Revisiting Breivik

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How does speaking Norwegian give you a different lens on international news, especially regarding the Nordic region or energy?
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Hans-Georg Lundahl

amateur linguist

5.IX.2025

I recall one item.

French media in 2011 reported that Norwegian Police had reported that the perpetrator was a “Fundamentalist Christian” …

I quickly found out he was anything but. The day after the killing, the Norwegian Freemasons, the “Johannislosjen” excluded Breivik because of his behaviour being at odds with Masonic values.

I linked to the pages on my blog, but they are taken down now. Meanwhile, it is very clear, Norwegian authorities are clueless about religion, and mistook “identitarian Christian” (someone who believes in Christian heritage being part of the National heritage, what Breivik clearly did believe) with “fundamentalist Christian” (someone who believes the doctrines and sacred scriptures of Christianity are literally true, which Breivik clearly did not believe).