The «parity» between capital and labour is the basis of the European social model, particularly the Nordic one. It ensures social representation, distinction of interests regarding identity and ideology, and a process of regulation of society and the economy. As representation is less pervasive in parity, this has allowed the new right to play on questions of fear, identity and anti-politics, presenting itself a champion of these questions, which are seen in terms of ethnic identity. But despite what is proclaimed, both by the national-populists and some sterile socio-political models, it was never the (mythological) Northern uniformity that produced the regulated social model of Nordic Countries, but the exact opposite: the social model has produced identity, inclusion and regulation. Inverting cause and effect is to misunderstand the Nordic countries and their populism.only subscribers can see the full article