It caused controversy when it became known in 2013 that the organization provided funding to the controversial blogger Fjordman ( Peder Jensen ) , who has been characterised as far-right and Islamophobic , for a book Jensen is writing about Anders Breivik and the 2011 Norway attacks . The Labour youth party leader Eskil Pedersen said that Fritt Ord is an organization that provides a platform for " gay-haters and racists , " referring to both the support for Fjordman and previous support for other controversial causes and individuals . Member of Parliament Snorre Valen accused Fritt Ord of " mockery of all those killed and injured " in the 2011 Norway attacks , stating that Fritt Ord provides funding to a writer " so that he can publish a book about the terrorist he inspired , " concluding that Fritt Ord supports " extremism . " Leader of the support group for Breivik 's victims , Trond Henry Blattmann , told '' Dagbladet '' that Fritt Ord 's financial support for Fjordman was " unacceptable . " Fritt Ord 's leader Georg Fredrik Rieber-Mohn said the decision to provide grants to Fjordman was very difficult . The decision was supported by '' Aftenposten '' journalist Erik Tornes who argued the grant was a cheap prize to pay to get " the extremists out of the echochambers " and by Norway 's Minister of Culture Hadia Tajik
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Fritt Ord (organization)