Soldiers of Odin - Revision history

Urlaub694: Corrected wording

2024-04-01T07:49:16Z

Corrected wording

← Previous revision		Revision as of 07:49, 1 April 2024
Line 15:		Line 15:
	{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>		{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

	In interviews as well as on the group's public [[Facebook]] page, SOO has denied claims which state that ~~he and his~~ group ~~are~~ [[Racism\|racist]] ~~and~~ [[~~Neo~~-Nazism~~\|neo-Nazi~~]]. However, the group's founder, Mika Ranta, has connections to the [[Far-right politics\|far-right]] and neo-Nazi [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] as well as a [[criminal conviction]] which stems from a [[Hate crime\|racially motivated assault]] which he committed in 2005. According to the Finnish public broadcaster [[Yle]], a private Facebook page for selected members of SOO shows that racism and [[Nazism\|Nazi]] sympathies are rampant among higher-ranking members. The group's nature has raised concerns about anti-immigrant [[Vigilante\|vigilantism]].<ref name="YLE2">{{cite news\|title=Police Commissioner: Street patrols have "no special rights"\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_commissioner_street_patrols_have_no_special_rights/8573593\|work=YLE\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Kaikilla Joensuussa partioivan Soldiers of Odin -ryhmän pomoilla useita rikostuomioita\|url=http://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/lehti-soldiers-of-odinin-pomolla-rikostausta/5639722\|work=MTV3\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref>		In interviews as well as on the group's public [[Facebook]] page, SOO has denied claims which state that the group is [[Racism\|racist]] or promoting [[neo-Nazism]]. However, the group's founder, Mika Ranta, has connections to the [[Far-right politics\|far-right]] and neo-Nazi [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] as well as a [[criminal conviction]] which stems from a [[Hate crime\|racially motivated assault]] which he committed in 2005. According to the Finnish public broadcaster [[Yle]], a private Facebook page for selected members of SOO shows that racism and [[Nazism\|Nazi]] sympathies are rampant among higher-ranking members. The group's nature has raised concerns about anti-immigrant [[Vigilante\|vigilantism]].<ref name="YLE2">{{cite news\|title=Police Commissioner: Street patrols have "no special rights"\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_commissioner_street_patrols_have_no_special_rights/8573593\|work=YLE\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Kaikilla Joensuussa partioivan Soldiers of Odin -ryhmän pomoilla useita rikostuomioita\|url=http://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/lehti-soldiers-of-odinin-pomolla-rikostausta/5639722\|work=MTV3\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref>

	Though the group denies the claim,<ref>SiriusXM. (2020). Spokesman for Soldiers of Odin Explains that the Group is NOT a Racist Hate Group [Podcast]. Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/soldiers-of-odin</ref> Soldiers of Odin have been recognised by both the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and the [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref name="SPLCenter">{{cite web\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/anti-muslim \|title=Anti-Muslim \|date=2020 \|work=Southern Poverty Law Center \|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> as a [[hate group]]. An ADL report states that their apparent purpose is "to conduct vigilante patrols" to protect citizens from "alleged depredations of refugees", and that "though not all such adherents of the group are white supremacists or bigots, so many of them clearly are that the Soldiers of Odin can easily be considered a hate group."<ref>Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf</ref>		Though the group denies the claim,<ref>SiriusXM. (2020). Spokesman for Soldiers of Odin Explains that the Group is NOT a Racist Hate Group [Podcast]. Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/soldiers-of-odin</ref> Soldiers of Odin have been recognised by both the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and the [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref name="SPLCenter">{{cite web\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/anti-muslim \|title=Anti-Muslim \|date=2020 \|work=Southern Poverty Law Center \|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> as a [[hate group]]. An ADL report states that their apparent purpose is "to conduct vigilante patrols" to protect citizens from "alleged depredations of refugees", and that "though not all such adherents of the group are white supremacists or bigots, so many of them clearly are that the Soldiers of Odin can easily be considered a hate group."<ref>Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf</ref>

112.141.43.24: Removed ambiguous existence of gang that was prolific and well documented

