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Antisemitism in Norway refers to antisemitic incidents and attitudes encountered by Jews, either individually or collectively, in Norway. The mainstream Norwegian political environment has strongly adopted a platform that rejects antisemitism. However, individuals may privately hold antisemitic views.[1][2] Currently, there are about 1,400 Jews in Norway,[3][4] in a population of 5.3 million.
Antisemitism has also been a subject of discussion in the public debate about the Arab–Israeli conflict. According to several political commentators, the antisemitism in Norway is institutional. Conservative secular Jewish-American Lawyer Alan Dershowitz sharply criticized Norway for its treatment of Jews, writing that "All Jews are apparently the same in this country that has done everything in its power to make life in Norway nearly impossible for Jews." Norway was apparently the first modern nation to make stunning of domestic animals compulsory, outlawing the method for production of Kosher meat.
An example cited as indicating the post-war Norwegian government's attitude to Norwegian Jewish citizens was the government's refusal to finance the return of deported Jewish Norwegians after 1945. According to historian Kjersti Dybvig, the Norwegian government should give an official apology to its Jewish citizens, noting:
Most of the Jews arrested in Norway [by the Nazis] were Norwegian citizens. When arrested, they lost their citizenship. And when the White Buses traveled down [southward from Scandinavia] to fetch prisoners who had survived [the Holocaust], Jews could not join because they were no longer Norwegian citizens, and the [Norwegian] government after 8 May [1945] refused to finance their transportation home.[5]
- ^ Stephen Roth Institute report on antisemitism in Norway Archived 2006-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Odd Bjørn Fure: Antisemitism in Norway - Background paper
- ^ jøder (in Norwegian) Store norske leksikon, retrieved July 17, 2013
- ^ Hvor mange jøder er det i Norge? (in Norwegian) Det Mosaiske Trossamfund, retrieved July 17, 2013
- ^ AS, TV 2 (January 27, 2012). "Historiker forventer holocaust-".
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