Nordic Green Left Alliance
The Nordic Green Left Alliance (Swedish: Nordisk grön vänster, Finnish: Pohjoismaiden vihreän vasemmiston liitto; NGLA) is an alliance of Nordic left-wing parties, founded in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 1 February 2004. Initially founded by five parties representing Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, in 2009 two other parties from Greenland and the Faroe Islands joined the NGLA.[1]
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| Abbreviation |
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| General Secretary |  Mia Haglund |
| Founded | 1 February 2004 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | |
| European affiliation | PEL, NTP!, EGP |
| European Parliament group | The Left, Greens-EFA |
| Colours | Green Crimson |
| Nordic Council | 11 / 87 |
| Website | |
| nordicgreenleft.com | |
Members
The member organisations of NGLA are:[2]
| Country | National party | National MPs | European MPs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | # of seats | Last election | ||
 DenmarkFolketing |
Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) |
15 / 175 |
2022 | 15 / 179 |
2022 | 2 / 14 |
2019 |
| Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne) |
9 / 175 |
9 / 179 |
1 / 14 | ||||
| The Alternative (Alternativet) |
6 / 175 |
6 / 179 |
0 / 14 | ||||
 Faroe IslandsLøgting |
Republic (Tjóðveldi) |
6 / 33 |
2022 | 0 / 179 0 / 2 |
2022 | Not in EU | |
| Finland Eduskunta |
Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet) |
11 / 200 |
2023 | 1 / 14 |
2019 | ||
 GreenlandInatsisartut |
Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit) |
12 / 31 |
2021 | 1 / 179 1 / 2 |
2022 | Not in EU | |
 IcelandAlthing |
Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð) |
8 / 63 |
2021 | Not in EU | |||
 NorwayStorting |
Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti) |
13 / 169 |
2021 | Not in EU | |||
| Red Party (Rødt) |
8 / 169 | ||||||
 SwedenRiksdag |
Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) |
24 / 349 |
2022 | 1 / 20 |
2019 | ||
Most of the member parties of NGLA have not joined the Party of the European Left (the Finnish Left Alliance and the Danish Red-Green Alliance being a recent exception), but NGLA participates in EL events as an observer.
In the European Parliament, the MEP of the Swedish Left Party, the Danish Red-Green Alliance and the Finnish Left Alliance are part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left parliamentary group, whilst the Danish Socialist People's Party MEP is a member of the Greens-EFA group. The Irish Sinn Féin, the Basque EH Bildu, the Dutch Party for the Animals and the German Party Human Environment Animal Welfare have also joined the NGL.
Elected representatives of Member Parties
European institutions
| Organisation | Institution | Number of seats |
|---|---|---|
 European Union | European Commission | 0 / 28 |
| European Council (Heads of Government) | 0 / 27 | |
| Council of the European Union (Participation in Government) | 1 / 27 | |
| European Parliament | 5 / 705 | |
 Council of Europe | Parliamentary Assembly | 3 / 324 |
References
- "Hele Nordatlanten med i den venstregrønne alliance" [The whole North Atlantic now part of the Left-Green Alliance]. Nordic Council (in Danish). 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- "Nordic Green Left". Nordic Council. Retrieved 3 January 2023.