The Frisian Movement

De Fryske Beweging

The De Fryske Beweging (DFB) (English: The Frisian Movement) is an organisation that works for the preservation of the Frisian language and culture in the Dutch Friesland. The fully independent organisation is a foundation which supports of currently twelve independent Frisian organisations. These include the Western Section of the Frisian Council (Fryske Rie) and the Support Association of the Frisian Radio Freonen fan Omrop Fryslân, but also associations of Frisians abroad Fryslân. The foundation was founded in 1945. From 1990 to 1997 it published the magazine Mear oer fryske taal en kultuer. From 2000-2018 the magazine Swingel has been published. The last magazine was DE NIJE, which was distributed among individual members and in shops till 2023.
In addition to the twelve associations, which represent a total of around 12,000 people, around 500 supporting individual members are also affiliated with DFB. The organisation is a member of the FUEN since 1949.

In the Province of Fryslân, 75% of the inhabitants speak (West) Frisian, besides the Dutch standard language. Today, this autochthonous language is spoken by ca. 450.000 people in Fryslân.