Schirmorganisation der Nordischen Bewegung: Der Nordische Ring und seine Repräsentanten in Norwegen

Abstract

Nordischer Ring [Nordic Ring], founded in 1926, aimed to unite all groups in the Nordic Movement and to make the Nordic Thought, drafted by Hans F. K. Günther, to the leading ideology in Germany. Until the enforced political conformity of Nordischer Ring through incorporation into Nordische Gesellschaft [Nordic Society] in 1936, Nordischer Ring was able to build up far-reaching contacts not only to völkisch circles and among the nobility, but also to the NSDAP. In addition, the collaboration, advanced by Günther, of Norwegian researchers on the topic of race played an important role for the goals of Nordischer Ring, which hoped, in a long term perspective, to be able to establish the Nordic Thought in Norway and the other Scandinavian countries. This article traces the emergence and development of Nordischer Ring until its incorporation with a special focus on the contacts with Norwegian researchers on the topic of race.

Keywords

• Norway
• Relations with Germany
• Political Parties & Social Movements
• Culture of Remembrance & Politics of History
• History of Ideas
• Nations & Nationalism
• Scandinavianism & Nordism
• Age of World Wars