Jewish History and Culture in Norway

Through the EEA and Norway Grants, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway support efforts to com-batting anti-Semitism and protecting Jewish Cultural Heritage in Europe. Cultural dialogue and understanding is increasingly important in multi-cultural Europe. It creates awareness of cultural diversity and strengthens citizens’ cultural identity. It shows us what can be achieved when cultures meet and... Read more

“It is with deep respect that we remember today the victims from the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw. They showed tremendous courage in the uprising, and for that they paid the highest price,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. Read more

Ambassador Svein Sevje took part in the opening of a photo exhibition and commemoration of the plane accident where 34 people, among 27 children from Tunisia, lost their lives on 20 November 1949. Read more

Ambassador Svein Sevje took 26 November 2012 part in the ceremony commemorating 70 years since the German cargo ship SS Donau set sail from Oslo to Germany with 532 Norwegian Jews 26 November 1942. Read more

Feature article in Yedioth Ahronoth (Israel), 22 September 2011 Read more

• Norway hands over chair of Holocaust Task Force to Israel
• Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's speech at the Symposium: Ten Years with the Stockholm Declaration (the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research)
• Statement by the ITF Chair on the importance of teaching children about the Holocaust
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre's opening speech to the Holocaust Task Force (ITF) meeting in Oslo, 24 June 2009.
• Norway and Holocaust Task Force (ITF)

The exhibition “Wergeland’s Legacy - Jewish Life in Norway 1851 - 1945”, opened at Beth Hatefusoth (The Diaspora Museum) in Tel Aviv on 5 May. Almost 200 people came to the official opening ceremony, which featured a key note speech by Mrs. Berit Reisel, Chairperson of the Board, Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo. The musical performance by Brillaner Duo... Read more

9 April 1940 Norway was attacked by Nazi Germany. The German occupation of Norway lasted until the war ended in Europe, 8 May 1945. The Jewish community of Norway was hit hard by the Holocaust. The first anti-Jewish measure was introduced just a month after the  beginning of the  Nazi occupation, in May 1940, when radios of Jews were confiscated. In October 1941 registration of Jewish pr Read more