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Nordic equality and anti-discrimination bodies met in Bergen to discuss growing resistance to their work
- Norway's Anti-Discrimination Tribunal hosted the yearly Nordic ombud meeting at Grieghallen in Bergen on 23–25 September 2026.
- People came from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Åland, Greenland and Norway. Iceland and the Faroe Islands could not come.
DiscriminationEqualityPublic administration+ 7 more bullets in the app - Decision
Woman discriminated against when employer treated job as ended after parental leave – awarded NOK 75,000
- The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal says a woman was treated worse because she was on leave after giving birth. Her employer said she no longer had a job. She was awarded NOK 75,000 in compensation (money to make up for the harm done).
- She was hired in a permanent 80 percent position in September 2022. She got pregnant that autumn and was on sick leave from November 2022 until she gave birth in July 2023. Her leave was set to start on 26 June 2023.
DiscriminationEqualityPregnancy and birth+ 6 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal rules Gjensidige Forsikring illegally rejected Iranian-born applicant based solely on country of birth
- Gjensidige lost the case because they only stated the applicant was from Iran — they had not investigated anything specific about him personally that suggested he posed a security risk.
- The man applied for two jobs and was called to interviews for both. After the first interview, he was told directly that his connection to Iran was why he was rejected.
DiscriminationNational securityWork life+ 6 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian anti-discrimination tribunal: Bank unlawfully denied BankID to woman without informing her of interpreter option
- Sparebanken 1 turned down a woman's request for BankID — the digital ID used across Norwegian online services — saying her Norwegian was not good enough to understand the rules.
- Norway's Discrimination Tribunal ruled this was illegal ethnic discrimination, because language counts as part of a person's ethnicity under Norwegian anti-discrimination law.
Consumer protectionDigitalisationDiscrimination+ 4 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian Equality Tribunal awards pregnant job applicant NOK 20,000 after Oslo municipality excluded her from interview due to upcoming maternity leave
- Oslo municipality was hiring a specialist consultant and required applicants to have a disability or a long gap in employment. The applicant qualified – she is hard of hearing and was pregnant.
- She was not invited to interview. The municipality said they needed someone who could start quickly, but this was not in the job ad. When she challenged this, the municipality backed down and invited her the same day.
DiscriminationEqualityPregnancy and birth+ 4 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian Equality Tribunal: blanket ban on using personal assistance hours abroad is unlawful
- Norway's Equality and Anti-Discrimination Tribunal ruled that the municipality broke the law both in handling this woman's application and by having a standing rule that BPA hours can never be used abroad (case 2025/352).
- The woman receives 24 hours of personal assistance per week, has severe chronic pain, and her doctor has confirmed that a warm climate helps. She travelled to a Norwegian medical centre on Gran Canaria that the national health reimbursement agency (Helfo) covers, but the municipality refused to let her use her hours there.
DisabilityDiscriminationPublic administration+ 5 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian Equality Tribunal rules Ålesund municipality in breach of accessibility law after wheelchair users had to navigate two outdoor ramps to change floors at a primary school
- Volsdalen primary school in Ålesund, built in 1957 and spread across four floors, had no lift, no floor guiding lines, no automatic doors and no low thresholds. The Discrimination Tribunal ruled this broke Norwegian accessibility law.
- Pupils using wheelchairs had to leave the building and roll down two outdoor ramps – the last one particularly steep – just to get to the gym or other shared rooms.
DisabilityDiscriminationMunicipalities+ 5 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian anti-discrimination tribunal rules barber shop's men-only policy illegal
- A woman tried to book a haircut at a barber shop. The shop had a free slot but said no because they only cut men's hair. Norway's Discrimination Tribunal says this was illegal sex discrimination (case 2025/42).
- The barber shop never replied to the tribunal's questions, even after being formally ordered to do so. The tribunal made its decision based only on what the woman reported.
Consumer protectionDiscriminationEquality+ 3 more bullets in the app - Decision
Norwegian tribunal rules letting agency unlawfully rejected family based on ethnicity after name-change test revealed starkly different treatment
- Norway's Discrimination Tribunal has ruled that letting agency Utleiemegleren Asker og Bærum AS broke the law by discriminating against a family based on their ethnicity. This is case number 2025/126.
- A mother tried to rent a property using her real name and was turned away because the family was 'too large'. She then enquired again using a Norwegian-sounding name and got a completely different response — the agent even contacted the landlord to get seven occupants approved.
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Norwegian Anti-Discrimination Tribunal rules Forenom illegally evicted two women based on gender and ethnicity
- Norway's anti-discrimination tribunal ruled that hotel company Forenom acted illegally when it evicted a woman in May 2024, accusing her of selling sex without any real evidence.
- The tribunal believed the woman's explanation: she had had a friend over and ordered pizza. The fact that she was out of the apartment from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m. actually supported her side of the story.
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