The National Socialist Movement of Norway (Norwegian: Norges Nasjonalsosialistiske Bevegelse, NNSB), formerly Zorn 88,^[1] was a Norwegian neo-Nazi^[2] group with an estimated 150 members, led by Erik Rune Hansen until his death in 2004.^[3] Founded in 1988, it was a secretive group with tight membership regulation.^[4]

Ideology and activities

The NNSB expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and Vidkun Quisling,^[5] and was focused on historical revisionism and antisemitism,^[2] particularly Holocaust denial.^[1] It published the magazine Gjallarhorn,^[1] and in 1999 published The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.^[6] Other recurrent topics included racial hygiene, Norse religion,^[4] the occult, UFOs,^[3] and the white genocide conspiracy theory.^[5] Several of its members were active Nazis as front fighters and members of Nasjonal Samling during World War II.^[2][7] The group had ties to Erik Blücher and the magazine Folk og Land,^[7] and to Varg Vikernes.^[8] It was part of international networks along with the World Union of National Socialists,^[4] the National Socialist Movement of Denmark, the Swedish National Socialist Front, and Blood & Honour.^[9][10] Along with Scandinavian groups it took part in celebrations and memorials to Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess.^[11]

In November 2007, a memorial ceremony at the German war cemetery in Oslo was attacked by anti-fascists, leaving five NNSB-members wounded, one severely.^[12] The NNSB pledged that it had no intentions of retaliating the attack.^[13] The group was eventually dissolved later the same year.^[3]