2024-02-21T09:50:04Z

Removed ambiguous existence of gang that was prolific and well documented

← Previous revision		Revision as of 09:50, 21 February 2024
Line 40:		Line 40:
	Soldiers of Odin Australia arose out of the [[Reclaim Australia]] group.<ref name=slack>{{cite web \| title=Reclaim Australia, Five Years Later: Where Are They Now? \| website=slackbastard \| date=9 April 2020 \| url=https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=46107 \| access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> It was registered as a non-profit association with the [[Government of Victoria\|Victorian government]] in June 2016.<ref name=theage/> Their recruitment rhetoric included exaggerating [[illegal entry]] to the country, crime perpetrated by immigrants and the threat of [[Islamic terrorism]], targeting mainly [[Anglo-Australian]] men. They also used the "exotic Norse mythology" to attract far-right sympathisers who were willing to take public action.<ref name=nilan2019>{{cite book \| editor-last=Peucker \| editor-first=Mario \| editor-last2=Smith \| editor-first2=Debra \| title=The Far-Right in Contemporary Australia \| publisher=Springer Singapore \|chapter=Far-Right Contestation in Australia: Soldiers of Odin and True Blue Crew\| year=2019 \| isbn=978-981-13-8350-2 \| doi= 10.1007/978-981-13-8351-9_5 \|pages=101–125\|first=Pam\|last=Nilan\| s2cid=199297174 \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334461933\|via =[[ResearchGate]] (Full article by request; abstract freely available.)}}</ref>		Soldiers of Odin Australia arose out of the [[Reclaim Australia]] group.<ref name=slack>{{cite web \| title=Reclaim Australia, Five Years Later: Where Are They Now? \| website=slackbastard \| date=9 April 2020 \| url=https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=46107 \| access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> It was registered as a non-profit association with the [[Government of Victoria\|Victorian government]] in June 2016.<ref name=theage/> Their recruitment rhetoric included exaggerating [[illegal entry]] to the country, crime perpetrated by immigrants and the threat of [[Islamic terrorism]], targeting mainly [[Anglo-Australian]] men. They also used the "exotic Norse mythology" to attract far-right sympathisers who were willing to take public action.<ref name=nilan2019>{{cite book \| editor-last=Peucker \| editor-first=Mario \| editor-last2=Smith \| editor-first2=Debra \| title=The Far-Right in Contemporary Australia \| publisher=Springer Singapore \|chapter=Far-Right Contestation in Australia: Soldiers of Odin and True Blue Crew\| year=2019 \| isbn=978-981-13-8350-2 \| doi= 10.1007/978-981-13-8351-9_5 \|pages=101–125\|first=Pam\|last=Nilan\| s2cid=199297174 \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334461933\|via =[[ResearchGate]] (Full article by request; abstract freely available.)}}</ref>

	In 2016, the group ran "safety patrols" of [[Federation Square]], [[Birrarung Marr]] and [[Bourke Street Mall]], and outside city train stations at night in [[Melbourne\|Melbourne, Victoria]] to counteract what it claims was the inability of police to protect the public from rising street crime and gangs such as the ~~so-called~~ [[Apex (gang)\|Apex]] gang.<ref name=theage>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vigilantestyle-group-soldiers-of-odin-.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soldiers-of-odin-arrested-at-anti-racism-rally-in-vancouver-1.4042343 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=9 February 2022 \|archive-date=9 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209124639/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vigilantestyle-group-soldiers-of-odin-.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soldiers-of-odin-arrested-at-anti-racism-rally-in-vancouver-1.4042343 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		In 2016, the group ran "safety patrols" of [[Federation Square]], [[Birrarung Marr]] and [[Bourke Street Mall]], and outside city train stations at night in [[Melbourne\|Melbourne, Victoria]] to counteract what it claims was the inability of police to protect the public from rising street crime and gangs such as the [[Apex (gang)\|Apex]] gang.<ref name=theage>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vigilantestyle-group-soldiers-of-odin-.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soldiers-of-odin-arrested-at-anti-racism-rally-in-vancouver-1.4042343 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=9 February 2022 \|archive-date=9 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209124639/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/vigilantestyle-group-soldiers-of-odin-.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/soldiers-of-odin-arrested-at-anti-racism-rally-in-vancouver-1.4042343 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	=== Canada ===		=== Canada ===

GreenC bot: Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#iltalehti.fi

2024-02-14T01:08:09Z

Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#iltalehti.fi

← Previous revision		Revision as of 01:08, 14 February 2024
Line 25:		Line 25:
	{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>		{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>

