The paper aims to understand the new forms of nationalisms challenging (gender) equality and solidarity in the Nordic region. It explores the dilemmas of active citizenship following the immigration and 'refugee crisis' reflecting critically upon the relations between exclusionary nationalism and femo-nationalism. The theoretical and methodological approach seeks to integrate key concepts from social movements', citizenship and gender theories with special emphasis on intersectionality at the interface of immigration, gender and sexuality. The empirical analysis examines the counterforces to the practice of exclusionary nationalisms from the Danish context focusing on the goals, strategies and motivations of self-organized movements fighting against racism, discrimination and multiple inequalities. What conflicts/collaborations exist between civil society organizations and what is the positive and negative role of the state? What are the conditions for forging discursive transversal coalitions against racism, discrimination and inequalities and to what extent are gender issues and feminist politics part of this consensus? The paper discusses the particular challenges of gendering 'everyday activism' from the Danish/ Nordic contexts drawing on focus group interviews in civil society organizations in the field of anti-racism, pro-migrants, pro-solidarity. The perspective is to compare the potentials of activism fighting the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim consensus and exclusionary femo-nationalism.
