In the Nordic Countries in general, and perhaps most prominently from among them in Norway in particular, there's basically no antifa presence at all. In the other countries there's a very little presence, where some random kids will roleplay as communist revolutionaries and sometimes vandalize public property by putting some antifa stickers there... but that's about it. There are no public demonstrations, there are no protest marches to speak of, there is no violence. In countries like Finland there's perhaps some minor demonstrations sometimes, but they are very minor and mostly incident-free. In Norway, however, it is my understanding (although I have not corroborated it) that there's pretty much no antifa presence at all.
Note that this isn't a feature of Europe in general. It's particular to the Nordic countries. In many other countries antifa can be even more violent than it is in the US, as hard as that might be to believe. (Their protests at G20 summits typically cause literally hundreds of millions of euros in property damage, and have become more and more violent every year.)
Why is this so? The reason is not that young people are less susceptible to their propaganda and indoctrination.
No, the reason is primarily something that I touched in a recent blog post: A very easy solution to the terrorism happening in the United States.
That's right: Antifa is almost non-existent and pretty much completely inconsequential here primarily because the police actually upholds the law, and takes it extremely seriously. The police has a zero-tolerance policy on rioting, vandalism, illegal demonstrations, and any activity that may cause excessive amount of disturbance or danger to the community.
Here the police will not just stand by, watching from the sidelines, while a group of people is illegally protesting, harassing people, disrupting traffic, and engaging in vandalism and rioting. Not only are such activities quickly stopped, but in fact they are largely prevented from happening, if they can. (Public demonstrations are legal, but they need official permission, and there are very strict rules related to public safety, especially when it comes to traffic, that need to be followed. The permission is demanded for many reasons, but one of them is that the police can properly divert traffic as needed, and patrol the demonstration to stop anything illegal from being done.)
In other words, the police do their duty and uphold the law. That's it. It's that simple. Not much more is needed.
Note that this isn't a feature of Europe in general. It's particular to the Nordic countries. In many other countries antifa can be even more violent than it is in the US, as hard as that might be to believe. (Their protests at G20 summits typically cause literally hundreds of millions of euros in property damage, and have become more and more violent every year.)
Why is this so? The reason is not that young people are less susceptible to their propaganda and indoctrination.
No, the reason is primarily something that I touched in a recent blog post: A very easy solution to the terrorism happening in the United States.
That's right: Antifa is almost non-existent and pretty much completely inconsequential here primarily because the police actually upholds the law, and takes it extremely seriously. The police has a zero-tolerance policy on rioting, vandalism, illegal demonstrations, and any activity that may cause excessive amount of disturbance or danger to the community.
Here the police will not just stand by, watching from the sidelines, while a group of people is illegally protesting, harassing people, disrupting traffic, and engaging in vandalism and rioting. Not only are such activities quickly stopped, but in fact they are largely prevented from happening, if they can. (Public demonstrations are legal, but they need official permission, and there are very strict rules related to public safety, especially when it comes to traffic, that need to be followed. The permission is demanded for many reasons, but one of them is that the police can properly divert traffic as needed, and patrol the demonstration to stop anything illegal from being done.)
In other words, the police do their duty and uphold the law. That's it. It's that simple. Not much more is needed.
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