	Soldiers of Odin gained momentum in 2016 after incidents such as the [[New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany]], the January 2016 [[Fatal stabbing of Alexandra Mezher\|stabbing death of Alexandra Mezher]], a [[Lebanese people\|Lebanese]] [[social work]]er in Sweden, and other migrant-related crime incidents. On 15 March 2016, Soldiers of Odin announced on their Facebook page that they had intervened in the attempted sexual harassment of two underage girls. The group also claimed that the perpetrators were two refugees and that the police thanked Soldiers of Odin for their actions. Further investigation revealed that neither the police nor any bystanders had any knowledge of the event. On March 16, 2016, Soldiers of Odin admitted that one of their members fabricated the story. The group apologized for the announcement and said that the member would be expelled.<ref name="Reuters"/><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|work=The Independent\|date=1 February 2016\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref>[~~http~~://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/~~2016031621281037_uu.shtml~~ Soldiers of Odin myöntää: Ahdistelutarina oli lööperiä - "Pyydämme kaikilta anteeksi"], [[Iltalehti]] 16 March 2016. Accessed on 17 March 2016.</ref>		Soldiers of Odin gained momentum in 2016 after incidents such as the [[New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany]], the January 2016 [[Fatal stabbing of Alexandra Mezher\|stabbing death of Alexandra Mezher]], a [[Lebanese people\|Lebanese]] [[social work]]er in Sweden, and other migrant-related crime incidents. On 15 March 2016, Soldiers of Odin announced on their Facebook page that they had intervened in the attempted sexual harassment of two underage girls. The group also claimed that the perpetrators were two refugees and that the police thanked Soldiers of Odin for their actions. Further investigation revealed that neither the police nor any bystanders had any knowledge of the event. On March 16, 2016, Soldiers of Odin admitted that one of their members fabricated the story. The group apologized for the announcement and said that the member would be expelled.<ref name="Reuters"/><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|work=The Independent\|date=1 February 2016\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2016031621281037 Soldiers of Odin myöntää: Ahdistelutarina oli lööperiä - "Pyydämme kaikilta anteeksi"], [[Iltalehti]] 16 March 2016. Accessed on 17 March 2016.</ref>

	The group's number of Facebook likes in Finland alone was more than 49,000 in December 2017.		The group's number of Facebook likes in Finland alone was more than 49,000 in December 2017.

Prolog: Reverted edit by Hprproeng (talk) to last version by Prolog

2023-12-08T13:50:41Z

Reverted edit by Hprproeng (talk) to last version by Prolog

← Previous revision		Revision as of 13:50, 8 December 2023
Line 2:		Line 2:
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg		\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg
	\| caption = People wearing shirts with Soldiers of Odin logo		\| caption = People wearing shirts with Soldiers of Odin logo
	\| image_size = 225px		\| image_size = 225px
	\| formation = October 2015<ref name="ADL">{{cite web\|url=https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf \|title=Soldiers of Odin USA \|date=2016 \|work=[[Anti-Defamation League]]\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>		\| formation = October 2015<ref name="ADL">{{cite web\|url=https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf \|title=Soldiers of Odin USA \|date=2016 \|work=[[Anti-Defamation League]]\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
	\| purpose = [[Anti-immigration\|Anti-immigrant activism]]<br>[[criticism of islam\|Anti-Islam]]<br>[[Far-Right\|Far-right activism]]<br>[[Nordicism]]<br>[[Vigilantism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]] (factions)		\| purpose = [[Anti-immigration\|Anti-immigrant activism]]<br>[[criticism of islam\|Anti-Islam]]<br>[[Far-Right\|Far-right activism]]<br>[[Nordicism]]<br>[[Vigilantism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]] (factions)
	\| name = Soldiers of Odin		\| name = Soldiers of Odin
	\| founder = [[Mika Ranta]]		\| founder = [[Mika Ranta]]
		⚫	\| founding_location = [[Kemi]], [[Finland]]
	Co-Founder: Jari Peltoniemi
⚫	\| founding_location = [[Kemi]], [[Finland]]
	}}		}}

	[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|thumb\|Jari Peltoniemi, Co-Founder of SOO and Known Vigilante in Kemi "The Chrome City" Lapland, FINLAND ]]
	'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">		'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">
	{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>		{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

