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John Martin Johansen

79% of all welfare benefits go to non-Western immigrants
Norwegians received only 21% of social assistance payments, while 79% went to people with non-Norwegian backgrounds. Disability benefits show the same pattern: 54,195 immigrants…
Oslo schools face capacity crisis
Oslo grew by around 60,000 residents between 2015 and 2023. At the start of 2025, 192,000 people — 26.5% of the population — had…
Norway’s Socialist Left Party wants to punish Norwegians who support Israeli settlers
The Socialist Left Party is this week putting forward a proposal in the Storting that Norwegians who send financial support to Israeli settlers should…
The electric bus bill no Norwegian politician wants to talk about
Oslo’s public transport operator Ruter bought 70 electric buses in 2019 for 479 million kroner. Unveiled with fanfare at Rådhusplassen, the total cost reached…
Billions in Norwegian Ukraine aid going straight into the corruption bucket
Aftenposten documents that large sums of Norwegian aid money to Ukraine disappear or are misused before reaching the front lines. Since 2022, Norway has…
Why Constitution Day matters
National identity is not racism. It is not xenophobia. It is not nostalgia for something that never existed. It is the awareness that there…
Danish police show how to deal with thugs
Early Wednesday morning, around 80–100 activists/thugs turned up outside Maersk’s headquarters on Esplanaden in Copenhagen. Danish police brutally dragged the activists away, often after…
Hamse Ali in court, charged with giving false statement
Hamse Ali is on trial for giving a false statement to police after claiming he was the victim of a racist attack in Nygårdsparken,…
Oslo schools in crisis: 14,000 pupils — 21.6% of all students — need special language training
In Oslo, 14,000 pupils require special language training (SSO), equaling 21.6% of all students in the capital’s schools. The annual cost to the municipality…
Constitution Day: When flying the Norwegian flag becomes controversial
It makes you wonder when Norway’s national costume (bunad) and proper suits will be exchanged for leather pants with oversized back slits and full…
Parliament’s secret millions revealed by a single MP
New financial figures from the Storting reveal a striking difference in how Norway’s elected representatives handle taxpayers’ money. While the major parties are draining…
Norway has only 20 days of fuel reserves
While Sweden and Denmark maintain emergency fuel reserves for 90 days, oil-rich Norway has only 20 days’ supply of fuel.
Norway: TV 2 crowns itself "Media House of the Year"
TV 2 was named “Media House of the Year” on Wednesday during the Nordic Media Days in Bergen. The problem with the celebratory scenes…
Labour’s lie about tax cuts on food being “socially unfair”
Jonas (the PM) and Jens (the Finance Minister) are rich. For them personally, it makes no difference if taxes on food, fuel, or electricity…
The Pakistani integration myth
Following the Progress Party advisor’s notorious drunk rant, and particularly after he was reported to the police, it’s worth asking whether Pakistanis in Norway…
James Comey charged with death threat against Trump
The US Department of Justice has charged former FBI Director James Comey with threatening the life of President Donald Trump.