National Socialist Movement of Norway

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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]

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