Hprproeng: Co-Founder Picture Added

2023-12-08T05:00:23Z

Co-Founder Picture Added

← Previous revision		Revision as of 05:00, 8 December 2023
Line 2:		Line 2:
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg		\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg
	\| caption = People wearing shirts with Soldiers of Odin logo		\| caption = People wearing shirts with Soldiers of Odin logo
	\| image_size = 225px		\| image_size = 225px
	\| formation = October 2015<ref name="ADL">{{cite web\|url=https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf \|title=Soldiers of Odin USA \|date=2016 \|work=[[Anti-Defamation League]]\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>		\| formation = October 2015<ref name="ADL">{{cite web\|url=https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf \|title=Soldiers of Odin USA \|date=2016 \|work=[[Anti-Defamation League]]\|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
	\| purpose = [[Anti-immigration\|Anti-immigrant activism]]<br>[[criticism of islam\|Anti-Islam]]<br>[[Far-Right\|Far-right activism]]<br>[[Nordicism]]<br>[[Vigilantism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]] (factions)		\| purpose = [[Anti-immigration\|Anti-immigrant activism]]<br>[[criticism of islam\|Anti-Islam]]<br>[[Far-Right\|Far-right activism]]<br>[[Nordicism]]<br>[[Vigilantism]]<br>[[Neo-Nazism]] (factions)
	\| name = Soldiers of Odin		\| name = Soldiers of Odin
	\| founder = [[Mika Ranta]]		\| founder = [[Mika Ranta]]
			Co-Founder: Jari Peltoniemi
	\| founding_location = [[Kemi]], [[Finland]]		\| founding_location = [[Kemi]], [[Finland]]
	}}		}}
			[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|thumb\|Jari Peltoniemi, Co-Founder of SOO and Known Vigilante in Kemi "The Chrome City" Lapland, FINLAND ]]

	'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">		'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">
	{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>		{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

Prolog: cleanup, rm copyrighted image

2023-12-06T23:57:17Z

cleanup, rm copyrighted image

← Previous revision		Revision as of 23:57, 6 December 2023
Line 22:		Line 22:

	==History==		==History==
	[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|alt=Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO\|thumb]]

	Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>		Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>
	{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>		{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>
Line 73:		Line 71:

	==References==		==References==

	# https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

David Gerard: rm deprecated WP:DAILYMAIL, not usable

2023-12-06T23:52:25Z

rm deprecated WP:DAILYMAIL, not usable

← Previous revision		Revision as of 23:52, 6 December 2023
Line 22:		Line 22:

	==History==		==History==
	Soldiers of Odin was founded in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland in October 2015 in response to an almost ten-fold increase in the number of migrants to Finland following the [[European migrant crisis]] in 2015. According to '''Mika Ranta''' and '''Jari Peltoniemi''', https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html<nowiki/>one of the original founders of the organization, the street patrol was a response to the fact that asylum seekers were photographing young girls in front of schools.
	[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|alt=Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO\|thumb]]		[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|alt=Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO\|thumb]]

Hprproeng: Picture of Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO added from daily mail article and interview.

2023-12-06T20:30:35Z

Picture of Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO added from daily mail article and interview.

← Previous revision		Revision as of 20:30, 6 December 2023
Line 23:		Line 23:
	==History==		==History==
	Soldiers of Odin was founded in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland in October 2015 in response to an almost ten-fold increase in the number of migrants to Finland following the [[European migrant crisis]] in 2015. According to '''Mika Ranta''' and '''Jari Peltoniemi''', https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html<nowiki/>one of the original founders of the organization, the street patrol was a response to the fact that asylum seekers were photographing young girls in front of schools.		Soldiers of Odin was founded in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland in October 2015 in response to an almost ten-fold increase in the number of migrants to Finland following the [[European migrant crisis]] in 2015. According to '''Mika Ranta''' and '''Jari Peltoniemi''', https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html<nowiki/>one of the original founders of the organization, the street patrol was a response to the fact that asylum seekers were photographing young girls in front of schools.
			[[File:Jari Peltoniemi SOO.jpg\|alt=Co-Founder and known vigilante of SOO\|thumb]]

	Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>		Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>

Hprproeng: Original founders complemented according to daily mail post of their nighly visit in Kemi, Finland

2023-12-06T19:57:20Z

Original founders complemented according to daily mail post of their nighly visit in Kemi, Finland

← Previous revision		Revision as of 19:57, 6 December 2023
Line 22:		Line 22:

	==History==		==History==
	Soldiers of Odin was founded in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland in October 2015 in response to an almost ten-fold increase in the number of migrants to Finland following the [[European migrant crisis]] in 2015. ~~The~~ ~~founder~~ is Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>		Soldiers of Odin was founded in the town of Kemi in Northern Finland in October 2015 in response to an almost ten-fold increase in the number of migrants to Finland following the [[European migrant crisis]] in 2015. According to '''Mika Ranta''' and '''Jari Peltoniemi''', https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html<nowiki/>one of the original founders of the organization, the street patrol was a response to the fact that asylum seekers were photographing young girls in front of schools.

