Article The Scandinavian far-right and the new politicisation of heritage Elisabeth Niklasson Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, USA Herdis Hølleland Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research, Norway Abstract The past 30 years have witnessed a radical shift in European politics, as new far-right wing parties have entered national parliaments. Driven by discontent, fear and the notion of cultural struggle, they have gradually come to twist the political conversation around their core issues. For many far-right parties, cultural heritage is one such issue. While this ought to put them on the radar of scholars studying heritage politics, the topic of far-right heritage policy remains largely unexplored. This article seeks to ignite this field of enquiry by taking a closer look at what far-right heritage policies actually look like. Focus is set on three Scandinavian far-right parties with seats in national parliaments: the Danish People’s Party, the Progress Party in Norway and the Sweden Democrats. By examining the notion of heritage put forth in their party mani- festos and the heritage priorities expressed in their parliamentary budget proposals, we consider the weight of their rhetoric. Keywords Heritage politics, far-right, heritage policy, heritage governance, follow the money, Scandinavia Journal of Social Archaeology 2018, Vol. 18(2) 121–148 ! The Author(s) 2018 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1469605318757340 journals.sagepub.com/home/jsa Corresponding author: Elisabeth Niklasson, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, Bldg 500, 488 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-2170, USA. Email: enik@stanford.edu