Norway amended its criminal code to include disability as a protected characteristic for the purposes of its hate crime provisions.
Official figures record 141 crimes motivated by bias against racial or ethnic origin.
Official figures record 41 crimes motivated by anti-religious bias without differentiation by faith.
Official figures record 34 crimes based on bias against LGBT people.
The Norwegian LGBT Organisation reported one case of threats against a lesbian of Somali origin.
The Norwegian LGBT Organisation reported one case of threats.
The Civil Rights Foundation “Stop Discrimination” reported one physical assault and robbery carried out by a group against a man, causing the victim to fall out of his wheelchair, as well as one physical assault and robbery against an elderly woman with physical disabilities and one theft.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported one case of threats against a woman planning to take part in an event marking the 75th anniversary of the pogrom that took place in Nazi Germany on 9 November 1938.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported a case of threats against worshippers at a Mosque, as well as an incident where a pig’s head was thrown at a mosque in Oslo.
ODIHR observes that Norway has not reported on hate crimes separately from cases of hate speech.