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Terrorism in Norway includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the following terror and terror threats


List of terrorist incidents and plots in Norway

Date Type Dead Injured Details Perpetrator
1965 Bombings 0 Several Several people were hurt by hand grenades and dynamite in Oslo by an unknown person.[1] Lone wolf (terrorism) (suspected)
1967 Fire bomb 0 0 Fire bombs were thrown at a "Thanks Yanks" exhibition in Oslo celebrating the U.S. war in Vietnam.[2] Left-wing extremists (suspected)
1973 Attempted attack 0 0 The terror threat during the 1973 oil crisis. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) was present in Norway, ready to strike against an oil refinery outside Tønsberg. Police raised the alarm after learning of the plot, causing the group to withdraw (the group instead attacked an oil installation in Singapore).[3] PFLP
1973 Shooting, execution 1 0 The Mossad assassination in Lillehammer, where Israeli intelligence executed the Moroccan waiter Ahmed Bouchiki in 1973, is considered as the first contra terrorist attack fatality on Norwegian soil in recent times. Erling Folkvord and Carsten Thomassen characterized the assassination as state terrorism. Mossad
1976 Attempted terrorism 0 0 In Stortorvet, two Mexican brothers were arrested and suspected to be left-wing terrorists and planning to create a terror organisation in Europe. They were later arrested in Denmark and Sweden for terrorist offences, including a plan by Tomas to kidnap Sweden's labour minister Anna-Greta Leijon. They were eventually expelled to Mexico and Cuba.[4] Tomas and Jaime Okusono Martinez
1977 Bombing 0 0 A bookstore in Tromsø belonging to the Workers' Communist Party was severely damaged by a powerful bomb containing 10 kg of dynamite.[5][6] It was reported to have been an assassination attempt and two people narrowly avoided death as they left the room shortly before the explosion.[7] Right-wing extremists
1979 Bombing 0 4 A Right-wing political activist launched a bomb attack against a May Day workers' gathering in Oslo.[8] Petter Kristian Kyvik
1982 Bombing 1 11 The 1982 Oslo Central Station bombing, killing one person and injuring 11 others. An 18-year-old was convicted, claiming he had extorted the Norwegian State Railways.[9] Lone Wolf
1984 Bombing 0 0 The telecommunications bunker in Frogner Park was bombarded and completely destroyed with dynamite. Neo-fascists were thought to have perpetrated it. The authorities hid this from the public for a whole year as the telephone exchange contained equipment related to NATO.[10] Norwegian Front (suspected)
1985 Bombing 0 1 In 1985 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Nor mosque at Frogner in Oslo was blasted with dynamite. A woman at 38 years got shock and smoke damage. The bomb was detonated by an activist from the National People's Party, which resulted in several other people from the party being arrested by the police. The arrested were also accused of bombing the Frogner Park telephone exchange in 1984 (see above).[11] Right-wing extremists
1985 Hijacking 0 0 Braathens SAFE Flight 139 was hijacked. Stein Arvid Huseby
1988 Bombing attempt 0 0 A time bomb made of 5 kg of dynamites was discovered at an asylum centre in Evje.[12] Neo-fascists (suspected)
1989 Bombing 0 0 A bomb exploded in front of an asylum centre in Eidsvoll. Right-wing extremists (suspected)
1990 Bombing 0 0 Neo-Nazis were suspected of a bomb attack against the Blitz house on 21 August.[13][14] Neo-nazis (suspected)
1993 Shooting, assassination attempt 0 1 In 1993 Aschehoug chief William Nygaard was shot and attempted murdered. The assassination is believed to be a result of Nygaard publishing and defending Salman Rushdie's controversial novel The Satanic Verses. Harald Stanghelle characterized the assassination as state terrorism. A fatwa was issued against the author and all translators and publishers who assisted in publishing the book. Nygaard was not even doubt that Iran was behind or was to blame for assassination.[15] Hezbollah (suspected)
1994 Bombing 0 0 Neo-Nazis were again suspected of another bomb attack against the Blitz house on 24 August 1994.[16][17] Neo-nazis (suspected)
1994 Hijacking 0 0 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 was hijacked. Haris Keč
1995 Bombing 0 0 Bombs were thrown at the Blitz house on 9 November.[18] Neo-nazis (suspected)
1999 Fire bombs 0 0 Fire bombs were thrown in Oslo in a racially motivated attack on 19 September.[19] Right-wing extremists (suspected)
2003 Bombing 0 0 A power charged dynamite exploded outside a Word of Truth church in Slemmestad.[20] Serious damage to the building and others surrounding it was caused.[21] Word of Truth Militants
2006 Shooting 0 0 In 2006 the Oslo Synagogue was attacked with firearms by four men, including known Islamists. No people were harmed in the incident. Islamists (suspected)
2006 Arrest 0 13 (arrested) In 2006 the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) in cooperation with Italian police expelled thirteen members of the Islamist terror organisation GSPC from Norway.[22] Al-Qaeda
2009 Police raid, arrest 0 25 (arrested) In 2009 the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) actioned against 25 Islamists thought to have planned terror in Norway.[22] Islamists
2010 Arrest 0 3 (arrested) The 2010 Norway terror plot in which three Islamists were arrested and later convicted for terror plans. Al-Qaeda (suspected)
22 July, 2011 Shooting, bombing 77 319 The 2011 attacks, in which 77 people were killed and at least 319 injured in two sequential lone wolf attacks by Anders Behring Breivik. Anders Behring Breivik
26 March, 2012 Terror threats 0 0 On 26 March 2012, the Norwegian Islamist Mullah Krekar was sentenced to 5 years in prison for making death threats. He appealed and on the same day Krekar was re-arrested for making threats against two Kurds and the Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg.[23] Mullah Krekar
24 July, 2014 Attempted terror plot 0 0 The 2014 terror threat by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) which caused extraordinary short-term security measures in Norway.[24][25] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
8 April, 2017 Attempted bombing 0 0 On 8 April 2017 in the aftermath of the 2017 Stockholm attack, a man was arrested and part of the Grønland district of Oslo closed off by police after a "bomb-like" device was found that was later demolished in a controlled explosion.[26] The man, a 17-year-old Russian citizen, was charged on 9 April with illegal possession of an explosive device. The man arrived in Norway as an asylum seeker in 2010, and was known to the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) for having expressed support for the Islamic State. The events led PST to raise the terror alert.[27] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (suspected)
28 September, 2018 Bioterrorism 0 0 Four persons at the military camp in Kolsås were taken to the hospital, after opening a package which made them ill. The police and armed forces shortly arrived at the post office at Kolsås camp in Bærum along with the bomb group. They left the hospital during the day. The police are suspecting fundamentalists to be behind the attack.[28] Al-Qaeda (suspected)

