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Every case set in what is now Norway, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Norway

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Cases
4
Years
1944 to 1982
Region
Europe
Main subjects
European families, Oil and natural resources, Literature and art
Updated
30 October 2026
Ekofisk Central 1983: This 1983 photo shows the concrete based Ekofisk central platform1969 · Oslo, Norway, and North Sea block 2/4Phillips Petroleum found Ekofisk on its last required well in 1969, and Norway saved the oil money in a fund for future generationsBy the summer of 1969 Phillips Petroleum's managers in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, had lost faith in Norway after several dry wells. Its licence required one more well, and the rig's day rate had to be paid whether it drilled or not.ekofisk.industriminne.no and 2 moreAI illustration: Whaling factory ships moored at Sandefjord, Norway, 1950s1982 · Sandefjord, NorwayWhaling magnate Anders Jahre denied owning a fortune abroad, and Norway spent 30 years after his death recovering about 1 billion kronerAnders Jahre founded his shipping company in 1922 and the Kosmos whaling companies from 1928. He funded about half of Sandefjord's city hall and two foundations at the University of Oslo.snl.no and 4 moreHilmar Reksten: HilmarReksten1980 · Bergen, NorwayNorway bought shipowner Hilmar Reksten's shares in 1975 while his fortune sat hidden abroad; his estate went bankrupt and his heir paid back 60 million kronerHilmar Reksten founded his shipping company in Bergen in 1929. In 1966 his son Rolf sued for his share of his dead mother's estate, won, and was pushed out of the family and the firm.snl.no and 3 moreEdvard Munch: Portrait of Edvard Munch (cropped)1944 · OsloArmed men took Munch's The Scream and Madonna from Oslo's Munch Museum in 2004, a court ordered two thieves to pay the city 750 million kroner, and police recovered both in 2006Edvard Munch made a will about 1940 leaving his entire estate to the City of Oslo. The city holds it in the Munch Museum.The Irish Times and 3 more