Based on a constructivist approach this book offers a comparative analysis into the causes of
nationalist populist politics in each of the five Nordic independent nation states. Behind the
social liberal façade of the economically successful welfare-orientated Nordic states
right-wing populism has found support in the region. Such parties emerged first in Denmark and
Norway in the 1970s before becoming prominent in Sweden and Finland after the turn of the
millennium and in Iceland in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 when populist parties
surged throughout the Nordics. The author traces these Nationalist trails of thoughts back to
the National Socialistic movements of the 1920s and 1930s (the respective Nordic version Nazi
parties) and before to the birth of the Nordic nation states in the nineteenth century
following the failure of integration. Since then as the book argues separate nationalisms
have grown strong in each of the countries. This study will appeal to students and scholars as
well as wider audiences interested in European Politics Nordic Politics Nationalism and
Populism.
