City councilor in Oslo, Raymond Johansen, calls yesterday’s Nazi march in Oslo frightening. He believes the Nordic resistance movement are the apostles of hate, who sow division and increased polarization. – Oslo has its wounds, its memories, of what neo-Nazis have done. We had the murder of Benjamin Hermansen, we had bombs thrown into the 1 May train, the Hadeland murders, says Johansen. He also points out that the group does not distance itself from Anders Behring Breivik’s terrorist acts. – It is important to stand up and say clearly that we clearly distance ourselves from what these bring and what their objectives are, which are not compatible with the objectives of a democracy. Nazis from the Nordic Resistance Movement marched right over the children’s drawings on Tullinløkka. The children had to run up the stairs at the National Gallery. Photo: Øystein Aurlien – Not welcome in Oslo Johansen emphasizes again, as he did yesterday to VG, that the Nordic Resistance Movement is not welcome in Oslo. – Because they spread hate. We are in a time now where many are uncertain. It is a time of increasing polarization and they obviously want to stir up trouble, get members. Many are in operation. Johansen is clear that Oslo must be an open and inclusive city, where the inhabitants must respect each other. – These do not respect what makes Oslo Oslo. That is, among other things, the difference. Over 30 percent in Oslo are not ethnically Norwegian, but they are nevertheless Norwegian and not least Oslo residents. Here, the police arrest several people from the Nordic Resistance Movement in Pilestredet in the center of Oslo. Photo: Filter Nyheter The vast majority of those arrested yesterday, 31 people, were Swedish and Danish citizens. In addition, four Norwegian citizens were arrested. – It says that this movement is not strong enough in Norway, that you have to have Swedes and Danes with you to be able to carry out such a demonstration. It is positive, says Johansen. – At the same time, it is very frightening and negative that they gather in this way and that foreigners, Swedes and Danes, come here to spread this propaganda, he adds. Red politician announces counter-demonstration Today, a counter-demonstration will be organized after the Nazi march, in front of the Storting at 4pm. This is confirmed by one of the initiators, Rødt Oslo politician Sofia Rana. She says that she has reported it to the Storting and the police. – We are taking the initiative to do this because many people were scared and shocked when the news that Nazis were marching in Oslo came out. It is now important that we present Oslo as an anti-racist united city against right-wing extremism. They are not welcome here and we will show them that we are many more, writes Rana in a message to news. City council representative in Red Oslo, Sofia Rana, is one of the initiators behind the counter-demonstration that will take place today in front of the Storting. Photo: Fouad Acharki / news She writes that it is difficult to estimate how many people will attend, but that over 1,000 people have expressed an interest. – The information we are sitting on now says that this will be a completely peaceful and calm commemoration, of which we have quite a few in the city of Oslo, says operations manager Tor Gulbrandsen in the police. 31 Swedes and Danes are fined 6,000 The Swedish and Danish citizens who were arrested by the police yesterday are still in custody on Sunday morning. – The foreigners were arrested on suspicion of evasion and they are being fined for breaching the police’s order. Then they receive a fine of NOK 6,000 after deduction of custody and they are also deported from the country under Section 121 of the Immigration Act, says police attorney Agnes Klem. Four Norwegian citizens were also taken in by the police yesterday. – They were all dismissed yesterday and will be followed up afterwards, says Klem.
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