SAMAK

The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement (Danish: Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté, Finnish: Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea, Norwegian Bokmål: Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité, Swedish: Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté), better known by its abbreviation SAMAK, is a social democratic European political alliance gathering parties and labour councils in Nordic countries.

Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté (Danish) Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité (Bokmål) Arbeidarrørsla si nordiske samarbeidskomité (Nynorsk) Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté (Swedish) Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea (Finnish)
Abbreviation	SAMAK
President	Mette Frederiksen
General Secretary	Antti Rinne
Chair of the Board	Kjersti Stenseng
Founded	1886
Headquarters	Youngstorget 2, 0181 Oslo
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Nordic Council affiliation	The Social Democratic Group
Colours	Red
Nordic Council	24 / 87
Website
samak.info
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SAMAK consists of all social democratic parties and trade union organisations in the Nordic countries, including in Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland. The current president of the committee as of 2024 is Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democrats and Prime Minister of Denmark. Antti Rinne is the general secretary, and Kjersti Stenseng the chair of the board.

The committee was formed during the first Scandinavian Workers' Congress in Gothenburg in 1886.

SAMAK holds a congress every four years, while the board meets four to six times per year.

Member organisations

The red rose, a common symbol of social democracy. Nearly all member parties use the red rose as their logo or symbol.

Denmark

• Trade Movement's Main Organization
• Social Democrats

   Faroe Islands
     • Social Democratic Party

   Greenland
     • Forward

Finland

• Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
• Social Democratic Party of Finland

   Åland
     • Åland Social Democrats

Iceland

• People's Union of Iceland
• Social Democratic Alliance

Norway

• Land Organization in Norway
• Labour Party

Sweden

• Land Organization in Sweden
• Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party

Further reading

• Mirja Österberg. 2019. "‘Norden’ as a Transnational Space in the 1930s: Negotiated Consensus of ‘Nordicness’ in the Nordic Cooperation Committee of the Labour Movement." in Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000. Berghahn.

See also

• The Social Democratic Group

External links

• Official website (in English)
• "The Joint Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic Labour Movement (SAMAK)". Party of European Socialists. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2012.