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Øyvind Strømmen is a Norwegian author, translator
[ and freelance journalist. He is known for his books on rightwing extremism and many contributions in Norwegian social- and mainstream media.
After the dual terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011, his insights and his book have been used in mainstream media to explain the violent potential in some of the ideologies and ]conspiracy theories
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utilized by the far-right, anti- Islamic groups in Europe. His 2011 book ''Det mørke nettet'' (the dark network) was praised by a reviewer for NRK
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
as "an important contribution to understanding radical right movements, ideologies and actors in Norway and in Europe".
, Strømmen is in the process of establishing a journalistic network together with journalist Kjetil Stormark which will focus on extreme movements, hate speech and hate crime in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The project, which is named Hate Speech International, intends to set up a website and is economically supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the free speech organization Fritt Ord. He is a regular contributor to Minerva
Minerva (; ett, Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy. Minerva is not a patron of violence such as Mars, but of strategic war. From the second century BC onward, the Rom ...
,[Øyvind Strømmen, fast skribent]
Minervanett.no, retrieved 28 June 2013 and in June 2013 publicly posed a set of questions to the anti-Islamic blogger known as Fjordman
Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen (born 11 June 1975) is a prominent Norwegian counter-jihad blogger who writes under the pseudonym Fjordman and who has been characterized as far-right and Islamophobic. Jensen wrote anonymously as Fjordman starting i ...
, who had criticised the funding in ''Aftenposten
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 milli ...
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Strømmen was named Freelance Journalist of the Year in Norway in 2011 by the freelance journalists in the Norwegian Union of Journalists
The Norwegian Union of Journalists ( no, Norsk Journalistlag, NJ) is a trade union in Norway. It consists of editorial personnel in newspapers, magazines, television and radio, as well as freelance journalists.
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.Øyvind Strømmen
Journalisten.no, retrieved 27 June 2013
Strømmen is politically active in the
Green Party
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Books
* ''Eurofascism'', 2008, Lulu.com (English)
* ''Det mørke nettet. om høyreekstremisme, kontrajihadisme og terror i Europa'', 2011, Cappelen Damm
Cappelen Damm AS is a Norwegian publisher established in 2007. The present company resulted from the merger of J.W. Cappelens Forlag, founded in 1829, and N.W. Damm & Søn, founded in 1843. Cappelen Damm is jointly owned by the Bonnier Group
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* ''Den sorte tråden. Europeisk høyreradikalisme fra 1920 til i dag'', Cappelen Damm, (Norwegian Bokmål)
As co-author
*Sigve Indregaard (editor): ''Motgift. Akademisk respons på den nye høyreekstremismen''. Flamme and Manifest Forlag. (Norwegian Bokmål)
See also
*Eurabia
Eurabia is a political neologism, a portmanteau of Europe and Arabia, used to describe a far-right, anti-Muslim conspiracy theory, involving globalist entities allegedly led by French and Arab powers, to Islamise and Arabise Europe, thereby wea ...
*Fjordman
Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen (born 11 June 1975) is a prominent Norwegian counter-jihad blogger who writes under the pseudonym Fjordman and who has been characterized as far-right and Islamophobic. Jensen wrote anonymously as Fjordman starting i ...
References
External links
Øyvind Strømmens betraktninger (blog)
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Norwegian male bloggers
Living people
Norwegian political writers
Year of birth missing (living people)