A new report from HSI looks at the violent past and present of the Nordic neo-Nazi organization calling itself the Nordic Resistance Movement. (more…)
Sweden
Behind the Nazi façade
Esa Henrik Holappa helped found the Finnish Resistance Movement, served as its public face and belonged to the organization’s inner core for years. Now he is speaking out, knowing well that doing so makes […]
The Swedish Connection
Two of the foremost leaders of the Somali extremist group al-Shabaab have previously lived in Sweden, resulting in the recruitment of young Scandinavian Somalis to jihadism. (more…)
The IS media jihad
Tech-savvy young media producers are boosting the Islamic State’s allure with increasingly competent presentation skills and graphics to enhance the brutal videos that have long been a staple. A video-game ethos is part […]
Neo-Nazis hail Rudolf Hess
NORDIC EXTREMISM – PART 3: Fascination with Rudolf Hess, an architect of Hitler’s Third Reich, drew some 30 neo-Nazis from around Scandinavia to a secret meeting in Helsinki recently. Among those attracted to […]