'''HimalPartner''', formerly the '''Norwegian Tibet Mission''' ({{langx|no|Den Norske Tibetmisjonen}}), is a Norwegian missionary organization active in Christian vocational missions in Tibet and Nepal.
HimalPartner traces its beginnings back to the departure of the pioneer missionaries in 1938,<ref>{{cite web |title=Om oss |url=https://www.himalpartner.no/om-oss/ |website=HimalPartner |accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref> when Edin Cornelius Alfsen and David Westborg traveled to eastern Tibet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tiedemann |first1=R. G. |title=Reference Guide to Christian Missionary Societies in China |date=2008 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe, Inc. |location=Armonk, NY}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Historien |url=https://www.himalpartner.no/om-oss/historien/ |website=HimalPartner |accessdate=September 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Cindy L. |title=Nepali Around the World: Emphasizing Nepali Christians of the Himalayas |date=1997 |publisher=Ekta Books |location=Kathmandu |page=164}}</ref> Many missionary supporters in Norway backed them with financial help.
Just over a decade later, China invaded Tibet and the Chinese takeover put a stop to further missionary work. This made all attempts at traditional missionary work in Tibet impossible.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Simensen |first1=Jarle |title=Religious NGOs and the Politics of International Aid: The Norwegian Experience |journal=Forum for Development Studies |date=2006 |volume=33 |issue=1 |page=90|doi=10.1080/08039410.2006.9666336 |s2cid=153614782 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.himalpartner.no/ HimalPartner homepage]
Category:Religious organisations based in Norway Category:Christian missionary societies Category:Christian organizations established in 1938