[1] The Romani people were not recognized as one of Norway’s five national minorities until the year 1999.
[2] The small Romani minority in Norway suffered greatly during the World War II.
After being denied entry to Norway in 1934, Norwegian Romani families had lived in Belgium and France, under strict state surveillance.
Only 4 of the 66 Norwegian Romani people sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp had survived.
Due to previous assimilation policies, the Romani people in Norway are now primarily sedentary.