The Cooperation Committee of the Nordic Labour Movement (; ; ; ), better known by its abbreviation SAMAK, 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 current President of the Committee as of 2021 is Jonas Gahr Støre, the leader of the Norwegian Labour Party and Prime Minister of Norway. Jan-Erik Støstad is the General Secretary, and Kjersti Stenseng is Chair of the Board. 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. Member organisations Social Democrats Danish Trade Union Confederation Social Democrats Siumut Social Democratic Party Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions Social Democratic Party of Finland Icelandic Confederation of Labour Social Democratic Alliance Labour Party Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Swedish Social Democratic Party Swedish Trade Union Confederation Further reading Mirja Österberg. 2019. "‘Norden’ as a Transnational Space in the 1930s: Negotiated Consensus of ‘Nordicness’ in the Nordic Cooperation Committee of the Labour Movement." in Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000. Berghahn. See also The Social Democratic Group References External links Social democratic parties in Europe Social Democrats (Denmark) Social Democratic Party of Finland Nordic organizations Nordic politics Scandinavian political parties