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Nordic Green Left Alliance

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Nordic Green Left Alliance
Nordisk grön vänster (Swedish)
Pohjoismaiden vihreän vasemmiston liitto (Finnish)
Nordisk Grønne Venstre Alliance (Danish)
Nordisk Grønt Venstre Allianse (Norwegian)
Norræna vinstri-græna bandalagið (Icelandic)
Abbreviation
  • NGLA (English)
  • NGV (Swedish)
General SecretaryFinland Mia Haglund [fi]
Founded6 January 1995 (1995-1-6)[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
European affiliationELA, NTP!, EGP
European Parliament groupThe Left, Greens-EFA
Colours  Green
  Crimson
Nordic Council
11 / 87
Website
nordicgreenleft.com

The Nordic Green Left Alliance (Swedish: Nordisk grön vänster, Finnish: Pohjoismaiden vihreän vasemmiston liitto, Danish: Nordisk Grønne Venstre Alliance Norwegian: Nordisk Grønt Venstre Allianse, Icelandic: Norræna vinstri-græna bandalagið; NGLA) is a left-wing party group in the Nordic Council, founded in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 1 February 2004. Initially founded by five parties representing Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, in 2009 two other parties from Greenland and the Faroe Islands joined the NGLA.[2]

History

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Initial logo

In the 1950s to 1970s, the Danish Socialist People's Party (F), the Norwegian Socialist Left Party (SV) and the Swedish Left Party – the Communists (VPK) were formed. These parties traced back to the old communist parties and were similar to eurocommunist parties in Western Europe.[3] Similarly, the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Icelandic People's Alliance became eurocommunist.

After the 1995 enlargement of the European Union, European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) was formed.[1] Since 2002, the People's Movement against the EU (which was backed by the Red–Green Alliance) left the Europe of Democracies and Diversities and joined GUE/NGL.[4] Their ally, the June Movement, was only a member for a few months through Jens Okking.[5] Margrete Auken (F) did not join GUE/NGL opting for Greens-EFA instead.[6] In 2009, the Faroe Republic and the Greenlandic Inuit Ataqatigiit were accepted as members.[2]

Former logo

Members

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The member organisations of NGLA are:[7]

Country National party Nordic Council National MPs European MPs European
affiliation
# of seats Last election # of seats Last election # of seats Last election
 Denmark
Folketing
Green Left
(Socialistisk Folkeparti)
1 / 16
15 / 175
2022
15 / 179
2022
3 / 15
2024 G/EFA (EGP)
Red-Green Alliance
(Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne)
1 / 16
9 / 175
9 / 179
1 / 15
Left (NTPELA)
The Alternative
(Alternativet)
1 / 16
6 / 175
6 / 179
0 / 15
None
 Faroe Islands
Løgting
Republic
(Tjóðveldi)
1 / 2
6 / 33
2022
0 / 179
0 / 2
2022 Not in EU
 Finland
Eduskunta
Left Alliance
(Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet)
1 / 18
11 / 200
2023
3 / 15
2024 Left (NTPELA)
 Greenland
Inatsisartut
Community of the People
(Inuit Ataqatigiit)
1 / 2
12 / 31
2021
1 / 179
1 / 2
2022 Not in EU
 Iceland
Althing
Left-Green Movement
(Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð)
1 / 7
0 / 63
2024 Not in EU
 Norway
Storting
Socialist Left Party
(Sosialistisk Venstreparti)
2 / 20
13 / 169
2021 Not in EU
Red Party
(Rødt)
1 / 20
8 / 169
 Sweden
Riksdag
Left Party
(Vänsterpartiet)
1 / 20
24 / 349
2022
2 / 21
2024 Left (NTPELA)

Most of the member parties of NGLA have not joined the Party of the European Left (the Finnish Left Alliance and the Danish Red-Green Alliance being a recent exception), but NGLA participates in EL events as an observer.

In the European Parliament, the MEP of the Swedish Left Party, the Danish Red-Green Alliance and the Finnish Left Alliance are part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL parliamentary group, whilst the Danish Socialist People's Party MEP is a member of the Greens–European Free Alliance group. The Irish Sinn Féin, the Basque EH Bildu, the Dutch Party for the Animals and the German Party Human Environment Animal Welfare have also joined the NGL.

Elected representatives of Member Parties

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European institutions

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Organisation Institution Number of seats
 European Union European Parliament
9 / 720
European Commission
0 / 27
European Council
(Heads of Government)
0 / 27
Council of the European Union
(Participation in Government)
1 / 27
Committee of the Regions
 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
3 / 306

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Le Groupe de La Gauche au Parlement européen - GUE-GVN (LG)". Europe-politique.eu. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Hele Nordatlanten med i den venstregrønne alliance" [The whole North Atlantic now part of the Left-Green Alliance]. Nordic Council (in Danish). 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  3. ^ Einhorn, Eric S.; Logue, John (2023). "Continuity and Change in the Scandinavian Party Systems". Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000928549.
  4. ^ "Ole KRARUP". European Parliament.
  5. ^ "Jens Dyhr OKKING". European Parliament.
  6. ^ "Margrete AUKEN". European Parliament.
  7. ^ "Nordic Green Left". Nordic Council. Retrieved 3 January 2023.