# Norway's Hells Angels Any Relation To America's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524 "2012-01-24T19:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/1 "2012-01-24T19:23:00Z")
Are the Hell’s Angels in Norway part of the same organization as the Hell’s Angels in America? If so, I didn’t know they branched out. Did they transport their motorcycles on Norwegian Cruiselines? [http://www.norwaypost.no/news/eight-charged-with-drugs-smuggling-25927.html](http://www.norwaypost.no/news/eight-charged-with-drugs-smuggling-25927.html) ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/2 "2012-01-24T19:57:19Z")
Yes. The Hell’s Angels organization is international. ETA: Map here: [http://www.hells-angels.com/?HA=charters](http://www.hells-angels.com/?HA=charters) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/3 "2012-01-24T20:00:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Hells Angels is located in: U.S.A, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, England/Wales, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Russia, Bohemia, Portugal, Chile, Croatia, Luxembourg, N.Ireland, Hungary, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Poland , Iceland and Ireland [http://www.hells-angels.com/?HA=charters](http://www.hells-angels.com/?HA=charters) ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/4 "2012-01-24T20:44:12Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Did they transport their motorcycles on Norwegian Cruiselines? I expect they bought them in motorcycle stores in Norway. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/5 "2012-01-24T20:46:51Z")
Do all those countries want to have Hells Angels chapters (or whatever) or is it the Hells Angels who want to be in all those countries. Seems dreadfully unoriginal. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/6 "2012-01-24T20:51:13Z")
Well, considering they’re really a front for illegal drug dealing and money laundering, no we don’t want them. The murder thing isn’t very popular in most countries either. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/7 "2012-01-24T20:51:45Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Do all those countries want to have Hells Angels chapters (or whatever) or is it the Hells Angels who want to be in all those countries. Seems dreadfully unoriginal. Exchange Hell’s Angels for Hard Rock Cafe in the above sentence and find you answer you will. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/8 "2012-01-24T21:46:37Z")
I did not know they went international, let alone to that extent. They seem so american, like the golden arches, but those are everywhere too. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/9 "2012-01-24T22:06:44Z")
See: [Great Nordic Biker War](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Nordic_Biker_War) for history. The Hells Angels have become the Yankees of 1%ers. They are more respectable to the public because they do fancy things like moichandising. I am not sure I want to know what a fancy Harley costs in Norway… ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norways-hells-angels-any-relation-to-americas/610524/10 "2012-01-25T07:29:44Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I am not sure I want to know what a fancy Harley costs in Norway… Here’s a 1992 FatBoy with 19 000 km on the meter the owner wants about 19000 USD for. [http://www.finn.no/finn/mc/used/object?finnkode=32863209](http://www.finn.no/finn/mc/used/object?finnkode=32863209)