National Legion Den Nationale Legion | |
---|---|
Leader | Karl Meyer |
Founded | 1927 |
Dissolved | 1928 |
Newspaper | Nationalfascisten |
Ideology | Fascism |
Political position | Far-right |
The National Legion ( Norwegian: Den nasjonale legion, archaic Norwegian: Den Nationale Legion) was a short-lived fascist [1] political party in Norway led by Karl Meyer, in existence from 1927–28, notable for being the first fascist party in the country.
The party was founded at a public meeting at a circus, Cirkus Verdensteatret, in Oslo in May 1927. The event was hosted by the party's leader, Karl Meyer, "Norway's strongest man", a businessman and stock trader with a history of fraud cases. [1] Author and social commentator Erling Winsnes was another leading figure. [2]
Influenced by Italian Fascism, [3] [4] Meyer sought a "March on Oslo", with a parade of "100.000 farmers" that would make "the walls of Jericho crumble". [5] The party however failed to mobilise much beyond Oslo's bourgeois West End. [1] It ran a list in Oslo for the 1927 parliamentary election, [6] but did not win any representation with 1,210 votes, about 1% of the vote in Oslo and 0.1% nationwide. [7] Besides meetings at the circus, the party had little impact, and was dissolved in early 1928 amid internal conflicts and public brawls. [1]
National Legion Den Nationale Legion | |
---|---|
Leader | Karl Meyer |
Founded | 1927 |
Dissolved | 1928 |
Newspaper | Nationalfascisten |
Ideology | Fascism |
Political position | Far-right |
The National Legion ( Norwegian: Den nasjonale legion, archaic Norwegian: Den Nationale Legion) was a short-lived fascist [1] political party in Norway led by Karl Meyer, in existence from 1927–28, notable for being the first fascist party in the country.
The party was founded at a public meeting at a circus, Cirkus Verdensteatret, in Oslo in May 1927. The event was hosted by the party's leader, Karl Meyer, "Norway's strongest man", a businessman and stock trader with a history of fraud cases. [1] Author and social commentator Erling Winsnes was another leading figure. [2]
Influenced by Italian Fascism, [3] [4] Meyer sought a "March on Oslo", with a parade of "100.000 farmers" that would make "the walls of Jericho crumble". [5] The party however failed to mobilise much beyond Oslo's bourgeois West End. [1] It ran a list in Oslo for the 1927 parliamentary election, [6] but did not win any representation with 1,210 votes, about 1% of the vote in Oslo and 0.1% nationwide. [7] Besides meetings at the circus, the party had little impact, and was dissolved in early 1928 amid internal conflicts and public brawls. [1]