HimalPartner, formerly the Norwegian Tibet Mission (), is a Norwegian missionary organization active in Christian vocational missions in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

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Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. HimalPartner traces its beginnings back to the departure of the pioneer missionaries in 1938, when Edin Cornelius Alfsen and David Westborg traveled to eastern Tibet. Many missionary supporters in Norway backed them with financial help. Just over a decade later, China invaded Tibet and the Chinese takeover put a stop to further missionary work. This made all attempts at traditional missionary work in Tibet impossible.

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HimalPartner homepage
Religious organisations based in Norway Christian missionary societies Christian organizations established in 1938