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Right-wing radicalism in the Nordic countries

On 22 July 2011 Anders Breivik planted a bomb in front of the government buildings in Oslo – and then drove about 40 km to Sundvollen, took the ferry to Utøya and shot children and young people at a Social Democratic summer camp. The people in Norway are asking: How could it come to this? The three supplementary education institutions in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are jointly organising a conference on right-wing radicalism.

Starts
Mar 14, 2012
Ends
Mar 14, 2012
Location
Copenhagen
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