Romani people in Norway
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There are estimated to be around 4,000–10,000 Romani people in Norway.[1] The Romani people were not recognized as one of Norway’s five national minorities until the year 1999.[2]
The small Romani minority in Norway suffered greatly during the World War II. After being denied entry to Norway in 1934, Norwegian Romani families had lived in Belgium and France, under strict state surveillance. With the German occupation of these Belgium and France in the year 1940, the majority of these Romani people later ended up in concentration camps in France, and were later sent to
The Romani community in Norway are culturally and socially part of the
Romani women
The first Romani people arrived to the country in the second half of the 19th century as a part of the second Romani diaspora, the emigration of Romani people from Hungary and Romania in around the year 1850.[6]
The Romani originally arrived in Norway during the 1800s but were banned from the country from the 1920s until 1956.[7]
Romanisael in Norway speak the
A small number of Romani families had come to Norway from France after 1954.[9]
See Also
- Norwegian and Swedish Travellers
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-83867-265-2– via Google Books.
- ^ "Parallel worlds: The life of Romani people in Norway". 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Norway – narrating essay - RomArchive".
- ^ "The Roma Community in Latvia". rm.coe.int.
- ^ "Statement on the Romani People of Norway" (PDF). norway.no. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Norwegian Roma and the authorities, 1915–1956" (PDF).
- ISBN 978-0-313-36249-1. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-3-11-017149-5. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-6440-5.
