Known by its abbreviation SAMAK, the ‘Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement’ (Danish: Arbejderbevægelsens nordiske samarbejdskommitté; Norwegian: Arbeiderbevegelsens nordiske samarbeidskomité; Swedish: Arbetarrörelsens nordiska samarbetskommitté; Finnish: Työväenliikkeen pohjoismainen yhteistyökomitea) 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 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.
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