Groep fan Auwerk


Groep fan Auwerk is a political activism organization that advocates for an independent Friesland state.

Nij Fryslân (New Friesland)

The regions proposed are:
Groep fan Auwerk was founded in 2003 and organized its platform. In 2005 they made an application for the Frisian nationality to be recognized to the provincial house of parliament in Leeuwarden and ultimately the Frisian nationality was accepted by the European Union. After that they made a "FRL" license plate sticker to replace the official "NL". The group made an anti-Nazi helmet for World Cup in 2006.
On 23 September 2006, Groep fan Auwerk presented a proposal for an Inter-Frisian flag, intended to represent all Frisian regions, but was rejected by the Interfrisian Council in June 2007. However, the Council adopted the idea of a common flag. The flag of the Groep fan Auwerk previously advised, particularly in East Frisia under criticism because it had been prepared by the group in secret and then propagated massively.
In September 2008, Groep fan Auwerk replaced a number of traffic signs with Frisian-language versions. On 25 September 2009, Groep fan Auwerk, in cooperation with removed the Dutch versions in Wymbritseradiel. The municipality had already decided that the signs should be in Frisian but the activists did not feel that had effected the change quickly enough.

Chronological list of activism

The group is active in politics and promotes a stronger Frisian identity. For example, they say that all Frisian people should have Frisian nationality as well as their Dutch or German citizenship.

Frisian flags