The National Socialist Movement of Norway ( no, Norges Nasjonalsosialistiske Bevegelse, NNSB), formerly Zorn 88, was a

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neo-Nazi group with an estimated 150 members, led by Erik Rune Hansen until his death in 2004. Founded in 1988, it was a secretive group with tight membership regulation. The NNSB expressed admiration for

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and

Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally list of heads of government of Norway, headed the government of Norway during t ...

, and was focused on historical revisionism and

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, particularly

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. It published the magazine ''Gjallarhorn'', and in 1999 published ''

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''. Other recurrent topics included

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, the occult,

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, and the

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. Several of its members were active Nazis as front fighters and members of

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during

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. The group had ties to

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and the magazine '' Folk og Land'', and to

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. It was part of international networks along with the World Union of National Socialists, the

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, the Swedish

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, and Blood & Honour. Along with Scandinavian groups it took part in celebrations and memorials to Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess. In November 2007, a memorial ceremony at the German war cemetery in

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was attacked by

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, leaving five NNSB-members wounded, one severely. The NNSB pledged that it had no intentions of retaliating the attack. The group was eventually dissolved later the same year.

References

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