			Mika Ranta, who, while a self-declared [[Neo-Nazism\|neo-Nazi]] and member of the [[Finnish Resistance Movement]], maintains that his personal views do not represent the group as a whole. The group is named after [[Odin]], the god that rules Asgard, home of the gods, in [[Norse mythology]].<ref name="Reuters" /><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Finland's 'Soldiers of Odin' face off against huggy ladies\|url=https://news.yahoo.com/finlands-soldiers-odin-face-off-against-huggy-ladies-035109574.html\|work=Yahoo News\|date=9 February 2016}}</ref><ref>
	{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>		{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/soldiers-of-odin-the-far-right-groups-in-finland-protecting-women-from-asylum-seekers-a6846341.html\|title=Soldiers of Odin: The far-right groups in Finland 'protecting women' from asylum seekers\|date=1 February 2016\|newspaper=[[The Independent]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=The Soldiers of Odin, whose name refers to the Nordic god of war and death, includes known neo-Nazis and followers with criminal records, as well as more typical men.}}</ref><ref name="slate">{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/19/soldiers_of_odin_at_the_rnc.html\|title=Better Know an RNC White Supremacist: Soldiers of Odin\|last=Goldberg\|first=Michelle\|date=19 July 2016\|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)\|Slate]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Named after the Norse God of war and death, the Soldiers of Odin patrol city streets, on the lookout for dangerous Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\| url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gqma9m/soldiers-of-odin-europes-notorious-anti-immigration-group-beginning-to-form-cells-in-canada\|title=Soldiers of Odin, Europe's Notorious Anti-Immigration Group, Is Beginning to Form Cells in Canada\|last=Lamoureux\|first=Mack\|date=17 April 2016\|publisher=[[Vice News]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Now, the group named for the Norse god of death and war (but also wisdom and culture) has come to Canada.}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-far-right-soldiers-of-odin-1.3896175\|title=Inside Quebec's far right: Soldiers of Odin leadership shake-up signals return to extremist roots - Montreal\|last=Montpetit\|first=Jonathan\|date=14 December 2016\|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=In the early evening darkness, four figures huddled in the parking lot of a Quebec City arena, all wearing black sweatshirts emblazoned with a drawing of Odin, a Norse god of war.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2016/1/22/soldiers-of-odin-far-right-summons-norse-mythology-against-refugees\|title=Soldiers of Odin: Far-right summons Norse mythology against refugees\|last=al-Sahli\|first=Nasser\|date=21 January 2016\|publisher=[[Al-Araby Al-Jadeed]]\|language=en\|access-date=9 December 2017\|quote=Hamsfield says these outfits are inciting violence against immigrants, in what he believes may be a precursor to a "clandestine civil war" he says extremist right-wingers are seeking. To him, choosing the name Odin, the old Norse god often associated with war, is no coincidence. In truth, many believe the current tension between some in Nordic communities, and immigrants and refugees, can be traced back to Helsinki, the capital of Finland.}}</ref>

Line 71:		Line 73:

	==References==		==References==

			# https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3426685/Nazi-daggers-SS-hats-hangman-s-noose-night-patrol-Soldiers-Odin-neo-Nazi-led-vigilantes-vowing-Europe-s-women-safe-migrant-sex-attacks.html
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

Wikipedialuva: clean up, typo(s) fixed: vikings → Vikings

2023-12-04T08:13:18Z

clean up, typo(s) fixed: vikings → Vikings

← Previous revision		Revision as of 08:13, 4 December 2023
Line 1:		Line 1:
⚫	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}
	{{Short description\|Anti-immigrant, white supremacist group}}		{{Short description\|Anti-immigrant, white supremacist group}}
		⚫	{{Use dmy dates\|date=July 2023}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg		\| image = Soldiers of Odin 2016.jpg
Line 12:		Line 12:
	}}		}}

	'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October of 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">		'''Soldiers of Odin''' ('''SOO'''; {{lang-fi\|Odinin sotilaat}}) is an [[Opposition to immigration\|anti-immigrant]] group which was founded in [[Kemi]], [[Finland]], in October 2015. The group was established in response to the thousands of migrants who were arriving in Finland amidst the [[European migrant crisis]].<ref name="YLE1">{{cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin registers as NGO, warns Loldiers against using spoof name\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871\|website=[[Yle\|Yle.fi]]\|date=15 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218080433/http://yle.fi/uutiset/soldiers_of_odin_registers_as_ngo_warns_loldiers_against_using_spoof_name/8674871 \|archive-date=18 February 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite web\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-finland-idUSKCN0UR20G20160113\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' raise concern in Finland\|author=Jussi Rosendahl and Tuomas Forsell\|date=13 January 2016\|work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="YLE4">{{cite news\|url=http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012354/http://yle.fi:80/uutiset/osasto/news/soldiers_of_odins_secret_facebook_group_weapons_nazi_symbols_and_links_to_mv_lehti/8749308\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 May 2017\|title=Soldiers of Odin's secret Facebook group: Weapons, Nazi symbols and links to MV Lehti\|date=16 March 2016\|publisher=YLE}}</ref> They call themselves a "patriotic organisation that fights for a Finland" that wants to scare away "Islamist intruders" they say cause insecurity and increase crime.<ref name="thelocal">
	{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>		{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

