• Source: Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Norway)

    • The Commission to Investigate the Norwegianisation Policy and Injustice Against the Sámi and Kven/Norwegian Finnish Peoples (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission) is a Norwegian state commission established by the Storting in 2018. It is led by Dagfinn Høybråten and with a committee consisting of eleven other professionals.
    The purpose of the investigation is to lay the foundation for recognition of the experiences of Sámi and Kven (Norwegian Finns) subject to Norwegian authorities' policies of Norwegianization, and the consequences these experiences have had for them as groups and individuals.
    The Commission will complete its work by 1 September 2022 and submit its report to the Storting's Presidency.


    Mandate


    The commission has a three-part mandate to carry out:

    It will produce a historical survey Norwegian authorities' policy and activities towards Sámi and Kvens / Norwegian Finns both locally, regionally and nationally.
    It will investigate the effects of the Norwegianization policy, including how it has affected the majority population's views of Sami, Kvens / Norwegian Finns, and the significance of Norwegianization to this day.
    It will suggest measures further reconciliation.
    On 9 May 2019, the commission decide the Forest Finns in its mandate.


    Structure



    A secretariat for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, headed by Liss-Ellen Ramstad, was established at University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway.


    = Membership

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    Secretary General Dagfinn Høybråten
    Professor Ivar Bjørklund
    Fellow Håkon Hermanstrand
    Bishop Emeritus Per Oskar Kjølaas
    Professor Pia Lane
    Senior advisor Anne Kalstad Mikkelsen
    Museum director Marit Myrvoll
    Professor Emeritus Einar Niemi
    Professor Anne Julie Semb
    College lecturer Liv Inger Somby
    Professor Emeritus Aslak Syse
    Associate Professor Ketil Zachariassen


    References




    External links


    Norwegian Parliament's news release about the commission's final report (english)

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