Editing Tore Tvedt

{{Short description|Norwegian far right activist (born 1943)}}
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'''Tore Wilhelm Tvedt''' (born 23 March 1943) is a Norwegian [[neo-Nazi]]<ref name="ynet">[https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3317190,00.html ynet - Norwegian neo-Nazi leader convicted for anti-Semitic statements]</ref> founder of the extremist [[Vigrid (Norway)|Vigrid]] organisation.<ref name="ynet"/>

In 2006, Tvedt was convicted and received a suspended 45-day jail sentence for violation of the Norwegian racism paragraph due to a 2003 interview with ''[[Verdens Gang]]'' where he referred to Jews as "evil murderers" and "parasites which will be cleaned out".<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=134637 Vigrid-Tvedt dømt for jødehets (in Norwegian) - VG]</ref> On appeal, Tvedt was acquitted by the ''lagmannsrett'' who considered the remarks to be protected [[free speech]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=161204|title=Tore Tvedt frifunnet for jødehets|date=15 May 2007|publisher=Verdens Gang|language=no|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref> but the Supreme Court overturned the acquittal and remanded the case back to the lagmannsrett. The district court's original verdict was affirmed when the lagmannsrett reconsidered the case in May 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dt.no/nyheter/vigrid-frifinnelse-omgjort-1.3391486|title=Vigrid-frifinnelse omgjort|last=Jordalen|first=Anne|date=22 May 2008|publisher=Drammens Tidende/NTB|language=no|access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>

Tvedt is divorced and has four children. On 17 November 2009, Tvedt stated to the media and declared that Vigrid should be shut down. The current leader of Vigrid, Thorgrim Bredesen, however, claimed that it is not in Tvedt's authority to make such announcements, as he is no longer the leader of the organization.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Tore Tvedt legger ned Vigrid |url= http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3377497.ece |newspaper= [[Aftenposten]] |language= no |date= 17 November 2009 |access-date= 8 April 2012}}</ref>

The extremist anti-US and anti-Israel newspaper ''Taliban Norway Magazine'' on 29 December. 2013 chose Tore Tvedt as "Man of the Year 2013", enunciating him as "Norway's greatest and most eloquent living [[dissident]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 December 2013|title=Årets Navn 2013|url=http://www.taliban-norge.no/?p=3416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306164028/http://www.taliban-norge.no/?p=3416|archive-date=6 March 2016 |access-date=28 August 2020|website=Taliban Norge}}</ref>

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