Violence and harassment in Norway
Recent stories
Kurd rescued from arson attempt
A Kurdish man just avoided death when fire-fighters rescued the bound and gagged man from his burning shop in Tonsberg.
25 November 2004 (56 words)
Chinese students murdered
Two Chinese students were found dead in a housing complex in Oslo in February.
23 February 2004 (67 words)
Skien: two held for church arson attack
The police in Skien have charged two people, one said to have neo-Nazi links, with breaking and entering and setting fire to the 850-year-old Gjerpen church, regarded as one of Norway's most beautiful historic buildings.
14 November 2003 (47 words)
Prime minister enters integration debate by attacking Oslo imam
After Sohail Ahmed of the Idarah mosque in Oslo told Norwegian television that, in his opinion, the break-up of families, depression, mental health problems among children and HIV were proof that Norwegian society was not built on values, the prime minister intervened, saying 'I am provoked by such a one-sided picture of the Norwegian society, and the fact that they clearly do not absorb and appreciate Norwegian values like freedom and respect for the choice made by the individual'.
1 August 2002 (123 words)
Hostile anti-Muslim climate linked to 9/11 and Swedish murder
According to Lena Larsen, the head of the Norwegian Islamic Council, following the 9/11 attacks and the murder of the young Kurdish woman Fadime Sahindal in Sweden, Muslims are facing growing routine harassment, with leading Muslims receiving slanderous letters.
1 August 2002 (53 words)
Trial of murderers of Benjamin Harmansen begins
On 3 December, the trial commenced of three young Norwegians accused of involvement in the murder of the 15-year-old African-Norwegian teenager Benjamin Harmansen in Holmlia, south-east Oslo, (see Bulletin no. 36).
1 January 2002 (623 words)
Swedes suffer hate attacks
Swedes seem to be finding themselves the victims of hate attack.
1 February 1998 (85 words)
No justice for Mohammed Akbari
Three men accused of attempting to murder Mohammed Akbari have been set free, despite the testimony of his neighbours, because of lack of evidence.
1 April 1995 (33 words)
Stereotypes reflected in recent surveys
In a TV-debate on immigrants and crime, 93% of the 20000 callers to a programme poll, wanted an immediate closure of the Norwegian borders.
1 June 1993 (99 words)
Union leader takes up anti-immigrant call
The Drammanes Tidende reports that the leader of the Norwegian Transport Workers Union, Jan Erik Kjeksrud, believes that foreigners should be prevented from settling in Norway.
1 June 1993 (74 words)
Crime linked to refugees and immigrants
Press and politicians in Norway have used the recent release of police crime statistics, as well as two recent murders, to engage in a heated public debate, linking immigrants to crime.
1 June 1993 (180 words)
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