). Digital Museum. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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