Great Netherlands movement

The "Great Netherlands movement" (Groot-Nederlandse beweging) was a nationalist intellectual movement primarily in the Netherlands that emphasized the cultural and historical unity of Dutch and Flemish people. It sought closer ties, and sometimes unification, between the Dutch-speaking populations of the Netherlands and Belgium.12

The movement gained traction among intellectuals in the early 20th century, particularly after World War I, though it did not receive official government support. It is distinct from the Flemish movement in Belgium, which was a more politically focused nationalist movement within Belgium itself. While the Flemish movement aimed for political and cultural equality or separation from French-speaking Walloons, the Great Netherlands movement focused on the broader cultural connection between the Dutch and Flemish peoples.123