A short summary of recent political developments/influence operations in Norway: 1/8 - ThreadSky

nerdicdefence.bsky.social • 2 days ago

A short summary of recent political developments/influence operations in Norway: 1/8

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On May 17th, Norway's Constitution Day, a rather massive poster campaign on public transport in Oslo appeared. A new party called the the Peace and Justice Party was behind, however, the tiny size of the party and the costly campaign did not really line up. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3M0p3v/mathilde-tybring-gjedde-h-kritisk-til-at-partiet-fred-og-rettferdighets-reklame-med-stoette-til-ukraina 2/8

nerdicdefence.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two candidates were fronted by the campaign. One was Glenn Diesen, professor at a Norwegian university and frequent contributor to Russia Today. He has his very own Vatnik Soup entry: https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/138/ 3/8

nerdicdefence.bsky.social•2 days ago

The other was party chair Marielle Leraand, formerly of the parties Rødt (means "Red", leans communist) and SV (Socialist Left, pretty much what it says on the tin). She left Rødt after they supported sending arms to Ukraine in the spring of 2023. https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marielle_Leraand 4/8

nerdicdefence.bsky.social•2 days ago

A grassroots movement sprung up overnight online, and many of the posters were removed and recycled. Party leadership claimed vandalism and censorship, but declined to elaborate on their finances. https://www.nettavisen.no/kjendis/kong-halvor-rev-ned-for-plakater-russisk-fascisme-har-ingenting-i-norge-a-gjore/s/5-95-2440576 5/8

nerdicdefence.bsky.social•2 days ago

FOR agreed to appear on a debate programme on the state broadcaster NRK and reveal the source of their financing, provided they were allowed to speak for a while about their Ukraine politics. NRK agreed, and in the programme they revealed the billionaire (in NOK) Atle Berge to be the source. 6/8

nerdicdefence.bsky.social•2 days ago

Berge is a former concrete tycoon who now lives in Murmansk and has strong business ties in Russia. https://www.nrk.no/norge/for-partileiaren_-hevdar-at-dette-er-mannen-som-betalte-for-den-omstridde-partikampanjen-1.17425503 7/8

kbr00.bsky.social•2 days ago

There was no need for NRK to give them this platform. The party would have had to give the information anyway, as per the law.

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