Or kroner, anyway. Norwegian kroner, to be precise. Three million of them.

That’s what an independent foundation (in collusion with Norwegian government) is paying Øyvind Strømmen and one of his colleagues to “identify and expose” extremism and hate speech on the internet.

As long-time readers will remember from the LGF Wars, Mr. Strømmen was the conduit to Charles Johnson for leftist disinformation against the Sweden Democrats provided by EXPO and similar sources. He came back into prominence after the Breivik massacre in 2011, and is one of the numerous lefties who has repeatedly targeted Fjordman.

So what kind of extremism do you think these heroes will be fighting? Hint: It won’t be Antifa.

Our Norwegian correspondent The Observer has translated an article from Document.no about the largesse bestowed on these two esteemed Gentlemen of the Left. He includes this brief explanatory note:

Øyvind Strømmen should already be familiar to the readers of Gates of Vienna. Here is the Norwegian Wikipedia entry on his partner in crime, Kjetil Stormark. And here’s a Telegraph article with more information on Mr. Stormark. He recently published a book based on e-mail correspondence between Breivik and others..

It’s nice to see that at least some people in Norway have benefitted tremendously, both financially and career wise on the Breivik terror in Norway which cost 77 people their lives.

Wouldn’t you concur, Øyvind?

The translated article:

Yet another internet site against hate speech, hate crime and extremism

The independent foundation Fritt Ord [‘free speech’, or alternatively ‘free word’] has awarded NoK 3 million [about $510,000] to the newly established ‘journalistic trade network on hate speech, hate crime and extremism’. The new project ‘Hate Speech International’ (HSI) will be run by two authors and freelance journalists, Øyvind Strømmen and Kjetil Stormark. It will be supported financially by the Fritt Ord foundation and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.

“The organization will create a website and carry out specific journalistic assignments with the aim of identifying causes and exposing leaders responsible for the dissemination of hate speech and hate crimes. ‘Hate Speech International’ will also focus on extremism as a phenomenon. HSI will be run in accordance with the guidelines of ‘redaktørplakaten’ [Editors’ rules] and ‘Vær Varsom-plakaten’ [The Norwegian Code of Media Ethics].

“Hate Speech International will focus mainly on Europe, but the organization also intends to establish networks and carry out research projects in North Africa and the Middle East.”

Kjetil Stormark will be the new editor of the internet site, with Øyvind Strømmen acting as the news editor and leader of content.

“In addition to Strømmen and Stormark, the attorney, Jon Wessel-Aas will act as the organization’s legal advisor. An advisory council comprised of prominent representatives from academia has also been established. The Advisory Council will provide technical input and ideas, and ensure that the quality of the project is maintained. The members of the Council are Professor Tore Bjørgo from the Police Academy, researcher Petter Nesser from The Defense Research institute (FFI) — Nesser is currently heading the institute’s Terra project —, Professor and sociologist Katrine Fangen of the University of Oslo, professor and political scientist Bernt Hagtvet of the University of Oslo, folklorist Kristian Bjørkelo of the University of Bergen and freelance journalist Anna-Lena Lodenius from Sweden, who has published numerous books on nationalist and extreme movements, including some which have been co-authored with the deceased author Stieg Larsson.”

I expect we’ll have to keep an eye on these folks — we know who they’re likely to be coming after.

Norway is a tough place to live in if you deviate even a micrometer from the party line. My sympathy goes out to all those unfortunate Norwegian “extremists” who question the wisdom of culturally enriching their country.