Nordic Green Left Alliance

Nordic Green Left Alliance Swedish: Nordisk grön vänster Finnish: Pohjoismaiden vihreän vasemmiston liitto Danish: Nordisk Grønne Venstre Alliance Norwegian: Nordisk Grønt Venstre Allianse Icelandic: Norræna vinstri-græna bandalagið
Abbreviation	NGLA (English) NGV (Swedish)
General Secretary
Founded	1 February 2004 (2004-02-01)
Ideology	Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Socialism Environmentalism Feminism Progressivism Factions: Euroscepticism Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Left-wing
European affiliation	PEL, NTP!, EGP
European Parliament group	GUE/NGL, Greens-EFA
Colours	Crimson   Green
Riksdag	27 / 349
Eduskunta	16 / 200
Folketing	29 / 179
Storting	13 / 169
Althing	8 / 63
Løgting	6 / 33
Inatsisartut	12 / 31
European Parliament	5 / 49 (Nordic seats)
Nordic Council	11 / 87
Website
nordicgreenleft.com
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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.

Members[]

Initial logo

Former logo

The member organisations of NGLA are:

Country	National party	National MPs				European MPs
		# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election	# of seats	Last election
Denmark Folketing	Socialist People's Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti)	15 / 175	2019	15 / 179	2019	2 / 14	2019
	Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne)	13 / 175	2019	13 / 179	2019	1 / 14
Faroe Islands Løgting	Republic (Tjóðveldi)	6 / 33	2019	0 / 179 0 / 2	2019	Not in EU
Finland Eduskunta	Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto/Vänsterförbundet)	16 / 200			2019	1 / 14	2019
Greenland Inatsisartut	Community of the People (Inuit Ataqatigiit)	12 / 31	2021	1 / 179 1 / 2	2019	Not in EU
Iceland Althing	Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð)	8 / 63			2021	Not in EU
Norway Storting	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	13 / 169			2021	Not in EU
Sweden Riksdag	Left Party (Vänsterpartiet)	28 / 349			2018	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

See also[]

• European United Left–Nordic Green Left