Antiracist Center

The Antiracist Center is a Norwegian organization that monitors racist and anti-immigration activity. Its role in the account is to provide informed analysis of nationalist movements and the possibility that extremist commitments might lead to political violence.

Purpose and Work

The Center monitors racist and anti-immigration activity in Norway. The book gives no further account of its structure, methods, or specific monitoring work, so its institutional role is defined here by that stated remit.

Henrik Lunde and the Nationalist Scene

Sociologist Henrik Lunde works for the Center and is described as one of Norway’s leading experts on these movements. In discussing the nationalist scene’s growing violence, he distinguishes the acquisition of guns and dynamite, and the development of an ideology supportive of extreme acts, from the final step of actually taking up weapons and carrying out political violence. He considers that step difficult, because it requires severing the last ties to ordinary life.

Role in the Account

The Center enters the narrative through Lunde’s expertise rather than through a described campaign or organizational action. His assessment offers a measured distinction between extremist preparation and action, placing the nationalist scene’s rhetoric and weapons claims in the context of whether its members would cross into political terrorism.