Pål Enger

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Pål Enger
Born (1967-03-26) 26 March 1967 (age 57)
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s)Football player
Art thief
Years active1977–present
Known forTheft of The Scream and Love and Pain

Pål Enger (born 26 March 1967) is a Norwegian former footballer who is best known for stealing the paintings The Scream and Love and Pain by Edvard Munch.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] During his football career, he played for Vålerenga Fotball.

Growing up and football

Growing up, Enger was part of the core of the criminal Tveita gang led by the money collector Jan Kvalen, which led to a sentence of one year for profiteering as a 16-year-old. When he was 19, he served his first sentence at Ullersmo prison.

Pål Enger was a promising footballer for Vålerenga and played, among other things, European Cup matches for the club when he was 19 years old. After serving three years for the theft of "Love and Pain", Enger tried to take up football again in 1991, playing for Mercantile in the then 2nd division.

Art thefts

On 23 February 1988, Enger climbed into a window at the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole the painting "Love and Pain" by Edvard Munch. In the same year, he was behind the biggest theft of his kind when he broke into the jeweller's shop Tostrup on Karl Johans gate and stole goods worth NOK 4.8 million. On 12 February 1994, he stole "The Scream" by Edvard Munch from the National Gallery.

He has also been convicted of a number of other profiteering, traffic and drug offences. After a number of traffic offences.

In December 2015, Enger was charged with stealing a total of 17 paintings from the Fineart gallery at Aker brygge in Oslo. Twelve of the pictures are made by Hariton Pushwagner, the other artworks are made by Vebjørn Sand and Bjarne Melgaard. According to Dagbladet, a wallet with Enger's ID was found in the gallery. Enger pleaded partially guilty and admitted stealing five Pushwagner pictures.

Pål Enger started painting during a prison stay in 2007. First animals and vehicles, and then abstract motifs. In March 2011, he opened his own art exhibition with a number of abstract works.

References

  1. ^ "- Jeg var som Beckham er nå". ndttavisen.no. 2 February 2008.
  2. ^ "Master plan". The Guardian. theguardian.com. 13 June 2005.
  3. ^ Olé, Diario Deportivo (2023-02-24). "La curiosa historia del futbolista que robó uno de los cuadros más icónicos". Olé (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kunsttyv og spøkefugl". VG. Feb 25, 2003. Archived from the original on May 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "'I was there': Theft of Munch's 'The Scream' in 1994". BBC Radio 5 Live Daily. Archived from the original on May 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Taylor, Daniel (16 March 2021). "The footballer turned art thief who stole The Scream". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  7. ^ Hultgreen, Gunnar (1 November 2017). "Pål Enger: Fra "Skrik" til Hollywood" [Pål Enger: From "Scream" to Hollywood]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  8. ^ Jarlsbo, Rønnaug (5 February 2008). "Tyven fra Tveita" [The thief from Tveita]. Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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