Murder of Benjamin Hermansen

Youths from Benjamin's neighborhood Holmlia stand in Youngstorget, 2011, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death. The banner they are holding reads "Be Proud."

Benjamin Hermansen (29 May 1985 – 26 January 2001) was a Norwegian youth whose father was born in Ghana; his mother was Norwegian. He was stabbed to death at Holmlia in Oslo, Norway, just before midnight on 26 January 2001 by people from the neo-Nazi group Boot Boys. Joe Erling Jahr (born 1981) and Ole Nicolai Kvisler (born 1979) were convicted of the murder and sentenced to 16 and 15 years in prison respectively.[1] A third defendant, Veronica Andreassen, was convicted on a lesser charge of abetting bodily harm causing death and sentenced to three years in prison.[2]

  1. ^ Gibbs, Walter (2002-01-18). "2 Neo-Nazis In Norway Are Guilty In Race Death". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  2. ^ "Neo-Nazis guilty of Oslo race murder". BBC News. January 17, 2002. Retrieved July 26, 2008.