Morocco–Norway relations refer to bilateral relations between
Morocco and
Norway. Morocco has an embassy in
Oslo whilst Norway has an embassy in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
.
1970s
In what has been called the
Lillehammer affair, Moroccan citizen Ahmed Bouchikhi was assassinated in
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...
in 1973 by
Mossad
Mossad ( , ), ; ar, الموساد, al-Mōsād, ; , short for ( he, המוסד למודיעין ולתפקידים מיוחדים, links=no), meaning 'Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations'. is the national intelligence agency ...
, who mistook Bouchikhi for
Ali Hassan Salameh. Norway reacted with judicial prosecution of Mossad operatives.
2000s
The
Norwegian embassy's alleged improper sheltering of 2
dual-citizenship
Multiple/dual citizenship (or multiple/dual nationality) is a legal status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a national or citizen of more than one country under the laws of those countries. Conceptually, citizenship is focused on t ...
children (of
Khalid Skah
Khalid Skah ( ar, خالد سكاح) (born 29 January 1967) is a Moroccan track and field athlete, winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Born in Midelt, Morocco, Skah established himself first as a good cross country runner ...
and Cecilie Hopstock) during their escape in 2009, led to a
diplomatic
Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...
dispute between the two countries. The children stayed at the embassy for 3 days.
[http://www.dagsavisen.no/utenriks/article428902.ece Retrieved September 9, 2011. ] On the following day, Norway's ambassador
Bjørn Blokhus left Morocco.
One year after the incident, Moroccan authorities had not approved any new ambassador from Norway.
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See also
* Foreign relations of Morocco
* Foreign relations of Norway
* Moroccans in Norway
Moroccans in Norway are citizens and residents of Norway who are of Moroccan descent.
Demographics
According to Statistics Norway, as of 2017, there are a total 5,796 persons of Moroccan origin living in Norway. Of those, 4,159 individuals were b ...
References
Norway
Bilateral relations of Norway
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