Tag Archive for Knut Hamsun

Lieberman critisizes Norway, is critisized by Norwegians

by admin • August 24, 2009 • 0 Comments

Haaretz notifies us that Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is critisizing Norway. This puzzles some Norwegians while it makes other Norwegians extremely angry. The puzzled go: “What, Hamsun again? We’ve discussed him all our lives?” The angry go… well, go…

by admin • August 21, 2009 • 0 Comments

Here is another article on the controversy over Knut Hamsun, Holl embraces controversy in Norway in Metropolis, by journalist Tim Moran. It’s a well written piece on the architect of the Hamsun centre Steven Holl which also manages, like so…

by admin • August 15, 2009 • 2 Comments

In Verdens Gang – Norway’s largest daily – on Saturday August 15th we can find the following letter from a reader: Hamsun – year: So much is written about Hamsun’s political views. Can one not soon finish with that debate,…

by admin • August 10, 2009 • 0 Comments

The Guardian, Saturday August 8th, journalist Jonathan Glancey covers the contemporary Hamsun debate in the article Norwegian Wood. Glancey is one of the few journalists to pick up on the invitation of Bodil Børset (Hamsun Centre) to Efraim Zuroff (Wiesenthal…

by admin • August 9, 2009 • 0 Comments

Although the debate over Knut Hamsun is an international one, the Norwegian Hamsun debate appears to be an in-house affair. Norwegian newspapers make little mention of foreign perspectives on the issues raised. When foreign criticism is mentioned, it is usually…

by admin • August 8, 2009 • 4 Comments

August 5th, 2009; Huffington Post runs the article Fighing or whitewashing nazism: Will the real Norway please stand up, by Rabbi Abraham Cooper. Now Norway is not an easily accessible country for foreigners, because of the language barrier. It is…

by admin • July 26, 2009 • 0 Comments

A little while back we were looking for Trine Lilleng, the first secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Riyadh who compared Israelis to Nazis. As Haareetz subsequently found out, she had not only kept her job at the Embassy but…

by admin • July 11, 2009 • 1 Comment

Knut Hamsun is again debated. Internationally. The debate is on how Norway combines a celebration of nazi-author Knut Hamsun’s 150th birthday with chairing the ITF for Holocaust Remembrance. The Norwegian reaction to the debate is muted. The unspoken agreement seems…

by admin • July 10, 2009 • 2 Comments

A bit jumbled up, but here they are. Talkbacks to Cnaan Liphshiz’s article on Knut Hamsun in Haaretz on July 7th. Walid from Beirut is our favorite. There is something very familiar about the tone in which he writes, and…

by admin • July 10, 2009 • 0 Comments

An increasing number of newspapers and websites are picking up on the controversial Norwegian decision to honor nazi author Knut Hamsun AND head the ITF for Holocaust Remembrance – all in the same year. Here is an excerpt from one…

by admin • July 10, 2009 • 0 Comments

In Arouts 7, a free Israel daily report, journalist Shraga Blum writes about how Norway is both celebrating Knut Hamsun, who collaborated with the nazi regime during WWII, and is heading the ITF for Holocaust Remembrance. La Norvège veut honorer…

by admin • July 8, 2009 • 1 Comment

June 29th, Rafael Medoff enters the ring with “A tale of 2 Norwegian Nobel Prize winners for Literature” in the Jerusalem Post. Carries himself like Jack Dempsey, the “Manassas Mauler”. Punches like a donkey kicks. States that Norway should not…

by admin • July 8, 2009 • 0 Comments

Norwegians have debated the vices and virutes of Knut Hamsun since the war and we are exactly at the same place as when we started. “Yes, he was a Nazi” we agree. Some say: “But he was a great author…

by admin • July 8, 2009 • 0 Comments

Not many people are familiar with Norway or things Norwegian, but Knut Hamsun is famous around the world. Sadly, the egocentric clown was, in addition to being a great author, also a supporter of Adolf Hitler who gave his Nobel…

by admin • July 8, 2009 • 0 Comments

Poland has played an important role in European history since King Sobieski of Poland defeated Grand Vizer Mustafa Pasha at the battle of Vienna in 1683, thus breaking the Ottoman advance into Europe and ushering in the reign of the…

by admin • July 7, 2009 • 0 Comments

Haaretz runs a new article today on how Norway this year, cleverly, balances celebrating the 150th birthday of author Knut Hamsun – a nazi supporter – with heading the ITF on Holocaust Remembrance. We couldn’t really postpone either one, what…

by admin • July 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

As of July 1st there were 45 talkbacks on Rafael Medoff’s article on Knut Hamsun in the Jerusalem Post. It is interesting to remember how Harald Stanghelle, editor at Aftenposten, quite recently slammed the JP with the following words: ONCE UPON A…

by admin • July 3, 2009 • 0 Comments

Few Norwegians are intimately familiar with the works of Knut Hamsun, but a lot of us have read at least a few of his books. Hamsun is one of the very few internationally recognized Norwegians. In 2009 the plan is for Norway to celebrate…

by admin • July 2, 2009 • 0 Comments

Norway is not much noticed internationally. This year however, Norway is wearing two hats which do not automatically go well together – Norway is both head of the Task Force for Holocaust Rememberance AND celebrating Knut Hamsun’s 150th anniversary. This…

by admin • July 2, 2009 • 0 Comments

The ghost of Knut Hamsun will haunt Norway forever. But especially now, as Norway is head of the Task Force for Holocaust Remembrence. Here is an excerpt from the Nederlands Dagblad: Noorwegen is dit jaar voorzitter geworden van de ITF,…

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