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{{short description|Nordic social-democratic European political alliance}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement
| native_name      = {{native name|da|Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté}}<br>{{native name|nb|Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité}}<br>{{native name|nn|Arbeidarrørsla si nordiske samarbeidskomité}}<br>{{native name|sv|Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté}}<br>{{native name|fi|Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea}}
| logo             = SAMAK logo.png
| logo_size        = 180px
| colorcode        = {{party color|SAMAK}}
| abbreviation     = SAMAK
| headquarters     = Youngstorget 2,
0181 Oslo
| president        = [[Mette Frederiksen]]<ref>https://samak.info/</ref>
| leader1_title    = Chair of the Board
| leader1_name     = [[Kjersti Stenseng]]
| general_secretary = [[Antti Rinne]]
| founded          = 1886
| ideology         = [[Social democracy]]
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|SAMAK}}|border=darkgray}} Red
| seats1_title     = [[Nordic Council]]
| seats1           = {{composition bar|24|87|hex={{party color|SAMAK}}}}
| european         = [[Party of European Socialists]]
| europarl         = [[Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats]]
| affiliation1_title = [[Nordic Council]] affiliation
| affiliation1     = [[The Social Democratic Group]]
| website          = [https://samak.info/ samak.info]
| country          = the European Union
}}

The '''Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Workers' Movement''' ({{langx|da|Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté}}, {{langx|fi|Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea}}, [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] {{langx|nb|Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité}}, {{langx|sv|Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté}}), better known by its abbreviation '''SAMAK''', is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] [[European political alliances|European political alliance]] gathering parties and [[labour council]]s in [[Nordic countries]].

SAMAK consists of all social democratic parties and [[Labour movement|trade union organisations]] in the Nordic countries, including in [[Greenland]], the [[Faroe Islands]] and [[Åland]]. The current president of the committee as of 2024 is [[Mette Frederiksen]], the leader of the [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]] and [[Prime Minister of Denmark]]. [[Antti Rinne]] is the general secretary, and [[Kjersti Stenseng]] the 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==
[[File:Red rose 02.svg|thumb|right|175px|The red rose, a common symbol of [[social democracy]]. Nearly all member parties use the red rose as their logo or symbol.]]

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{{flag|Denmark}}
* [[Danish Trade Union Confederation]]
* [[Social Democrats (Denmark)|Social Democrats]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{flag|Faroe Islands}}<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• [[Social Democratic Party (Faroe Islands)|Social Democratic Party]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{flag|Greenland}}<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• [[Forward (Greenland)|Forward]]

{{flag|Finland}}
* [[Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions]]
* [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]]

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{flag|ALA|name=Åland}}<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• [[Åland Social Democrats]]

{{flag|Iceland}}
* [[Icelandic Confederation of Labour]]
* [[Social Democratic Alliance]]

{{flag|Norway}}
* [[Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions]]
* [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour Party]]

{{flag|Sweden}}
* [[Swedish Trade Union Confederation]]
* [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party]]
{{div col end}}

==Further reading==
* Mirja Österberg. 2019. "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvw048qk ‘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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|https://samak.info}} {{in lang|en}}
*{{cite web|title=The Joint Committee of the Nordic Social Democratic Labour Movement (SAMAK)|url=http://www.pes.eu/en/content/joint-committee-nordic-social-democratic-labour-movement-samak|publisher=Party of European Socialists|access-date=20 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213063813/http://www.pes.eu/en/content/joint-committee-nordic-social-democratic-labour-movement-samak|archive-date=13 February 2013}}

{{Political organisations at European Union level}}

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[[Category:Social Democratic Party of Finland]]
[[Category:Social Democratic Alliance]]
[[Category:Labour Party (Norway)]]
[[Category:Swedish Social Democratic Party]]
[[Category:Nordic organizations]]
[[Category:Nordic politics]]
[[Category:European political alliances]]


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