{"id":69,"date":"2009-04-03T22:33:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T02:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=69"},"modified":"2009-04-03T22:33:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-04T02:33:39","slug":"thor-steinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/thor-steinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor Steinar"},"content":{"rendered":"

I do not know who the Thor Steinar is that is behind the clothing line ‘Thor Steinar,’<\/strong> but wouldn’t want to be him.\u00a0\u00a0Thor Steinar<\/strong> is a German clothing\u00a0brand which is represented by logos that have caused much controversy.\u00a0 They appeared strikingly similar to the swastika until the company changed their logos.\u00a0 Many more people would likely dress in Thor Steinar <\/strong>if the logos\u00a0hadn’t resembled such a controversial symbol.\u00a0 Neo-nazi\/skinhead garb has traditionally been characterized by big black lace-up boots, bomber jackets, and shaved heads.\u00a0 Naturally, it can be easy to spot an individual going for this look.\u00a0 Thor Steinar <\/strong>apparel makes it more difficult to\u00a0identify who might be part of the neo-nazi movement.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I think it is interesting that the Norwegian flag is on some\u00a0Thor Steinar <\/strong>clothing.<\/p>\n

Why would the Norwegian flag make an appearance on what seemed to be anti-Semitic clothing from a German company?\u00a0 Unfortunately, I do not know the story behind it, nor am I sure I want to, but either way, it is controversial, as you might expect.\u00a0 Not only is the Norwegian flagg <\/strong>used as a symbol on some of the clothing items, but some of the designs are named after Norwegian cities (i.e. Trondheim, Nordfjord, or Bergen) <\/strong>and the official stores are named after T\u00f8nsberg<\/strong>, the oldest Norwegian city.<\/p>\n

According to Wikipedia, the Norwegian government initiated a lawsuit in early 2008 against the use of their flag.\u00a0 So far nothing has come of it.\u00a0 If I were Norwegian or a member of the Norwegian government, I would certainly do my part to try to put a halt to such a disgraceful representation of the national symbol of my country.\u00a0 Whether the company had any ill-hearted intentions when they used a logo that resembled the swastika or not,\u00a0the Holocaust is\u00a0such a sensitive topic, I think it would be hard for a company to recover from something like that.\u00a0 But who knows.<\/p>\n

Norway has very little anti-Semitism, despite the fact that Norwegians haven’t always been the most tolerable of outsiders.\u00a0 However, Hitler was very interested in Norwegians as a people because he thought that Norwegians, like Germans, were the perfect Aryans.\u00a0 Perhaps this is why a previously owned German company brought Norway into it’s design and advertisement, if their old logo had anything to do with their beliefs.<\/p>\n

You know, the strangest part about this whole issue is that an Arabic (based in Dubai) company, “International Brands General Trading” acquired ownership of Thor Steinar<\/strong>.\u00a0 A United Arab Emirates owned company, previously owned by a German company, that used to produce\u00a0anti-Semitic appearing clothing with Norwegian flags named after Norwegian geography.\u00a0 So strange.\u00a0 Anyone ever seen it or heard about it?\u00a0 I hadn’t until I\u00a0saw an article in the Norwegian newspaper.\u00a0 Kinda strange.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I do not know who the Thor Steinar is that is behind the clothing line ‘Thor Steinar,’ but wouldn’t want to be him.\u00a0\u00a0Thor Steinar is a German clothing\u00a0brand which is represented by logos that have caused much controversy.\u00a0 They appeared strikingly similar to the swastika until the company changed their logos.\u00a0 Many more people would…<\/p>\n

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