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[[Peder Jensen]] (born 11 June 1975, Ålesund, Norway) is a blogger who became prominent in the [[counterjihad]] movement under the pseudonym [[Fjordman]]. He announced in August 2011 he was abandoning the pseudonym, after his writings featured in the manifesto of the Utoya killer [[Anders Breivik]].<ref>Morten Hopperstad, Marianne Vikås, Rolf J. Widerøe, Dennis Ravndal, Hans Henrik Torgersen, Jarle Brenna and Gordon Andersen [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslobomben/artikkel.php?artid=10089390 Breivik's political idol «Fjordman» emerges from anonymity], VG, 5 August 2011.</ref> He wrote 'The Fjordman Report' column for the far-right blog [[Gates of Vienna]].  
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'''Peder Nøstvold Jensen''' (born 11 June 1975, Ålesund, Norway) is a blogger who became prominent in the [[counterjihad]] movement under the pseudonym "[[Fjordman]]" (he has also used the pseudonym "Norwegian kafir"). He announced in August 2011 he was abandoning the pseudonym, after his writings featured in the manifesto of the Utoya killer [[Anders Breivik]].<ref name="vg">Morten Hopperstad, Marianne Vikås, Rolf J. Widerøe, Dennis Ravndal, Hans Henrik Torgersen, Jarle Brenna and Gordon Andersen [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslobomben/artikkel.php?artid=10089390 Breivik's political idol «Fjordman» emerges from anonymity], ''Verdans Gang'', 5 August 2011.</ref> He wrote 'The Fjordman Report' column for the far-right blog [[Gates of Vienna]].  
  
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==Affiliations==
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==Background==
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According to the ''Verdans Gang'':
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:Jensen has a masters degree in culture and technology from the University of Oslo, and has studied Arabic at the [[University of Bergen]] and the [[American University in Cairo]]. In his master's dissertation he wrote about censorship and blogging in Iran.<ref name="vg"/>
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He worked in the city of Hebron in the civilian observer mission, the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), from January 2002 until August 2003.
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==Fjordman the blogger==
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Jensen first started blogging as 'Fjordman' on his blog (http://fjordman.blogspot.com/) in February 2005 with a strong anti-Islam and pro-Israel orientation. Since then he has contributed to the following websites:
 
*[[Gates of Vienna]] - contributor
 
*[[Gates of Vienna]] - contributor
 
*[[Jihadwatch.com]] - contributor
 
*[[Jihadwatch.com]] - contributor
 
*[[Brussels Journal]] - contributor
 
*[[Brussels Journal]] - contributor
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===Supporters and Admirers===
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*[[Sunnmørsposten]] - contributor
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*[[Document.no]]
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*[[Global Politician]]
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*[[FrontPage Magazine]]
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*[[Faith Freedom International]]
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*[[Little Green Footballs]]
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*[[Free Republic]]
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*[[Daily Pundit]]
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===Supporters and admirers===
 
*[[Andrew Bostom]] has described Jensen as "my colleague, the perspicacious Norwegian essayist", and denounced the "hysterical, morally cretinous press and blogosphere" for compelling him to surrender his anonymity after the Oslo attacks.<ref>Andrew Bostom, [http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/08/05/fjordman-fairness-and-the-brevik-mass-murderer/ Fjordman, Fairness, and the Brevik Mass Murderer], ''Andrewbostom.org'', 5 August 2011</ref>
 
*[[Andrew Bostom]] has described Jensen as "my colleague, the perspicacious Norwegian essayist", and denounced the "hysterical, morally cretinous press and blogosphere" for compelling him to surrender his anonymity after the Oslo attacks.<ref>Andrew Bostom, [http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/08/05/fjordman-fairness-and-the-brevik-mass-murderer/ Fjordman, Fairness, and the Brevik Mass Murderer], ''Andrewbostom.org'', 5 August 2011</ref>
  
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*[[Anders Breivik]] cited Jensen's writings 111 times in his extremist manifesto.<ref>Morten Hopperstad, Marianne Vikås, Rolf J. Widerøe, Dennis Ravndal, Hans Henrik Torgersen, Jarle Brenna and Gordon Andersen [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/oslobomben/artikkel.php?artid=10089390 Breivik's political idol «Fjordman» emerges from anonymity], VG, 5 August 2011.</ref>
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*[[Anders Breivik]] referred to Jensen as his biggest inspiration, cited 40 of his articles 111 times in his extremist manifesto and exchanged many emails with him between 2009 and 2010.<ref name="vg"/>
  
