%0 Journal Article %T Alfred Rosenberg und die Nordische Gesellschaft ¨C Der nordische Gedanke¡° in Theorie und Praxis %A Birgitta Almgren %A Jan Hecker-Stampehl %A Ernst Piper %J Nordeuropaforum %D 2008 %I Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin %X This contribution traces the emergence, Gleichschaltung, expansion and demise of the Nordische Gesellschaft [Nordic Society] with a special focus on its leading protagonist Alfred Rosenberg. In the beginning of the article, the history of ideas and the organisa-tional foundations of the society are being set as a background. In the main part of the text the Nordische Gesellschaft¡¯s activity during the ¡°Third Reich¡± and under Rosenberg¡¯s auspices is being analysed. Sources used comprise both archival material as well as the NG¡¯s own publications %K Civil Society %K Foreign & Security Policy %K Relations with Germany %K Identities %K Nordic Cooperation %K Political Parties & Social Movements %U http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2008-2/almgren-birgitta-7/PDF/almgren.pdf