Abstract
Before the turn of the twenty-first century, the Norwegian government concluded in a White Paper that ‘Norway had become a multicultural society.’1 Ironically, this came in tandem with this statement: ‘Norway always has been a multicultural society.’ As this White Paper reflected a yearning to genuinely develop such a society, the authorities managed to communicate both descriptive and normative features. More than a decade later, we could probably add that Norway has never been a multicultural state, nor has it ever wanted to be.
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Brochmann, G., Djuve, A.B. (2013). Multiculturalism or Assimilation? The Norwegian Welfare State Approach. In: Kivisto, P., Wahlbeck, Ö. (eds) Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States. Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318459_9
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