A Norwegian woman was sent to prison because of her son's unusual…
A Norwegian woman was sent to prison because of her son's unusual name.
Consensus
- Kirsti Larsen, a mother of 14 children, was sentenced to two days in prison.
- The prison sentence was a result of her refusal to pay a fine related to the registration of her son's name.
- The son's name, 'Gasher,' was chosen by Larsen after a dream.
- Norwegian authorities refused to register the name, considering it too foreign and unusual.
- Larsen attempted to appeal the decision in court, but the appeal was unsuccessful.
- The fine was imposed due to a missed deadline for registering an official name.
- The fine was replaced with a two-day prison term because Larsen was not formally employed.
Points of divergence
- The child is the thirteenth child of the woman. — vesti
- The incident occurred in 1998. — vm
- The name 'Gasher' means 'bridge' in Hebrew. — vesti
- The name was inspired by a dream in which she was told to name the child 'Bridge' in English. — vm
- Three Swedes were fined in Norway for throwing stones across the border into Russia. — vesti
- The case was reported by Erin McCarthy from the YouTube channel Mental Floss. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- A Norwegian woman was sent to prison over her son's unusual name — Вести
- A woman from Norway went to prison because of her son's unusual name — Вечерняя Москва