Line 31:		Line 31:
	According to [[Yle]], Soldiers of Odin has connections to the Finnish ''[[MV-media]]'' [[alternative media]] website and has been promised good visibility on the site.<ref name="YLE4"/> ''MV-media'' website and its owner Ilja Janitskin have ties to the Russian-backed [[Donetsk People's Republic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2016092822385546\|title=Janus Putkonen tarjoaa turvapaikkaa MV-lehden Ilja Janitskinille\|website=www.iltalehti.fi\|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>		According to [[Yle]], Soldiers of Odin has connections to the Finnish ''[[MV-media]]'' [[alternative media]] website and has been promised good visibility on the site.<ref name="YLE4"/> ''MV-media'' website and its owner Ilja Janitskin have ties to the Russian-backed [[Donetsk People's Republic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2016092822385546\|title=Janus Putkonen tarjoaa turvapaikkaa MV-lehden Ilja Janitskinille\|website=www.iltalehti.fi\|access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref>

	According to IL and Meduza, Yan Petrovsky, Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine, was also an active Odin member. He was deported from Norway but arrested in Finland due to charges.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Wagneriin kytkeyvän julman sotajoukon ex-komentaja kiinni Suomessa – Nyt reagoi Venäjä \|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/a87e52f1-11fc-4ad5-914a-3cac40341001 \|access-date=2023-08-25 \|website=www.iltalehti.fi \|language=fi}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Enemy of the State or its founding element? Yan Petrovsky, Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine, was deported from Norway \|url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/01/20/enemy-of-the-state-or-its-founding-element \|access-date=2023-08-25 \|website=Meduza \|language=en}}</ref>		According to IL and Meduza, Yan Petrovsky, Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine, was also an active Odin member. He was deported from Norway but arrested in Finland due to charges.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Wagneriin kytkeyvän julman sotajoukon ex-komentaja kiinni Suomessa – Nyt reagoi Venäjä \|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/a87e52f1-11fc-4ad5-914a-3cac40341001 \|access-date=2023-08-25 \|website=www.iltalehti.fi \|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Enemy of the State or its founding element? Yan Petrovsky, Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine, was deported from Norway \|url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/01/20/enemy-of-the-state-or-its-founding-element \|access-date=2023-08-25 \|website=Meduza \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Presence outside Finland==		==Presence outside Finland==
Line 51:		Line 51:
	{{Cite news\|title=Her patruljerer "Soldiers of Odin" for første gang i Norge [Here, the "Soldiers of Odin" patrols in Norway for the first time]\|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/asyl-debatten/her-patruljerer-soldiers-of-odin-for-foerste-gang-i-norge/a/23616953/\|work=Verdens Gang\|date=15 February 2015\|language=no}}		{{Cite news\|title=Her patruljerer "Soldiers of Odin" for første gang i Norge [Here, the "Soldiers of Odin" patrols in Norway for the first time]\|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/asyl-debatten/her-patruljerer-soldiers-of-odin-for-foerste-gang-i-norge/a/23616953/\|work=Verdens Gang\|date=15 February 2015\|language=no}}
	{{Cite news\|title=Nå har"Odins soldater" etablert seg i Norge. - Vi er snart representert i hver krik og krok av landet\|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/23/nyheter/innenriks/odins_soldater/hoyreekstremisme/borgervern/42864626/\|work=Dagbladet\|date=23 January 2016\|language=no}}</ref><ref>		{{Cite news\|title=Nå har"Odins soldater" etablert seg i Norge. - Vi er snart representert i hver krik og krok av landet\|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/01/23/nyheter/innenriks/odins_soldater/hoyreekstremisme/borgervern/42864626/\|work=Dagbladet\|date=23 January 2016\|language=no}}</ref><ref>
	{{Cite news\|title=Alte er kastet ut av Odins soldater [Alte kicked out of Soldiers of Odin]\|url=http://www.nrk.no/vestfold/alte-er-kastet-ut-av-odins-soldater-1.12824149\|publisher=NRK\|date=26 February 2016\|language=no}}</ref> They were opposed by Osebergskipets venner who turned up dressed as ~~vikings~~ as a protest against the misuse of traditional symbols.<ref name="vg"/>		{{Cite news\|title=Alte er kastet ut av Odins soldater [Alte kicked out of Soldiers of Odin]\|url=http://www.nrk.no/vestfold/alte-er-kastet-ut-av-odins-soldater-1.12824149\|publisher=NRK\|date=26 February 2016\|language=no}}</ref> They were opposed by Osebergskipets venner who turned up dressed as Vikings as a protest against the misuse of traditional symbols.<ref name="vg"/>

