1995 Norwegian League Meeting At Godlia Kino
On 2 September 1995, just before the electoral campaign for the 1995 Norwegian local elections, a meeting was held by the Norwegian Association ( no, Den Norske Forening) that would turn controversial. The meeting was attended by many nationalist and far-right organisations, but caused controversy because the profiled Progress Party (Norway), Progress Party Member of Parliament Øystein Hedstrøm was revealed to have been present and held a speech at the meeting. Events On 3 September 1995, the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' published photos of Hedstrøm holding a speech about immigration at an allegedly secret meeting at the movie theatre ''Godlia kino'' in Oslo. The journalists who had investigated the meeting were Arne O. Holm, Cato Vogt-Kielland and Thor Gjermund Eriksen. The meeting, which went under the name "Year of the grasshoppers" (''Gresshoppenes år''), was attended by 24 persons, including Bastian Heide, Jack Erik Kjuus, Bjarne Dahl, Erik Gjems-Onstad and Hege Søfteland. The ...
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1995 Norwegian Local Elections
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on 11 and 10 September 1995. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently. Results Municipal elections Results of the 1995 municipal elections. County elections Results of the 1995 county elections. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Norwegian Local Elections, 1995 1995 1995 1995 elections in Europe Local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...