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![[NSB flag]](../images/s/se}nsb.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorović, 25 March 2012
National Socialist Bloc (Swedish: Nationalsocialistiska Blocket) was founded
in 1933; it never managed to achieve a large support and gradually vanished in
early 1940's [1, 2]. Party leaders were Colonel Martin Ekstrom (last name spell
with an umlaut over the o) and Count Eric von Rosen, the latter probably being
the creator of the party flag (see below).
The party used a blue flag charged with a yellow swastika with curved bendings (see
attached image <se}nsb.gif>); the color shades were those of the national flag
[3]. The finial also had form of the
swastika, the same as the flag charge [4]. The same swastika was also used as
the standalone emblem, e.g. on the party posters [5]. The flag was probably
created by Eric von Rosen, who used the swastika as a personal owner's mark and
also promoted its use in Finland - he created the original Finnish Air Force
roundel with a blue swastika on a white disc - all of that long before the party
was founded [6].
Sources:
[1] Wikipedia
page about the National Socialist Bloc:
[2] Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum -
topic about the National Socialist Bloc:
[3] Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum -
photo of party flag:
[4] Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum -
photo of party flag finial:
[5] Photo of a
poster of National Socialist Bloc at the Wikipedia:
[6] Wikipedia page
about Eric von Rosen:
About the symbol itself, a similar swastika (bendings extending near the
straight parts of the arms) is used in India on the ballot papers and has come
to represent an universal symbol for the elections and voting in general:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika#South_Asia
An
image of the symbol cam be seen here:
http://www.opinionpoll.in/modules/election/representative.php.
Tomislav Todorović, 25 March 2012
![[NSAP flag]](../images/s/se}nsf.gif)
by António Martins
The flag was used from the founding of NSAP in 1933 until 1938 when the name
was changed to Svensk Socialistisk Samling
(SSS) and a flag without the swastika was adopted.
Marcus Wendel 19 August 1999
NSAP also used various other flags with a swastika, including the German hakenkreuzfahne.
Marcus Wendel 11 September 1999
National Socialist Workers Party was formed in 1933 as the breakaway group
from the Swedish National Socialist Party (SNSP). Its leader Sven Olov Lindholm
was originally the second-in-command in the SNSP. The party differed from other
Swedish Nazi parties by insisting on anti-Capitalist nature of its ideology,
which led to them being labelled as Strasserites ("left-wing Nazis"), especially
after the name was changed to Swedish Socialist Coalition (Svensk Socialistisk
Samling) in 1938 and use of swastika was abandoned along with most references to
Nazism. The party, once a leading ultra-rightist group in Sweden, lost most of
the support during the WW2, to be eventually disbanded in 1950. [1, 2]
Along with the blue flag charged with yellow swastika [3, 4], the party used red
flag charged with yellow swastika on blue disc, which was originally used by the
Swedish National Socialist Party. There are suvriving flags
[5] and party membership badges [6] which verify this, as well as photos of
party headquarters which show this flag hoisted above the entrance [7, 8]. It is
also shown on the party posters [9], sometimes even together with the flag
charged with yellow swastika on blue field [10].
Sources:
[1]
Wikipedia page about the National Socialist Workers' Party:
[2]
War Relics Forum - topic about the NSAP and other Swedish Nazi parties:
[3]
War Relics Forum - photos of a NSAP table flag:
[4]
War Relics Forum - photos of a NSAP table flag:
[5]
War Relics Forum -
photos of NSAP flag "for podium":
[6]
War Relics Forum - photo of a NSAP membership badge:
[7]
War Relics Forum - photo of NSAP party headquarters in Stockholm 1934:
[8]
War Relics Forum - photo of NSAP party headquarters in Stockholm 1934:
[9]
War Relics Forum - photo of a NSAP poster:
[10]
War Relics Forum - photo of a NSAP poster:
Tomislav Todorović, 26 November 2012
![[NSAP flag]](../images/s/se}snsp.gif)
image by Tomislav Todorović
Swedish National Socialist Party (Svenska Nationalsocialistiska
Partiet) was founded in 1930 by fusion of several smaller Nazi groups,
under the name of New Swedish National Socialist League (Nysvenska
Nationalsocialistiska Förbundet); its later name was adopted next
year. At that time, its leader Birger Furugard (last name spells with
ring above the a) was often described as the future /fuehrer/(Swedish: /riksledare/) of Sweden, but the party suffered from a
serious split in 1933, when large number of members broke away under
the leadership of Sven Olov Lindholm, Furugard's deputy, and formed
the National Socialist Workers Party, which quickly became the
strongest Nazi movement in Sweden. In 1936, following a meagre
performance at the national election, the party was disbanded. [1, 2,
3]
The party used a red flag, charged with a yellow swastika on blue
disc. The colors can be verified by surviving party membership badges
[4, 5, 6]. The surviving black and white photos of party members,
including Furugard himself [7, 8], also show flags and armbands with
the grayscale pattern which does correspond to said colors.
Sources:
[1] Wikipedia page about Birger Furugard (in English):
[2] Wikipedia page about Birger Furugard (in Swedish):
[3]
War Relics Forum - topic about Swedish Nazi parties:
[4] Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum - topic about the
Swedish National Socialist Party:
[5]
Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum - photo of a SNSP membership badge:
[6]
Gentleman's Military Interest Club forum - photo of a SNSP membership badge:
[7] Photo of Birger Furugard in party uniform at Wikipedia Commons:
[8]
War Relics Forum -
photo of a SNSP gathering (with the portrait of
Furugard in the back):
Tomislav Todorović, 26 November 2012
SSS (which was called Nationalsocialistiska
Arbetarpartiet (NSAP) until 1938) often used a white flag with a
Wasa-sheaf.
Marcus Wendel 11 September 1999
I've posted a scan of a
flag used by the Swedish Nazi union Svenska Socialistiska
Industriarbetarförbundet (SSIAF), part of Svensk Socialistisk Samling
(SSS) at flagsforum.skalman.nu.
Marcus Wendel, 14 February 2008
