‘Make Scandinavia a bulwark against fascism!’:Hitler’s seizure of power and the transnational anti-fascist movement in the Nordic countries

• Main Author: Braskén, Kasper
• Other Authors: Copsey, Nigel, Featherstone, David
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2020
• Subjects: Denmark; Finland; Finland-Swedish; Iceland; Norway; Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; Sweden; antifascism; Bulwark
• Online Access: https://research.abo.fi/en/publications/44f0ea53-2730-4d10-a726-0d18ba34a4bf; https://research.abo.fi/ws/files/27172767/9780429058356_oachapter5.pdf; https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429058356; http://10.4324/9780429058356; https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202201147580

Hitler's seizure of power on 30 January 1933 provided an urgent impetus to stage transnational anti-fascist conferences and rallies on a global scale. One of the first, but almost completely overlooked major conferences was organised in Copenhagen in April 1933 in the form of a Scandinavian Ant...