SAMAK

SAMAK (Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté), or the Joint Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic Labour Movement, assembles the 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 President of the committee is Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Prime Minister of Denmark and chairman of the Danish Social Democrats. Inger Segelström is the General Secretary.

The committee was formed during the first Scandinavian Workers' Congress in Göteborg in 1886.

SAMAK holds a congress every four years, with the next congress scheduled for autumn 2014.

Member organisations

Nearly all member parties use the social democratic red rose as their logo or symbol.

Denmark

• Social Democrats
• Danish Confederation of Trade Unions

Iceland

• Social Democratic Alliance
• Icelandic Federation of Labour

Sweden

• Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Swedish Trade Union Confederation

Norway

• Labour Party
• Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Finland

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

Åland

• Åland Social Democrats

Greenland

• Siumut

Faroe Islands

• Social Democratic Party

External links

• Official website (English)