Membership blog / 30 October 2025 / Contributor Norwegian scheme for state support to faith and lifestance organizations under reform The article outlines proposed reforms to Norway’s faith and lifestance funding system, which has become unsustainable as Church of Norway… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 March 2025 Humanists urge Norway to sign key human rights treaty mechanism Humanists International and the Norwegian Humanist Association have delivered a statement at the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2025 / Norway / UN Human Rights Council / Universal Periodic Review / UPR outcome of Norway ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International UN Human Rights Council, 58th session (24 February–4 April 2025) UPR Outcome of Norway Speaker: Leon… Read More
General news / 24 April 2024 Norwegian Humanist Association reaches 150,000 members Norwegian Humanist Association achieves record membership of 150,000. Read More
Members and partners / 9 January 2023 Norway: First ever state-sponsored humanist funeral The Norwegian government awarded political activist and comedian Shabana Rehman with a state-sponsored humanist funeral. Read More
Casework blog / 21 October 2021 / Seif Zakaria “As an atheist in Syria, I am not free to be myself”: the story of W. An interview with a Syrian atheist in the closet. Read More
Casework blog / 5 July 2021 / Giovanni Gaetani Meet Josef Moradi, the Afghan atheist who fled to Norway to find freedom Joseph Moradi is an Afghan atheist and humanist who was finally granted asylum in Norway in January 2021 after a… Read More
Humanists At Risk / 25 February 2021 Norway: Long-term work for non-religious asylum seekers yields results The granting of asylum of Afghan humanist Josef Moradi is granted asylum in Norway coincides with changes in guidance Read More
Members and partners / 6 November 2020 The Norwegian Humanist Association celebrates reaching 100,000 members Founded in 1956, the Norwegian Humanist Association (Human-Etisk Forbund in Norwegian) has today 100,000 members in the country. Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Norway / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Norway International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019) Universal Periodic… Read More
Advocacy News / 3 October 2019 Humanists call on Norway to make constitution more inclusive Norway's constitutional assertions of national Christian values and the privileged position of the church "send a signal of exclusion", humanists… Read More