Nordic Green Left Alliance
 | |
| Abbreviation |
|
| General Secretary |  Mia Haglund |
| Founded | 6 January 1995[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | ELA, NTP!, EGP |
| European Parliament group | The Left, Greens-EFA |
| Colours | Green Crimson |
| Nordic Council | 11 / 87 |
| Website | |
| nordicgreenleft | |
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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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]
Members
[edit]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 | ||||
 DenmarkFolketing |
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 (NTP–ELA) | ||||
| The Alternative (Alternativet) |
1 / 16
|
6 / 175
|
6 / 179
|
0 / 15
|
None | ||||
 Faroe IslandsLøgting |
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 (NTP–ELA) | ||
 GreenlandInatsisartut |
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit) |
1 / 2
|
12 / 31
|
2021 | 1 / 179 1 / 2
|
2022 | Not in EU | ||
 IcelandAlthing |
Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð) |
1 / 7
|
0 / 63
|
2024 | Not in EU | ||||
 NorwayStorting |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) |
2 / 20
|
13 / 169
|
2021 | Not in EU | ||||
| Red Party (Rødt) |
1 / 20
|
8 / 169
| |||||||
 SwedenRiksdag |
Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) |
1 / 20
|
24 / 349
|
2022 | 2 / 21
|
2024 | Left (NTP–ELA) | ||
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.
Elected representatives of Member Parties
[edit]European institutions
[edit]| 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 / 612
|
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Le Groupe de La Gauche au Parlement européen - GUE-GVN (LG)". Europe-politique.eu. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ole KRARUP". European Parliament.
- ^ "Jens Dyhr OKKING". European Parliament.
- ^ "Margrete AUKEN". European Parliament.
- ^ "Nordic Green Left". Nordic Council. Retrieved 3 January 2023.