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Published in: HomeBreivik and the Norwegian immigration debateThere is a limit to how much you can learn about moderates by looking at extremists. And if you stop noticing the...
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Published in: HomeNotes from the Editor-in-Chief
Our Editor-in-Chief launches a new front page feature. His first note reflects on Norway's past year and the need...
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Published in: HomeNorway - one year after: an open woundPopulist right-wing politicians expressing extreme views on immigration, Islam and Muslims, have in general been...
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Published in: HomeThe power of hate and the potential of Norway
Before 9/11, I hardly knew or saw anyone who wore a hijab or a long beard. Over the past decade, this has changed,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's trial, and a democratic lesson
The legal procedure in the case of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the Norwegian massacre of July 2011,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: a story of non-impact
The immediate reactions to the terrorist attack in Oslo in July 2011 were both politicised and inaccurate. The...
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Published in: HomeHeart Against Stone: the story of a survivor from UtøyaThis excerpt is the first English translation of a remarkable account of the experience of one of the young...
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Published in: HomeEurope’s radical right: recognising and managing the ‘threat’
Safeguarding communities and nations from the potential threats of radical right narratives is not about controlling...
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Published in: HomeEurope beyond Utøya: addressing a crisis
The slaughter of citizens in Norway in July 2011 was more than the act of an individual: it emerged from a political...
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Published in: HomeBolts from the blue: method and madness in the West
The Norwegian massacre and the gun attack on a US congresswoman were both dismissed as the work of deranged loners....
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Published in: HomeGangs and wolves: violence and vulnerability in a global economy
Forces of globalization provide the link between the areas of extreme criminal violence in poorer countries and the...
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Published in: HomeThe national Us: the Norwegian idea of togetherness
Ingen Utenfor is the very successful anti-bullying campaign run by Save the Children in Norway. In English it means...
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Published in: HomeThe net of hatred: after Utøya
The public debate in Norway following the massacre of 22 July 2011 is taking shape. A key focus is the obsessional...
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Published in: HomeBreivik: killing the leftHowever nuanced, it is striking how little extant interpretations attend to the fact that Breivik’s most grotesque...
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Published in: HomeStakeholders of goodwill: neither the "salad bowl" nor the "melting pot"
Meaningful stakeholders in the collective, each becoming reasonable people of goodwill - this is the model for...
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Published in: HomeLet's unite! a wake-up call from Norway
The deadly attacks in Oslo are not only about Norway: they are about all of us. Ten years after the 9/11 terror, we...
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Published in: HomeNorway: terror and Islamophobia in the mirrorAs Norway ends its first month of mourning, media soundbites tell us that there is a desire to draw a line and move...
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Published in: HomeWhy let facts ruin the story? Norwegian comments on US coverage of the Norway terror
Instead of getting the facts, the US media seemed most concerned making reality fit their pre-fabricated narrative.
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Published in: HomeConfronting ‘extremisms’: the cautious way forward from the Norwegian tragedy
It is too easy to brand terrorists with labels. We need to consider, in depth, the reasons behind people’s actions -...
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Published in: HomeThe roots of Breivik's ideology: where does the romantic male warrior ideal come from today?
Breivik should be understood as an ideologue driven by reasons and not just as a psychological case. A careful...
