The police had to intervene between demonstrators to calm the situation during the 1 May commemoration in central Oslo.
Workers’ Day also now appears to have been taken over by Islamists and Palestine demonstrators. It is, moreover, not new that 1 May is characterised by radical forces, in the same way as International Women’s Day on 8 March.
The demonstrators on site held conflicting views about what should happen next in Iran, writes NRK. There was gesticulation and language back and forth.
Since NRK will not describe precisely what kinds of groupings are involved, one must in fact rely on a qualified guess. The images show that it is probably so-called Palestine activists on one side, who do not appear typically Norwegian.
NRK writes that there were “conflicting views”, and this means that it is quite possible that the opposing group consisted of actual refugees from Iran, who support the United States and Israel’s attacks against the ayatollahs, and who desire a Persia free from Shiite Islamic oppression.
The assumption arises from the fact that NRK quotes one side of the demonstrators, who are said to have shouted “boycott Israel, boycott the USA” and “free Palestine”.
The Turkish Communist Party (TKP) had also called for attendance at Youngstorget.
TKP İskandinavya Örgütü olarak umudu çoğaltmak, sömürüye ve eşitsizliğe meydan okumak için 1 Mayıs’ta Oslo’da buluşuyoruz!
📌 Oslo – Youngstorget
🕦 11:301 Mayıs’a birlikte katılmak için DM üzerinden ya da
📩 tkp.iskandinavya@gmail.com adresinden bizimle iletişime geçebilir,… pic.twitter.com/h4GgnZbP3K— TKP İskandinavya (@tkpiskandinavya) April 26, 2026
In the invitation on X, TKP writes: “As TKP Scandinavia, we gather in Oslo on 1 May to spread hope and challenge exploitation and inequality!” This, at least, approaches a commemoration that may be appropriate for 1 May.
But what on earth does standing with a placard reading “Long live Gaza” have to do with Norwegian workers?
At Youngstorget on 1 May last year, Støre proclaimed that “Norway has brought forward a case to determine whether Israel’s occupation constitutes a breach of international law”, which our Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide is so concerned with, if he does not use the more modern expression “rules-based international order”.
The image shows that Palestinian flags were of course also present on 1 May last year. Still image NRK
Støre’s speech last year was also interrupted by Palestine activists, who demonstrated against the Government Pension Fund’s investments in Israel. Støre showed considerable understanding for what he described as “a public meeting”.
Islamism and hatred of Israel and the United States appear to be infiltrating everything. But the Islamists are not the only ones active.
Linked to a report on the commemoration in Finnmark, NRK shows images from the 1 May demonstrations where people carry placards with text such as Trans kids deserve better, we have work to do! How many “trans kids” actually work?
It is uncertain where the image was taken; it most closely resembles Oslo. The Palestinian flags are, of course, also present.