SAMAK

SAMAK

SAMAK

Confederation of Nordic social-democratic parties

The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Worker's 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 an alliance of social democratic parties and labour councils in the Nordic countries. 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 2021 is Jonas Gahr Støre, the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway. Jan-Erik Støstad is the General Secretary, and Kjersti Stenseng is Chair of the Board.

Quick Facts Abbreviation, President ...

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

    Faroe Islands
     • Social Democratic Party

    Greenland
     • Forward

 Finland

    Åland
     • Åland Social Democrats

 Iceland

 Norway

 Sweden

Further reading

See also

References

  1. [1]
    SAMAKs toppmøte 2023 28. februar
  • 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.
Stub icon

This article related to one or more trade or labor unions is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article SAMAK, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.