	===Sweden===		===Sweden===
Line 61:		Line 61:

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	The Finnish National Police Commissioner, {{Interlanguage link ~~multi~~\|Seppo Kolehmainen (police commissioner)\|fi\|3=Seppo Kolehmainen (poliisi)\|lt=Seppo Kolehmainen}}, caused confusion when he initially welcomed the establishment of street patrols.<ref name="YLE2"/> In response, the Minister of the Interior, [[Petteri Orpo]], said, "In Finland it is officials who oversee and take care of order in society. It is a simple matter and we will stick to it."<ref>{{cite news\|title=Orpo disappointed by police chief's street patrol comments\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/orpo_disappointed_by_police_chiefs_street_patrol_comments/8574715\|work=YLE\|date=6 January 2016}}</ref> [[Finnish Security Intelligence Service]] regards the group as unsettling.<ref name="hs">{{cite news\|title=Yle paljasti Soldiers of Odinin suljetun Facebook-ryhmän kuvia ja viestejä – Supo: "Aineisto puhuu puolestaan"\|url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1458104039394\|date=16 March 2016}}</ref>		The Finnish National Police Commissioner, {{Interlanguage link\|Seppo Kolehmainen (police commissioner)\|fi\|3=Seppo Kolehmainen (poliisi)\|lt=Seppo Kolehmainen}}, caused confusion when he initially welcomed the establishment of street patrols.<ref name="YLE2"/> In response, the Minister of the Interior, [[Petteri Orpo]], said, "In Finland it is officials who oversee and take care of order in society. It is a simple matter and we will stick to it."<ref>{{cite news\|title=Orpo disappointed by police chief's street patrol comments\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/orpo_disappointed_by_police_chiefs_street_patrol_comments/8574715\|work=YLE\|date=6 January 2016}}</ref> [[Finnish Security Intelligence Service]] regards the group as unsettling.<ref name="hs">{{cite news\|title=Yle paljasti Soldiers of Odinin suljetun Facebook-ryhmän kuvia ja viestejä – Supo: "Aineisto puhuu puolestaan"\|url=http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1458104039394\|date=16 March 2016}}</ref>

	Norwegian police initially expressed mixed reactions to the group, with some departments announcing that they would send marching members away, while others said the group was unproblematic.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Politisjef om Odins soldater: – Uproblematisk at de trygger byer og tettsteder\|url=https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/politisjef-om-odins-soldater_-_-uproblematisk-at-de-trygger-byer-og-tettsteder-1.12810642\|date=18 February 2016\|language=no}}</ref> It caused some controversy when [[Progress Party (Norway)\|Progress Party]] MP and spokesperson for justice [[Jan Arild Ellingsen]] applauded the establishment of the group, saying they should be "praised". Government and party leaders quickly distanced themselves from his comments, stating public security to be the responsibility of the police.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin create political poison in Norway\|url=https://www.thelocal.no/20160224/soldiers-of-odin-create-political-poison-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' expand from Finland to Nordics, Baltics\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-vigilantes-idUSKCN0W411Z\|work=Reuters\|date=2 March 2016}}</ref>		Norwegian police initially expressed mixed reactions to the group, with some departments announcing that they would send marching members away, while others said the group was unproblematic.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Politisjef om Odins soldater: – Uproblematisk at de trygger byer og tettsteder\|url=https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/politisjef-om-odins-soldater_-_-uproblematisk-at-de-trygger-byer-og-tettsteder-1.12810642\|date=18 February 2016\|language=no}}</ref> It caused some controversy when [[Progress Party (Norway)\|Progress Party]] MP and spokesperson for justice [[Jan Arild Ellingsen]] applauded the establishment of the group, saying they should be "praised". Government and party leaders quickly distanced themselves from his comments, stating public security to be the responsibility of the police.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Soldiers of Odin create political poison in Norway\|url=https://www.thelocal.no/20160224/soldiers-of-odin-create-political-poison-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|title=Anti-immigrant 'Soldiers of Odin' expand from Finland to Nordics, Baltics\|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-vigilantes-idUSKCN0W411Z\|work=Reuters\|date=2 March 2016}}</ref>

