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12 years 5 months
Year
Report data for country
Cases Recorded by Police
236
Explanation to the total figures recorded
There is a discrepancy between the total figure and the sum of the breakdown by bias motivations because some crimes are recorded under multiple bias motivations.
Bias motivations and crime types
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Cases Recorded by Police
179
Explanation to the total figures recorded
Norway provided figures on crimes against religion, without differentiation included in the by faith.
Crime types figures
Cases Recorded by Police
21
Mandated bias motivation
Crime types figures
Cases Recorded by Police
36
NPC
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 179 crimes motivated by bias against racial or ethnic origin.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 21 bias-motivated crimes based on religion without differentiation by faith.

Bias motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

Official figures record 36 crimes based on bias against LGBT people.

NGO
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Norwegian Centre against Racism reported six incidents, including racially-motivated assaults targeting visible minorities and damage to property, specifically two reception centres for asylum seekers.

Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Norwegian Centre against Racism reported the desecration of a Jewish cemetery. The Stephen Roth Institute reported six violent incidents.

Bias Motivation
Description Type
Reports
Organization Report

The Norwegian Centre against Racism reported an anti-Muslim attack on a woman wearing a veil.

Bias Motivation
IGO
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The UN Human Rights Council, in its Universal Periodical Review,  made a number of recommendations related to addressing racism and xenophobia in Norway, including encouraging Norway to improve its data-collection systems.

Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) expressed concern about anti-Semitism in Norway.

Organization Name
Bias Motivation
Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) raised concerns over intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in Norway.

Description Type
Developments
Organization Report

The European Commission against Racism and Intolernace (ECRI) recommended that the Norwegian authorities monitor the Internet activities of extreme right-wing groups and take firm action against any offences they commit through the Internet.