SAMAK

The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Worker's Movement (Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté, Pohjoismaiden työläisliikkeen yhteistyökomitea, Norwegian Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité, Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté), 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 2024 is Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the 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


🇩🇰 Denmark
 * Main Organization of Trade Union Movement
 * Social Democrats

🇫🇴 Faroe Islands • Social Democratic Party

🇬🇱 Greenland • Forward

🇫🇮 Finland
 * Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
 * Social Democratic Party of Finland

🇦🇽 ALA • Åland Social Democrats

🇮🇸 Iceland
 * Icelandic Confederation of Labour
 * Social Democratic Alliance

🇳🇴 Norway
 * Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
 * Labour Party

🇸🇪 Sweden
 * Swedish Trade Union Confederation
 * Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party