SAMAK

Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement Template:Lang-sv Template:Lang-fi Template:Lang-da Template:Lang-no
Abbreviation	SAMAK
President	Jonas Gahr Støre
General Secretary	Jan-Erik Støstad
Chair of the Board	Kjersti Stenseng
Founded	1886
Headquarters	Youngstorget 2 0181 Oslo
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Nordic Council affiliation	The Social Democratic Group
Colours	Red
Nordic Council	24 / 86
Website
samak.info
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The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement (Template:Lang-da; Template:Lang-no; Template:Lang-sv; Template:Lang-fi), 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.

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

• Main Organization of Trade Union Movement
• Social Democrats

   Faroe Islands
     • Equality Party

   Greenland
     • Forward

Finland

• Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
• Social Democratic Party of Finland

   Åland
     • Social Democrats

Iceland

• People's Union of Iceland
• Alliance - Social Party of Iceland

Norway

• Land Organization in Norway
• Workers' Party

Sweden

• Land Organization in Sweden
• Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party

Further reading

• Mirja Österberg. 2019. "‘Norden’ as a Transnational Space in the 1930s: Negotiated Consensus of ‘Nordicness’ in the Nordic Cooperation Committee of the Labour Movement." in Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000. Berghahn.

See also

• The Social Democratic Group

External links

• 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.