Narrative Non-fiction · Paperback

Mum’s Betrayal

Norwegian title: Mammas Svik

Anne-Britt Harsem

The trail of the Alvdal-case, Norway's most serious sexual assault case in modern times, started 11. January 2011. It's a case that shook the whole country, and revealed a pedofile community in a small village inland in Norway. On trail were a two couples and a retired teacher. They were accused for serious assaults, also against their own children. But the story does not start there. It starts many years earlier. Back then, the main female defendant lived in another city just north of the capital. This is the story of her oldest daughter.