National_Socialist_Movement_of_Norway

National Socialist Movement of Norway

National Socialist Movement of Norway

Norwegian neo-Nazi group


The National Socialist Movement of Norway (Norwegian: Norges Nasjonalsosialistiske Bevegelse, NNSB), formerly Zorn 88,[1] was a Norwegian neo-Nazi[2] group with an estimated 150 members, led by Erik Rune Hansen until his death in 2004.[3] Founded in 1988, it was a secretive group with tight membership regulation.[4]

Ideology and activities

The NNSB expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Vidkun Quisling,[5] and was focused on historical revisionism and antisemitism,[2] particularly Holocaust denial.[1] It published the magazine Gjallarhorn,[1] and in 1999 published The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.[6] Other recurrent topics included racial hygiene, Norse religion,[4] the occult, UFOs,[3] and the white genocide conspiracy theory.[5] Several of its members were active Nazis as front fighters and members of Nasjonal Samling during World War II.[2][7] The group had ties to Erik Blücher and the magazine Folk og Land,[7] and to Varg Vikernes.[8] It was part of international networks along with the World Union of National Socialists,[4] the National Socialist Movement of Denmark, the Swedish National Socialist Front, and Blood & Honour.[9][10] Along with Scandinavian groups it took part in celebrations and memorials to Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess.[11]

In November 2007, a memorial ceremony at the German war cemetery in Oslo was attacked by anti-fascists, leaving five NNSB-members wounded, one severely.[12] The NNSB pledged that it had no intentions of retaliating the attack.[13] The group was eventually dissolved later the same year.[3]


References

  1. Søderlind, Didrik (3 March 2005). "Holocaust-benektelse på norsk". forskning.no (in Norwegian).
  2. "nynazisme". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 28 April 2015.
  3. "Zorn 88 / NNSB". Redox (in Danish). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  4. "Aller Ytterst – de rasistiske grupperinger i dagens Norge". Vepsen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
  5. "Nazi-miljø på Hadeland". NRK (in Norwegian). 23 October 2007.
  6. Lunde, Henrik (6 October 2011). "Nynazisme". Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities (in Norwegian).
  7. "Nazisekt adresse Haugesund". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 10 April 2002.
  8. "Sort metall - hvite krigere". Monitor (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  9. "Norske nazi-forbindelser til bankranerne". VG (in Norwegian). 1 June 1999.
  10. "Fører i nytt nazi-nettverk?". VG (in Norwegian). 2 June 1999.
  11. "Samling under Blüchers vinger". Monitor (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  12. "- Angrep med balltre og bajonetter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 11 November 2007.
  13. "Ventet på nazistene". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 20 November 2007.

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