 
==Views==
 
==Views==
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===On the Norwegian Government===
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===Oslo attacks and alleged contrition===
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Shortly after [[2011 Norway attacks]] began, Jensen wrote at the [[Gates of Vienna]] blog describing the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as a "pathetic sucker for Islam" and the Workers' Youth League (AUF), many of those members were killed by [[Anders Breivik]], as a "gang of anti-Israeli, pro-Palestine youth-socialists".<ref name=larmaskenfalle>Anders Giæver, [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/artikkel.php?artid=10097208 "Fjordmann lar masken falle"], ''Verdans Gang'', 5 August 2011</ref>
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Following the Oslo attacks when Jensen's identity was revealed he was quick to distance himself from Breivik and claim that he was 'horrified' by the attacks. But no such contrition is evident in the writings as he live blogged the event for the far-right [[Gates of Vienna]] website. Indeed, as the attacks began, Jensen was blaming the victims, describing the [[Workers' Youth League]] (AUF), many of whose members were killed by [[Anders Breivik]], as 'an anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian crowd of young Socialists'.<ref name="gov">[[Baron Bodissey]], [http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/07/terror-attack-in-central-oslo.html Terror Attack in Central Oslo], ''Gates of Vienna'', 22 July 2011</ref><ref name=larmaskenfalle>Anders Giæver, [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/artikkel.php?artid=10097208 "Fjordmann lar masken falle"], ''Verdans Gang'', 5 August 2011</ref> He also used the occasion to denounce Norway's democratically elected government:
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:Please keep in mind that the left-wing government of [[Jens Stoltenberg]] that was just bombed is the most dhimmi appeasing of all Western governments, to the extent that this is humanly possible...The most suicidal and cowardly government in a country with no colonial history was just attacked. How do you explain that as a response to Western ‘aggression’?<ref name="gov"/>
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Jensen, like many Western pundits, had assumed without proof the attacker was a Muslim. In response to a commenter who found it curious that people on television who "looked like Arabs" should be called "Norwegian". Jensen responded:
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:In Oslo they do. Arabs, Kurds, Pakistanis, Somalis, you name it. Anything and everything is fine as long as they rape the natives and destroy the country, which they do.<ref name="gov"/>
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==Funded by Middle East Forum==
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In early 2013 Jensen received a grant from [[Daniel Pipes]]' anti-Muslim think tank [[Middle East Forum]] (MEF). He used it in part to visit Israel, via Greece.
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<ref> accessed 28 September 2016 </ref>
  
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==External Resources==
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Jensen had previously received financial support from MEF's [[Legal Project]] fund to assist with the Breivik court case.
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==External resources==
 
*Jerome Taylor, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/unmasked-the-farright-blogger-idolised-by-breivik-2332696.html Unmasked: the far-right blogger idolised by Breivik], 6 August 2011.
 
*Jerome Taylor, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/unmasked-the-farright-blogger-idolised-by-breivik-2332696.html Unmasked: the far-right blogger idolised by Breivik], 6 August 2011.
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Latest revision as of 15:14, 30 August 2024

Peder Jensen

Peder Nøstvold Jensen (born 11 June 1975, Ålesund, Norway) is a blogger who became prominent in the counterjihad movement under the pseudonym "Fjordman" (he has also used the pseudonym "Norwegian kafir"). He announced in August 2011 he was abandoning the pseudonym, after his writings featured in the manifesto of the Utoya killer Anders Breivik.[1] He wrote 'The Fjordman Report' column for the far-right blog Gates of Vienna.

Background

According to the Verdans Gang:

Jensen has a masters degree in culture and technology from the University of Oslo, and has studied Arabic at the University of Bergen and the American University in Cairo. In his master's dissertation he wrote about censorship and blogging in Iran.[1]

He worked in the city of Hebron in the civilian observer mission, the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), from January 2002 until August 2003.

Fjordman the blogger

Jensen first started blogging as 'Fjordman' on his blog (http://fjordman.blogspot.com/) in February 2005 with a strong anti-Islam and pro-Israel orientation. Since then he has contributed to the following websites:

Supporters and admirers

  • Andrew Bostom has described Jensen as "my colleague, the perspicacious Norwegian essayist", and denounced the "hysterical, morally cretinous press and blogosphere" for compelling him to surrender his anonymity after the Oslo attacks.[2]
  • Anders Breivik referred to Jensen as his biggest inspiration, cited 40 of his articles 111 times in his extremist manifesto and exchanged many emails with him between 2009 and 2010.[1]

Views

Oslo attacks and alleged contrition

Following the Oslo attacks when Jensen's identity was revealed he was quick to distance himself from Breivik and claim that he was 'horrified' by the attacks. But no such contrition is evident in the writings as he live blogged the event for the far-right Gates of Vienna website. Indeed, as the attacks began, Jensen was blaming the victims, describing the Workers' Youth League (AUF), many of whose members were killed by Anders Breivik, as 'an anti-Israeli, pro-Palestinian crowd of young Socialists'.[3][4] He also used the occasion to denounce Norway's democratically elected government:

Please keep in mind that the left-wing government of Jens Stoltenberg that was just bombed is the most dhimmi appeasing of all Western governments, to the extent that this is humanly possible...The most suicidal and cowardly government in a country with no colonial history was just attacked. How do you explain that as a response to Western ‘aggression’?[3]

Jensen, like many Western pundits, had assumed without proof the attacker was a Muslim. In response to a commenter who found it curious that people on television who "looked like Arabs" should be called "Norwegian". Jensen responded:

In Oslo they do. Arabs, Kurds, Pakistanis, Somalis, you name it. Anything and everything is fine as long as they rape the natives and destroy the country, which they do.[3]

Funded by Middle East Forum

In early 2013 Jensen received a grant from Daniel Pipes' anti-Muslim think tank Middle East Forum (MEF). He used it in part to visit Israel, via Greece. [5]

Jensen had previously received financial support from MEF's Legal Project fund to assist with the Breivik court case.

External resources

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Morten Hopperstad, Marianne Vikås, Rolf J. Widerøe, Dennis Ravndal, Hans Henrik Torgersen, Jarle Brenna and Gordon Andersen Breivik's political idol «Fjordman» emerges from anonymity, Verdans Gang, 5 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Andrew Bostom, Fjordman, Fairness, and the Brevik Mass Murderer, Andrewbostom.org, 5 August 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Baron Bodissey, Terror Attack in Central Oslo, Gates of Vienna, 22 July 2011
  4. ↑ Anders Giæver, "Fjordmann lar masken falle", Verdans Gang, 5 August 2011
  5. ↑ accessed 28 September 2016
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