Many political parties in various contexts have referred to themselves as National Socialist parties. Because there is no clear definition of national socialism, the term has been used to mean very different things. Since the rise of German Nazism, which called itself "National Socialism", the term has been used in Europe and North America almost exclusively by political parties with racial nationalist views. However, in other parts of the world, which had little contact with German Nazism, the term "National Socialism" is sometimes used by parties that define themselves as socialist and patriotic, without being racist. In addition, the term was also used by non-racist groups in Europe before the rise of Nazism.
Parties that existed before the rise of Nazism
- Parti Socialiste National, in France, founded by Pierre Biétry in 1903. It became the "Fédération Nationale des Jaunes de France" (or the "Yellow socialists") in 1904.
- Czech National Social Party, founded in 1898
- National-Social Association, founded in 1896
- National Socialist Party (UK),1916 to 1919
- National Socialist Party (Philippines) (Aguinaldo), founded 1930
- Austrian National Socialism
Nazi parties
- Britain First Party
- Canadian National Socialist Unity Party (Canada)
- Hungarian National Socialist Party (one of several such groups, 1920s-40s)
- Iranian National Socialist Party (est. 1952)
- Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (United States)
- National Social Front (Italy)
- National Socialist Action Party (United Kingdom, est. 1982)
- National Socialist Dutch Workers Party
- National Socialist German Workers Party (Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party)
- National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party
- National Socialist League (United Kingdom, est. 1937)
- National Socialist Party (Greece) (Greece, est. 1932)
- National Socialist Party of New Zealand
- National Socialist Vanguard (United States)
- National Socialist Workers Party (Sweden)
- National Socialist Movement of Chile
- Russian National Socialist Party
- National Socialist League (Japan)
- National Socialism Association (Taiwan) (Taiwan, Sep 2006)
- Socialist Reich Party
- Sudeten German National Socialist Party
Non-European parties unrelated to the Nazis
- National Socialist Council of Nagaland, * National Socialist Party of Tripura, Indian
- Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal (National Socialist Party), Bangladesh
- National Socialist Party, Jordan
- Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Syria
