He was stabbed to death at Holmlia in Oslo, Norway, just before midnight on 26 January 2001 by people from the neo-Nazi group Boot Boys.[1] A third defendant, Veronica Andreassen, was convicted on a lesser charge of abetting bodily harm causing death and sentenced to three years in prison.American singer Michael Jackson dedicated his 2001 album Invincible to Benjamin Hermansen (and also to his own parents and grandmother).Benjamin … we love you … may you rest in peace.»Clara Dorothea Weltzin (1925–2007), an Oslo woman with far-right views, left money to "people and organisations" that "work against immigration" in her will.[6] After their release from prison, Ole Nicolai Kvisler resumed his activities in the neo-Nazi community, while Joe Erling Jahr apologised for the murder.
Youths from Benjamin's neighborhood
Holmlia
stand in
Youngstorget
, 2011, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his death. The banner they are holding reads "Be Proud."
