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Norwegian State Acquitted After Confusing Babies

Summary by Dagens Nyheter.
Karen Rafteseth Dokken, 79, was given the wrong baby from the maternity hospital in Sunnmøre, Norway, in 1965. She and the two girls who were mistakenly born sued the Norwegian state, demanding damages of nearly 20 million kronor. Now they have lost in the Court of Appeal. – We are very disappointed, says lawyer Sølvi Nyvoll Tangen to NRK.

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The Norwegian state has been cleared of human rights violations in a case where two babies were mistaken for each other at the hospital. It took over 50 years for the children and their parents to be reunited.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Karen Rafteseth Dokken, 79, was given the wrong baby from the maternity hospital in Sunnmøre, Norway, in 1965. She and the two girls who were mistakenly born sued the Norwegian state, demanding damages of nearly 20 million kronor. Now they have lost in the Court of Appeal. – We are very disappointed, says lawyer Sølvi Nyvoll Tangen to NRK.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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The Norwegian state has been acquitted of human rights violations in a case involving the swapping of babies, Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK reported on Friday. The case stems from the fact that two newborns were ...

·Aarhus, Denmark
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Today, a verdict has been handed down in a case involving the switching of two infants at a maternity hospital in Herøy, Norway in 1965. This is reported by the media NRK.

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The Norwegian state has been cleared of human rights violations in a case where two babies were mistaken for each other at the hospital. One of the children only learned the truth when she was 55 years old.

The state has been acquitted of human rights violations and of the claim for damages in the lawsuit after two babies were mistaken for each other at the maternity hospital on Herøy in 1965.

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VG broke the news in Oslo, Norway on Friday, November 7, 2025.
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