Contrary to what my fellow countrymen like to admit, Norway was a large supplier of manpower to the German war effort. Related to the size of its population, Norway was perhaps the largest contributor per capita.

At most some 150 000 people were involved, in mines, factories, construction companies, shipyards and as frontline soldiers.

Most of these soldiers were sent to the Eastern Front and experienced fierce fighting. Some 900-1000 never returned home.
For many of these men, their destiny was unknown. Some were reported KIA and some were reported MIA.
After the Iron Curtain fell, former military restricted areas have been opened up to civilians. Among these areas are the Karelian Isthmus and the Murmanskaja Oblast in the north.

Many Norwegian SS units were stationed in the Karelian area when the Soviets launched their attack at the 25th of June 1944 (see also Kai-Petri's thread about this battle):

Battle of Tali-Ihantala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The SS Schijäger Battalion Norwegen was positioned at the Kaprolat-Hasselmann heights. They were overrun by a superior Soviet force and only a few soldiers escaped.

A few years ago norwegian historians were allowed to visit the area, and found the remains of the fallen soldiers.
They laid in the open, on the same spot were they had fallen some 60 years ago.
Now an interesting debate started: what should Norway do with the remains of these fallen soldiers?
The answer seemed obvious: bring them home, and give them a funeral!

However, this was not so obvious to some. The prime minister of Norway, a Christian democrat and a former reverend, said "NO!". This man, speaking so kindly about peace and reconciliation under other circumstances (he has his own Peace Center now!), refused to give these men a grave.
A couple of rabbis from the jewish community(may be they were Red Rabbis, who knows...?) also showed up on TV, fuming with rage, and demanded that the remains of these war criminals should remain where they are.

War criminals? These soldiers were young men in their late teens and early twenties, and they fought against communism, not the jews. Stationed at a remote outpost on the Russian taiga, they probaly never saw a jew at all during their short lives.
But we aren't savages, are we? We don't have to honor them, but we can give them a grave and a decent funeral. They made a mistake, they chose the wrong side, and they paid the ultimate price for their mistake.

Now we have a new secular government without religious conservatives, and it will pay for a war grave and a memorial in Karelia. Those families that want the remains of their relatives brought back to Norway, will be allowed to do so.

Here's a link for more information:

Kaprolat and Hasselmann revisited

Regards
RAM