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malaise

(294,834 posts) Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:51 AM 4 hrs ago

Former Norwegian PM's lawyer says it was not an attempted suicide

and then there is this

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He was chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee.

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Former Norwegian PM's lawyer says it was not an attempted suicide (Original Post) malaise 4 hrs ago OP

He was chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee? Baitball Blogger 4 hrs ago #1

Former, not current. He was chair of the committee from 2009 to 2015 Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #3

Thank you! Baitball Blogger 3 hrs ago #4

Without further evidence, I will suspect foul play Walleye 4 hrs ago #2

He's in the hospital but his lawyer denies he attempted suicide. Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #5

Thanks, this Epstein thing is blowing up a lot of stuff Walleye 2 hrs ago #6

Baitball Blogger

(52,009 posts)

1. He was chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee?

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:56 AM

4 hrs ago

And...Trump wanted a Nobel prize, and when he didn't get it Jagland's name shows up in the first wave of names in the Epstein files.

Makes you wonder what names are still being protected.

Ocelot II

(129,985 posts)

3. Former, not current. He was chair of the committee from 2009 to 2015

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:03 AM

3 hrs ago

and left altogether in 2020. It's likely, though that Jagland's membership was a bargaining chip for Epstein.

Baitball Blogger

(52,009 posts)

4. Thank you!

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:15 AM

3 hrs ago

Walleye

(44,306 posts)

2. Without further evidence, I will suspect foul play

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:56 AM

4 hrs ago

Ocelot II

(129,985 posts)

5. He's in the hospital but his lawyer denies he attempted suicide.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:13 PM

2 hrs ago

Lots more about the Jagland situation here: https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/m0Q114/thorbjoern-jagland-innlagt-paa-sykehus

If you have the Google Translate extension it will pop up for an English translation.

Norway's former Prime Minister, Thorbjørn Jagland (75), has been hospitalized. This is stated by his lawyer, Anders Brosveet of Elden Law Firm. Brosveet states that the admission comes as a result of the strain on Jagland in the wake of the revelations about his contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Brosveet also denies news reports in, among others, Inyheter and Finansavisen on Tuesday that Jagland attempted to take his own life. – The information that has now been made public about Jagland's health situation
does not imply accuracy, says Brosveet in a press release the law firm has subsequently issued.

Walleye

(44,306 posts)

6. Thanks, this Epstein thing is blowing up a lot of stuff

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:45 PM

2 hrs ago

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