Norway
Norway regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Norway's criminal law contains specific penalty enhancements for certain criminal offences. The reported official data include cases of incitement to hatred. Hate crime data are collected by the National Police Directorate, Ministry of Justice and Statistics Norway. Hate crime statistics are regularly published. The National Police Directorate conducts annual victimization surveys, which include questions about hate crime.
OFFICIAL DATA
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
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| 2019 | 761 | 70 | 37 |
| 2018 | 624 | 60 | 37 |
| 2017 | 549 | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | 466 | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | 347 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 223 | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | 238 | Not available | Not available |
| 2012 | 216 | Not available | Not available |
| 2011 | 218 | Not available | Not available |
| 2010 | 307 | Not available | Not available |
| 2009 | 236 | Not available | Not available |
About 2017 Data
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The number presented here refers to police-recorded incidents. The sum of disaggregated figures below adds up to more than the total because crimes can be recorded under more than one bias motivation. Both numbers include hate speech and discrimination incidents, which fall outside of OSCE's definition of hate crimes.
Hate crime recorded by police
While breakdown of the statistics below by type of crime is available, individual bias motivation categories were not reported, hence only the total number for each bias motivation is presented.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY OTHER SOURCES
Racist and xenophobic hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-07 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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| 2017-01 | Violent attacks against people | Norwegian Centre against Racism
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| 2017-02 | Violent attacks against people | Norwegian Centre against Racism
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Anti-Roma hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-03 | Violent attacks against people | Norwegian Centre against Racism
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Anti-Muslim hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017 | Violent attacks against people | SETA
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Disability hate crime
| Date | Type of incident | Source | Description |
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | Stop Discrimination
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| 2017-09 | Violent attacks against people | Stop Discrimination
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| 2017-10 | Violent attacks against people | Stop Discrimination
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| 2017-06 | Attacks against property | Stop Discrimination
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| 2017-08 | Violent attacks against people | Stop Discrimination
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that Norway has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.