Attitudes Towards Jews and Muslims in Norway, 2011 and 2017

The project "Attitudes Towards Jews and Muslims in Norway, 2011 and 2017" is a population survey on attitudes towards Jews, Muslims and other minorities as well as a survey among Jews and Muslims about attitudes and experiences. It presents the findings from two surveys conducted by the Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities: a population survey on attitudes towards Jews and Muslims and a minority study in which Jews and Muslims in Norway were asked about their experiences and attitudes. The surveys have mapped attitudes based on three dimensions: a cognitive dimension (prejudices), an affective dimension (feelings such as sympathy and antipathy) and one that measures degree of social distance. These dimensions are to some extent independent of each other. For example, prejudices against a group will often be more prevalent than antipathy and social distance. Such tendencies are also found in the present study. The findings show that stereotypical views about Jews still prevail in Norwegian society in 2017 but that they are less prevalent than in 2011.