← Previous revision		Revision as of 07:49, 1 April 2024
Line 15:		Line 15:
	{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>		{{Cite news\|title='Patriot' group Soldiers of Odin debut in Norway\|url=http://www.thelocal.no/20160215/patriot-group-soldiers-of-odin-debut-in-norway\|work=The Local\|date=15 February 2016}}</ref>

	In interviews as well as on the group's public [[Facebook]] page, SOO has denied claims which state that ~~he and his~~ group ~~are~~ [[Racism\|racist]] ~~and~~ [[~~Neo~~-Nazism~~\|neo-Nazi~~]]. However, the group's founder, Mika Ranta, has connections to the [[Far-right politics\|far-right]] and neo-Nazi [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] as well as a [[criminal conviction]] which stems from a [[Hate crime\|racially motivated assault]] which he committed in 2005. According to the Finnish public broadcaster [[Yle]], a private Facebook page for selected members of SOO shows that racism and [[Nazism\|Nazi]] sympathies are rampant among higher-ranking members. The group's nature has raised concerns about anti-immigrant [[Vigilante\|vigilantism]].<ref name="YLE2">{{cite news\|title=Police Commissioner: Street patrols have "no special rights"\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_commissioner_street_patrols_have_no_special_rights/8573593\|work=YLE\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Kaikilla Joensuussa partioivan Soldiers of Odin -ryhmän pomoilla useita rikostuomioita\|url=http://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/lehti-soldiers-of-odinin-pomolla-rikostausta/5639722\|work=MTV3\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref>		In interviews as well as on the group's public [[Facebook]] page, SOO has denied claims which state that the group is [[Racism\|racist]] or promoting [[neo-Nazism]]. However, the group's founder, Mika Ranta, has connections to the [[Far-right politics\|far-right]] and neo-Nazi [[Nordic Resistance Movement]] as well as a [[criminal conviction]] which stems from a [[Hate crime\|racially motivated assault]] which he committed in 2005. According to the Finnish public broadcaster [[Yle]], a private Facebook page for selected members of SOO shows that racism and [[Nazism\|Nazi]] sympathies are rampant among higher-ranking members. The group's nature has raised concerns about anti-immigrant [[Vigilante\|vigilantism]].<ref name="YLE2">{{cite news\|title=Police Commissioner: Street patrols have "no special rights"\|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_commissioner_street_patrols_have_no_special_rights/8573593\|work=YLE\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Kaikilla Joensuussa partioivan Soldiers of Odin -ryhmän pomoilla useita rikostuomioita\|url=http://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/lehti-soldiers-of-odinin-pomolla-rikostausta/5639722\|work=MTV3\|date=5 January 2016}}</ref>

	Though the group denies the claim,<ref>SiriusXM. (2020). Spokesman for Soldiers of Odin Explains that the Group is NOT a Racist Hate Group [Podcast]. Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/soldiers-of-odin</ref> Soldiers of Odin have been recognised by both the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and the [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref name="SPLCenter">{{cite web\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/anti-muslim \|title=Anti-Muslim \|date=2020 \|work=Southern Poverty Law Center \|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> as a [[hate group]]. An ADL report states that their apparent purpose is "to conduct vigilante patrols" to protect citizens from "alleged depredations of refugees", and that "though not all such adherents of the group are white supremacists or bigots, so many of them clearly are that the Soldiers of Odin can easily be considered a hate group."<ref>Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf</ref>		Though the group denies the claim,<ref>SiriusXM. (2020). Spokesman for Soldiers of Odin Explains that the Group is NOT a Racist Hate Group [Podcast]. Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://soundcloud.com/siriusxm-news-issues/soldiers-of-odin</ref> Soldiers of Odin have been recognised by both the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] and the [[Anti-Defamation League]]<ref name="SPLCenter">{{cite web\|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/ideology/anti-muslim \|title=Anti-Muslim \|date=2020 \|work=Southern Poverty Law Center \|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> as a [[hate group]]. An ADL report states that their apparent purpose is "to conduct vigilante patrols" to protect citizens from "alleged depredations of refugees", and that "though not all such adherents of the group are white supremacists or bigots, so many of them clearly are that the Soldiers of Odin can easily be considered a hate group."<ref>Soldiers of Odin USA. (2016). Retrieved 3 June 2020, from https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Soldiers-of-Odin-USA-Report-web.pdf</ref>