Danish government. Finnish government. Norwegian government. Swedish government. Support: U. Thore Holm Hansen. The Nordic Biker War was a gang war that began in January and continued until September in parts of Scandinavia and Finland, involving the Hells Angels and Bandidos outlaw motorcycle clubs.
The conflict arose from disputes over territory and organized crime rackets , as well as personal feuds within the biker subculture. Specifically, the members of both groups sought a monopoly on the right to engage in crime in certain geographical areas. The biker war was also costly for the police, who struggled to put an end to the murders. In overtime for police officers alone, the cost was set at around 50—75 million kroner.
On 25 September , Bent Svane Nielsen of the Hells Angels and then-Bandidos president Jim Tinndahn announced during a press conference that the rival clubs had ended their war.
Nielsen stated "We cannot give guarantees that there will be no more incidents, but we can actively intervene and ensure that those who defy the cooperation agreement are excluded from our biker culture. The Nordic outlaw biker culture emerged in Sweden with the establishment of numerous motorcycle clubs MCs in the late s and early s.
Beginning around , Danish clubs became increasingly influenced by developments in the United States and began to refer to themselves as "bikers", the American term for motorcycle enthusiasts. They are very much hardliners, they are fierce, they are violent. We are the country of Hans Christian Andersen. We should not create crooks like that".
