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The use of national myths in the rhetoric of populist radical-right parties in the Nordic countries
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS). Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7498-0636
University of Helsinki, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8336-9505
2024 (English)In: The Nordic Populist Radical Right: Voters, Ideology, and Political Interactions / [ed] Ann-Cathrine Jungar, Routledge, 2024, p. 81-99Chapter in book (Refereed)
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The current anthology investigates the extent to which populist radical-right parties are challenging the dominant ideological paradigm of Nordic politics. This chapter examines how four Nordic populist parties use national myths in their political rhetoric to justify their politics. More specifically, it explores how common memories from a golden age – when the nation was still ethnically homogeneous – are constructed and used in the party programmes of the four parties to appeal to presumptive voters. ‘The analysis, informed by discursive research on national rhetoric, shows how the selective use and construction of national myths is a feature which unites Nordic radical-right parties, with the Norwegian Progress Party standing out as the exception’. As such, the Sweden Democrats and the Finns Party utilize national myths in their party programmes most frequently, whereas the Danish People’s Party’s use of national myths resembles that employed by Danish mainstream parties, and the Norwegian Progress Party stands out with no use of national myths in its party programmes. The chapter discusses the main points of convergence and difference between the parties and concludes that the differences reflect the varying backgrounds of these parties and the different historical and social contexts in which they operate.

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Routledge, 2024. p. 81-99
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Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy, ISSN 2639-8702, E-ISSN 2639-8699
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Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies) Sociology (Excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-72812DOI: 10.4324/9780429199936-7ISBN: 9780429199936 (electronic)ISBN: 9781138390225 (print)ISBN: 9781138387478 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-72812DiVA, id: diva2:1922461
Available from: 2024-12-18 Created: 2024-12-18 Last updated: 2025-02-17Bibliographically approved

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