Racism in Norway

Historically, as citizens of Denmark–Norway, both Norwegians and Danes have participated in the Danish slave trade and overseas colonialism.

[1] The Indigenous Sámi people of Northern Norway have inhabited the region of Sápmi for many centuries.

Beginning in the 15th and 16th centuries, Norwegian farmers began to colonize Sámi land.

[5] The Sámi attempt to have their ancestors' remains repatriated is the subject of the 1999 documentary Give Us Our Skeletons.

[6] Several neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and far right organizations operate in Norway, including the Boot Boys and Vigrid.

Torchlight procession at Youngstorget in Oslo, Norway on 26 January 2011 in memory of Benjamin Hermansen , a child of African descent that was murdered by members of the neo-Nazi Boot Boys ten years earlier.
Graves of Aslak Hætta and Mons Somby, August 2009.
Kronstad Hovedgård , Norwegian slave owner Jørgen Thormøhlen 's manor house from 1685 to 1693.