Norway
IHEU and NHA announce details of 18th World Humanist Congress
Submitted by admin on 11 February, 2010 - 13:58.
IHEU, in association with member organization the Norwegian Humanist Association announces that the 18th World Humanist Congress is to be held in Oslo, Norway, on August 12-14, 2011. The main Congress theme is "Humanism and Peace".
Norway: Secularism must also include pluralism
Submitted by admin on 21 August, 2009 - 10:47.
Unlike other countries, Norway has only one Humanist organisation, The Norwegian Humanist Association (NHA). The NHA receives state support on equal terms with other Norwegian faith and life-stance communities, and – at the same time – works for a formal separation between state and church. This makes Norway exceptional.
Interview with Levi Fragell
Submitted by admin on 3 June, 2009 - 10:09.
The man who led and inspired the most successful national Humanist group in the world just celebrated his 70th birthday. The son of a Pentecostal preacher, Levi Fragell was a full-time preacher himself before he was 20, and was considered the rising star of Norway’s evangelical movement.
Award for Leo Igwe, IHEU representative for West Africa
Submitted by admin on 9 March, 2009 - 08:56.
Nigerian Humanist leader Leo Igwe and his Humanist colleagues have been awarded the Rainbow Humanist Award by Nordic Rainbow Humanists for their risky public support of LGBT rights in Nigeria.
Separation of Government and Religion
Submitted by admin on 18 August, 2008 - 07:00.Norwegian Humanist news now available in English
Submitted by admin on 23 April, 2008 - 14:07.
Fritanke.no, the newspaper of the Norwegian Humanist Association has announced that selected articles from its Norwegian edition will also be available in English. The English language articles can be found at http://www.fritanke.no/ENGLISH/ The first two articles on the site relate to the important developments and arrangements made by a joint National Assembly relating to the State-Church relation in Norway.
A Victory for Human Rights in Norway
Submitted by admin on 7 August, 2007 - 10:12.
In 1997 some Norwegian parents started a court case to try to gain the right to withdraw their children from KRL classes (Christian, Religious and Life Stance Education), which are very much slanted towards Christianity. This case subsequently went through every level of the Norwegian courts (with the parents being supported by the Norwegian Humanist Association), but without success.
Strasbourg court victory on religious education in Norway
Submitted by admin on 1 July, 2007 - 07:57.
There were celebrations in the Humanist House in Oslo last Friday, when the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg found that the religious education in Norwegian schools was in violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 of the European Human Rights Convention.
State, Religion and Humanism in the Baltic Countries
Submitted by admin on 23 April, 2007 - 13:21.
Prof. Carl-Johan Kleberg, former Chairman of the Swedish Humanist Association, presented this report to the 1st Baltic Humanist Conference in Stockholm. Based on a study of 11 Nordic countries – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden, it makes a series of recommendations viz.
Humanism in Norway: interview with Roar Johnsen
Submitted by admin on 23 April, 2007 - 13:04.
The 12-month long 50th anniversary celebrations of the Norwegian Humanist Association (NHA) which started last year concluded recently. During an anniversary year crowded by adverts and articles in the media, conferences, seminars and social events, a ‘Norwegian Humanist Manifesto 2006’ was adopted, and a 536-page history of the Association was published by Prof. Paul Knutsen.

