Norwegian Quakers mark bicentenary

Friends are celebrating 200 years of continued Quaker presence in Norway

by Tara Craig 11th July 2014

Norwegian Quakers gathered in Stavanger last week for their Yearly Meeting. This year’s event was special, with Friends celebrating 200 years of continued Quaker presence in Norway.

While the first Quaker visits to Norway are believed to have taken place in 1657 or 1658, Quakerism really took root there when freed Napoleonic war prisoners returned from London in 1814.