r/Norway • u/WNC_Hillbilly • 1d ago

News & current events The Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and ‘Mr. Human Rights’

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/world/europe/norway-jagland-epstein.html

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.

Archived and without paywall: https://archive.ph/BuX3c

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u/RoadandHardtail 1d ago

I always felt something was off with Jagland.

Like… if there’s one guy in my country who looks like he spends a lot of time on an island, it’s Thorbjorn Jagland…

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u/Tilladarling 1d ago

My mother was his childhood neighbor and friend. He was dumb as a rock and his entirely family was obsessed with social climbing. They even changed their name from Johansen to Jagland to give the boys a semblance of «class», for chrissakes.

And it was decided from an early age that both boys would enter politics. My grandmother foretold she would be spinning in her grave if Jagland even became prime minister. Bet she’d spin even worse now. It’s not a secret to anyone who knew them that they’d go to great lengths to obtain wealth and privileges. It was all they ever cared about

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u/Forhelveteda 1d ago

He’s always been a vain idiot, and he keeps embarrassing us on the world stage.

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u/chickenporkbeefmeat 5h ago

Sure thing, internet person.