About this bill
Committee rejects proposal to ban hijabs for children in schools
Seven MPs—Erlend Wiborg, Bjørn Larsen, Helge André Njåstad, Rune Midtun, Simen Velle, Silje Hjemdal, and Lill Harriet Sandaune—introduced a bill to establish a nationwide ban on hijabs for children in kindergarten and primary school. The Standing Committee on Education and Research recommended that the Storting reject it. The committee majority (Labour Party, Socialist Left Party, Centre Party, Red Party, and Liberal Party) argued that a specific hijab ban raises serious human rights, equality, and anti-discrimination concerns, and that existing restrictions on face-covering garments are already sufficient.