Oslo Synagogue

Det Mosaiske Trossamfund
Exterior of the synagogue in Oslo, note concrete barriers
Basic information
Location	Bergstien 13, 0172 Oslo, Norway
Geographic coordinates	59°55′33″N 10°44′34″E  /  59.9257029°N 10.7428643°E  / 59.9257029; 10.7428643 Coordinates : 59°55′33″N 10°44′34″E  /  59.9257029°N 10.7428643°E  / 59.9257029; 10.7428643
Affiliation	Judaism
Region	St. Hanshaugen
Country	Norway
Website	www.dmt.oslo.no

The Oslo Synagogue is a synagogue in Oslo, Norway . The congregation was established in 1892, but the present building was erected 1920. Architectural historian Carol Herselle Krinsky describes the two-story tall, stuccoed building with a round tower topped with a spire supporting a Star of David as resembling "a simple and charming country chapel.'[1]

King Harald V and Crown Prince Haakon visited the synagogue in June, 2009.[2] [3]

2006 shooting attack [ edit ]

The synagogue was the site of a 2006 shooting attack, suspected by police to have been perpetrated by four men in a car. No one was injured.[4] The four allegedly were the then 29-year-old criminal-turned-Islamist Arfan Bhatti of Pakistani origin, a 28-year-old Norwegian-Pakistani, a 28-year-old Norwegian of foreign origin, and a 26-year-old Norwegian.[5]

Bhatti was acquitted for terror charges, but still convicted for co-conspiracy to the shooting (along with several other unrelated charges) which was instead judged as "coarse vandalism".[6] The three other men were acquitted of all charges.[7]

On 21 February 2015, around 1,000 people formed a human "ring of peace" outside the synagogue, to show that they deplore the harassment of Jews. The event, which was initiated by Norwegian Muslims, occurred shortly after the terrorist attacks in Paris and Copenhagen . The demonstration received international media attention.[8] [9] Some media reports stated that possibly only a minority of those present were Muslims. Ervin Kohn, the president of the Norwegian Jewish community, told enquiring reporters that the exact number of Muslims among those present at the demonstration was impossible to quantify.[10]

See also [ edit ]

• Trondheim Synagogue
• Jewish Museum in Oslo
• History of the Jews in Norway
• The Holocaust in Norway