Posted on 04/16/2005 2:52:02 PM PDT by franksolich
Norwegians run amok in Sweden
While debate rages over links between crime and foreigners in Norway, Swedish police are dealing with a sharp rise in troublesome foreigners of their own: Norwegians accounted for half of all criminal convictions in the border town of Stromstad so far this year.
Stromstad is a popular destination for Norwegians shopping for items that are much cheaper in Sweden than in Norway, because of Sweden's lower taxes.
Among those items are wine, beer and liquor, which many Norwegians apparently drink on the spot and then cause trouble. Swedish police report that most of the crimes committed by Norwegians are carried out when they're drunk.
The increase in Norwegian convictions has been explosive, reports newspaper Aftenposten. In 2001, police dealt with 399 reported crimes in Stromstad. So far this year, the number already has soared to 540.
"We suspect that much of this also stems from organized bands that travel down from Oslo," Arne Burman, police chief in Stromstad, told Aftenposten. "But it's difficult to prove. Those sent home to Norway often already have a long police record in Norway."
The newspaper trolled court records in Stromstad and Tanum and found that 59 of 119 convictions involved defendants with Norwegian citizenship.
Among those convicted was a man from Oestfold who was charged with animal cruelty after he tried to run over a swan with a shopping cart while clearly intoxicated. A man from Vestfold was convicted of recklessly operating a 12-meter-long cabin cruiser in Stromstad's inner harbor with a blood alcohol level of 1.8.
Police now suspect two Norwegians are behind the rape of an 18-year-old Swede last weekend.
Thanx for the info.A lot of VN made it out around that time,but i wasn't aware some ended up in Norway.They were fortunate.We had a few at the school i attended,and they were above average students.Tended to major in Engieering,Pre-Med,Computer Science...
Well, that sounds to me like getting a 'license' for a friend.
Like I said, I used to be a DNR person, so it sounds fishy to me, is all.
No, just my writing a check for him to enter the lottery, as a present. No dishonesty involved here at all; in effect I'm just giving him $20.....with that "string" attached (that it be used for the bighorn sheep lottery).
Nothing bad about this at all.
I'm NOT insinuating that YOU are dishonest. Just maybe your friend is.
Uh, he happens to be the county sheriff; a nice guy.
The deal is, out here on the prairies, county sheriffs do not make a whole lot of money, and this guy is a family man with family values, and that's where his own money goes.
A man from Vestfold was convicted of recklessly operating a 12-meter-long cabin cruiser in Stromstad's inner harbor with a blood alcohol level of 1.8.
Now that is a serious drinker.
Surely it must mean ".18" rather than "1.8;" I assume, without knowing for a fact, that one would be dead if his blood were 2%--or near that--alcohol.
But if I am wrong, and it was in fact 1.8, well, then, we have the answer to the mystery of the lackadaisical birth-rate among Norwegians.....booze ultimately renders one impotent and uninterested.
Well, tell me how much sense this makes.
Well, I must comment. You say you live in Nebraska - franksolich- Good and fine,
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