The Nationalistische Studentenvereniging (NSV!) () is a far-right Flemish nationalist student union, with chapters in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Leuven, West Flanders (including Bruges, Roeselare, Ostend and Kortrijk), Hasselt and Mechelen.
The NSV was founded in 1976 by Edwin Truyens as a radical splinter group of the Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV; "Catholic Flemish High Student Pact"). This split occurred after the national council of the KVHV resented the radical Flemish nationalist stances of Truyens and his faction, including accepting nothing less than full Flemish independence.
In 2024, the student union had their recognition rescinded and were banned from using KU Leuven facilities after using racist language during a lecture. The group has also received a suspension from the University of Ghent for discriminatory behavior.
The NSV maintains an ideology of conservative, radical nationalism and is active in the Flemish Movement. Many top figures in the Vlaams Belang (formerly Vlaams Blok) started their political activities in the NSV, although the organization claims party-political independence. They also have close ties to other grassroots organisations in the Flemish independence movement like the Vlaamse Volksbeweging (VVB) and Voorpost. Smaller numbers of former NSV members have also been elected to office for the newer and more moderate New Flemish Alliance party.
Internationally the NSV maintains informal relations with several European nationalist organizations, such as Generation Identity, the Movimento Giovani Padani and the publishing house Arktos.
Members of the NSV can be recognised by their grey student's hat and student's ribbons (a tradition in Flanders, imported in the early 20th century from Germany). The colours of their ribbons and student's hats are black-white-red. The black relates to the Flemish flag, and white and red are the heraldic colours of Antwerp, the city where the NSV was founded.
NSV has continually used Nazi collaborationist imagery and rhetoric in its organization, such as the tyr-rune, an appropriated Armanen rune that has been used by both Nazi Germany and Neo-Nazis, a flag identical to that of the German Reich (1871âÂÂ1918 and 1933âÂÂ1935), and the black-clawed, black-tongued lion of the Flemish Movement (as opposed to the red-clawed, red-tongued flag of the Flemish flag) in its coat of arms. NSV protestors have also repeatedly performed Nazi salutes.