• Red Cross suggests Norwegian Jews be tried for war-crimes
    Almost every week it seems, some prominent Norwegian steps up and demands that some sort of action be taken against the state of Israel. Last week it was the Bishops’ Boycott, which fortunately was called of. Now it’s the Red Cross. Unauthorized translation from Dagenmagazinet: Wants Norwegian Jews scrutinized for war-crimes New information show that several […]
  • Opposition claims gov has made light of anti-Semitism
    The Progress Party is Norway’s second largest and has a proven track record for standing up against anti-Semitism. Now one of party’s leading figures,Per-Willy Amundsen, blames government for having made light of, and thereby enabling, the upsurge of anti-Semitism in Norway. Mr.Amundsen appeals directly to Norway’s Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen (So […]
  • Is Norway facing the end of a beginning?
    For too long anti-Semitism in Norway has been a non-topic. For too long, it has been all but impossible to even suggest publicly that the wildly disproportionate, so called “legitimate criticism” of Israel is at least in part motivated by racist hatred. The good news is that the playing field might soon level out. Here’s five [...] […]
  • Tormod Strand’s broadcast translated into French: L’éducation de la haine en Norvège
    One of the foreign sites to follow NIJ is JSS, which now has translated parts of the transcript from the broadcast on anti-Semitism in Norway put together by journalist Tormod Strand. The translation has attracted 11 talkbacks. Read the full post on JSS, excerpt below: La chaîne de télévision nationale norvégienne NRK a interviewé des enseignants [...] […]
  • Anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools
    Unauthorized translation from NRK (State Broadcasting) on anti-Semitism in Norwegian schools: Pupils admire Hitler NRK has spoken with teachers of 10th – 12th form (junior high) schools where many of the pupils are muslim. None of the teachers dare let themselves be interviewed. They fear reprisals from pupils, and are therefore anonymous: Teacher 1, woman: […]
  • State television NRK broadcasts on anti-Semitism in Norway
    Forces of evil are moving. Today state television NRK broadcast  on anti-Semitism in Norway. The broadcast, which was approximately five minutes long, was put together by NRK journalist Tormod Strand and sent during prime time as part of the national news at 7 pm. There was an introduction on the state of affairs in Malmö, Sweden, [...] […]
  • New blog: Spain, Israel and the Jews
    The Spanish-speaking world is of growing importance both in terms of demographics, economy and political leverage. And the cultural hub of the Spanish-speaking world will of course continue to be Spain. It is therefore a good thing to see that a new blog: Spain, Israel and the Jews, will keep us non-Spanish speakers [...] […]
  • From Marx to Quisling
    Prominent Norwegians such as Kristin Halvorsen, Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse are not actually doing anything new. They are merely part of a political tradition of the Norwegian left-wing which stretches back to at least the 1930-ies. One of the authors to deal with this aspect of Norwegian political history is Øystein Sørensen, who in his [...] […]
  • Document.no: Pogroms in Oslo
    Document.no is more than a blog, it is a community. Whatsmore it is intelligent, well-mannered and subsequently growing, which makes a lot of people somewhat worried. Document.no now offers a lengthy post on Norwegian author Eirik Eiglad’s book “The anti-jewish riots in Oslo”. Unauthorized translation from Pogroms in Oslo: Researchers and the police can say: […]
  • Malmö: Ever since I came here people have been shouting ‘fucking Jew’ at me
    Anyone concerned for the re-emergence of anti-Semitism in Scandinavia who is not reading Sweden, Israel and the Jews is robbing themselves blind. If you follow Sweden, this is the place to go. Ilya Meyer has a larger archive. On the other hand Norwegian newspapers, with exception being made for Aftenposten, are not particularly interested in [...] […]

Finnish professor supports councilman Jussi Hallo-Aho

In Finland councilman Jussi Hallo-Aho has been fined for violating the freedom of worship, after having exercised his own freedom of expression by criticizing Islam on the basis of the contents of the Quran. Now professor Timo Vihavainen, from the University of Helsinki, speaks out in support of Mr. Hallo-Aho. In the Finnish daily Helsingin [...]

Finnish intellectual fined for speaking his mind

We Norwegians should look to Finland more often. They are a hardy folk, yet far more clever than we give them credit for. Just look at Nokia telephones, robust and high-tech. Here is a clip on the continuing case of the unfortunate councilman Jussi Alla-aho, who was fined for violating the freedom of worship – [...]

ECI calls upon Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt

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ECI expresses concern over rising anti-Semitism in Sweden and election victories of racist parties in the European Parliament;

Calls for emergency EU-summit [...]

Tundra Tabloids on Helsingin Sanomat

Finland is to Scandinavia what Scandinavia is to the rest of the world: largely inaccessible due to the language barrier. There is no way of knowing what goes on in there without mastering the language, and since the Finnish population is only 5 million (give or take) and Finnish is a notoriously difficult language to [...]

JP on Finland and Israel

Philosemitism is an excellent site, covering most of Europe and with quite a section on the Nordic countries – including an excerpt from  this article on Finland, by Michael Freund in the Jerusalem Post. It is worth reflecting upon how Finland offers none of the traits or events which so frequently scar Norway – no shooting [...]

ECI reports: EU Parliament election results in Finland were particularly good

From the July edition of the European Coalition for Israel newsletter:

In Finland , where believers were actively involved in the campaign two of the major Christian pro-Israel candidates were elected in spite of poor showings in the polls. Election results in Finland were particularly good; five of the thirteen [...]