O Governador de Condado da Noruega negou às Testemunhas de Jeová a subvenção estatal referente a 2021 (a NRK noticiou cerca de 16 milhões de coroas norueguesas e 12.686 membros elegíveis à subvenção) em 27 de janeiro de 2022 e cancelou o registro da comunidade em 22 de dezembro de 2022 por causa de sua prática de exclusão; o Tribunal Distrital de Oslo deu razão ao Estado (4 de março de 2024), o Tribunal de Apelação de Borgarting reverteu a decisão (março de 2025) e, em 30 de abril de 2026, a Suprema Corte decidiu, por 3 votos a 2, que as decisões eram inválidas, com pagamentos retroativos que a NRK noticiou em cerca de 100 milhões de coroas norueguesas.
Claim ID claim-authority-norway-grants-denied-2022-and-overturned-2026Concerns 30 de abril de 2026Resultado
O Governador de Condado da Noruega negou às Testemunhas de Jeová a subvenção estatal referente a 2021 (a NRK noticiou cerca de 16 milhões de coroas norueguesas e 12.686 membros elegíveis à subvenção) em 27 de janeiro de 2022 e cancelou o registro da comunidade em 22 de dezembro de 2022 por causa de sua prática de exclusão; o Tribunal Distrital de Oslo deu razão ao Estado (4 de março de 2024), o Tribunal de Apelação de Borgarting reverteu a decisão (março de 2025) e, em 30 de abril de 2026, a Suprema Corte decidiu, por 3 votos a 2, que as decisões eram inválidas, com pagamentos retroativos que a NRK noticiou em cerca de 100 milhões de coroas norueguesas. Source: NRK, 27 de janeiro de 2022Source: Lovdata (Oslo tingrett), 4 de março de 2024Source: NRK, 30 de abril de 2026Source: jw.org Newsroom, 8 de maio de 2026Source: jw.org Newsroom, 28 de março de 2024
A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: O jw.org descreve a decisão da Suprema Corte como protetora da liberdade religiosa e como confirmação de que suas práticas estão em conformidade com a lei norueguesa e a lei internacional; não menciona o voto divergente.
27 de janeiro de 2022 · Alexander Nordby, Inger Sunde, Svein Vestrum Olsson, Sverre Holm-Nilsen, Ali Iqbal Tahir · NRK
“Etter vår vurdering hindrer dette retten til fri utmelding, og er i strid med trossamfunnsloven § 2. [Statsforvalteren] — state support of about NOK 16 million for 2021 denied; 12,686 grant-eligible members”
Reports the County Governor's (Statsforvalteren i Oslo og Viken) decision denying the 2021 grant because of the exclusion (shunning) practice and the exclusion of baptised minors.
“Decisions challenged: 27 January 2022 (denial of state grant for 2021), 22 December 2022 (deregistration), 7 November 2023 (denial of grants for 2022 and 2023); annual grants at issue about NOK 16–18 million per year; approximately 12,600 registered members in 162 congregations (as summarised by the fetch tool)”
District Court upheld the State; overturned by Borgarting Court of Appeal (14 March 2025) and by the Supreme Court (30 April 2026).
Nota de procedência e verificação for Lovdata (Oslo tingrett), Dom TOSL-2022-186588 / TOSL-2023-23178, Jehovas vitner v. Staten v/Barne- og familiedepartementet
Nota de confiança.Opened the Lovdata judgment page; figures as extracted by the fetch tool from the Norwegian text — exact NOK figures per year are reported here as the judgment summary gives them, and the site labels the claim they support as supported rather than verified. Downgraded to supported after review: the page was opened but the wording or date recorded here was tool-summarised, translated or inferred rather than confirmed by eye; re-read before upgrading.
30 de abril de 2026 · Amalie Sande Henden, Viktor Sødal · NRK
“Supreme Court (5 judges) split 3-2 in favour of Jehovas vitner on the exclusion/free-withdrawal question; unanimous that children's rights were not violated; State to pay roughly NOK 100 million in retroactive grants plus over NOK 10.5 million costs (as summarised by the fetch tool)”
Contrasts with the organisation's own release which describes the ruling without mentioning the dissent.
Nota de procedência e verificação for NRK, Høyesterett har talt: Staten kan ikke nekte Jehovas vitner statstilskudd og registrering
Nota de confiança.Opened the live NRK article; figures are attributed to NRK’s report rather than to the judgment, and the claim they support is labelled supported. Downgraded to supported after review: the page was opened but the wording or date recorded here was tool-summarised, translated or inferred rather than confirmed by eye; re-read before upgrading.
8 de maio de 2026 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“On April 30, 2026, the Supreme Court of Norway announced a significant decision in favor of Jehovah’s Witnesses. … the Court also found that the government’s denial of State grants to Jehovah’s Witnesses was illegal.”
Gives the organisation's timeline (deregistration 2022; Oslo District Court March 2024 against; Borgarting Court of Appeal March 2025 for; Supreme Court 30 April 2026 for) and cites 'more than 12,000' Witnesses in Norway. Does not mention the 3-2 split or grant amounts.
28 de março de 2024 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“continue to deny legal recognition to Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country of Norway unless we change our practices regarding the removal of unrepentant wrongdoers from the congregation”
Organisation's framing of the government's position after the Oslo District Court ruling of 4 March 2024; notes loss of state financial aid given to over 700 registered communities.
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