Mette-Marit opens controversial museum

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Mette-Marit opens controversial museum

QuoteCrown Princess Mette-Marit has opened Norway's first museum dedicated to Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun, whose literary talent was overshadowed by his later Nazi sympathies.

Kautokeino More than 5,000 visitors attended the ceremony at Hamaroey, 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday, the 150th anniversary of Hamsun's birth.
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