About The Resistance

Ollie and Janice Pedersen are reviving the Paperclip Resistance Movement that took place in Norway during WWII. Teachers and students wore paperclips in their lapels and as jewelry, as a symbol of resistance, “bound together,” against their oppressors during the German Occupation.

Ollie’s dad was born in Norway in 1896 and immigrated with his family to Bainbridge Island in 1907. He fought in WWI, WWII, and the Korean war, dedicating his life for the protection of our freedoms and our democracy.

Remarkably, Norway’s quiet resistance and silent protest in wearing a paperclip, helped in measure to beat back the rise of fascism, as individuals loyal to truth, education and justice took courageous collective action.

Join us in wearing a paperclip as a symbol we can rally around to once again openly demonstrate our solidarity and resistance to this current authoritarian government in the United States of America, that is destroying our democracy that Ollie’s Norwegian father fought so valiantly to preserve.