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References

  1. ^ https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/film/gaten-granatmannen-1.789666
  2. ^ Klassekampen 6. oktober 2014 s. 19.
  3. ^ Aftenposten: Stoppet terror i 1973 ved å slå alarm
  4. ^ https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/oslos-hemmelige-historie-1.10864081
  5. ^ VG: «Kamp mellom ekstremister i Tromsø. Eksplosjon i rød bokhandel.» 21 February 1977, s. 8.
  6. ^ VG: «90 kg dynamitt tatt: Hele Tromsø grøsser.» 15 March 1977, s.6.
  7. ^ https://www.nrk.no/troms/da-bomba-smalt-i-tromso-1.13423933
  8. ^ https://www.nrk.no/spionbyen/?cat=spi&context=displaysubmenu&vnu=67
  9. ^ NRK.no: Oslos hemmelige historie
  10. ^ https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/oslos-hemmelige-historie-1.10864081
  11. ^ https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/oslos-hemmelige-historie-1.10864081
  12. ^ «Terrorbombe i Evje», Aftenposten, 7 January 1989, s. 2.
  13. ^ Dagbladet 3 November 2004 s. 31.
  14. ^ Aftenposten 7 November 1994 s. 2.
  15. ^ https://www.nrk.no/norge/dette-er-nygaard-saken-1.14240960
  16. ^ Dagbladet 3. November 2004 s. 31.
  17. ^ NTB-melding 21 August 1994.
  18. ^ Aftenposten 9 November 1995 s. 1.
  19. ^ Aftenposten, 3 February 2001.
  20. ^ http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1339270.ece Sprengte menighetshus
  21. ^ https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/a7axL/Frikjent-for-mordbrann-etter-Slemmestad-bomben
  22. ^ a b "PST aksjonerte mot 25 islamister etter terrorsamtaler i Oslo". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 15 May 2015.
  23. ^ ["Norwegian court convicts Islamic cleric of online death threats, gives him 1 year in prison". the Associated Press. August 29, 2012]
  24. ^ VG Nett: Authorities warned of terror attack against Norway "within few days"
  25. ^ VG Nett: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/terrorangrepet-i-koebenhavn/oekte-sikkerhetstiltak-i-norge-etter-koebenhavn-terror/a/23396304/
  26. ^ "Norway police destroy suspect device in Oslo". The Local. Agence France-Presse. 9 April 2017.
  27. ^ "PST: Sannsynlig med terrorangrep i Norge de neste to månedene" (in Norwegian). NRK. 9 April 2017.
  28. ^ https://www.nrk.no/ostlandssendingen/kolsas-leir_-ingenting-farlig-i-den-mistenkelige-pakken-1.14227742
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