Minnediplomati i grenseland. De russisk-norske patriotiske minneturene 2011–2019
Journal: Nordisk øst-forum/Nordisk østforum
Year: 2023

This article traces the development and narrative staging in Russian media of the so-called Russian-Norwegian patriotic memory tours that took place from 2011 to 2019 to celebrate a heroic story of WWII Red Army soldiers and Norwegian partisans in Soviet intelligence service. The article concludes that the tours were initiated by Russian state and state-affiliated actors who exported military-patriotic symbols and perspectives across the border to Norway, and actively promoted several intertwine