In the editorial room, we have evaluated back and forth how we should write about this case. But we have resolved that Dagen has a special responsibility as a Christian daily to counter such obviously erroneous claims that are now being spread internationally. Illustrasjon: Sara Johannessen / NTB Scanpix
Sara Johannessen / NTB Scanpix
Norway is not the Soviet Union
In Norway, Barnevernet (Guardian of Childen – a municipal public service to protect children in all Norwegian municipalities) does not take children from parents to stop them from getting a Christian upbringing.
It may seem unneccessary to state something so obvious, but that picture of Norway is in fact being presented right now in international Christian media.
We are being portrayed as a country with such extreme Christian persecution that children are forcibly removed from their Christian parents. The goal is to prevent children from having a Christian upbringing.
As an example, this is what can be read in Christian Post, the largest Christian medium with hundreds of thousands of readers.