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...that in 2004, Jørn Holme (pictured) became the first active politician to be appointed as director of the Norwegian Police Security Service?
...that following the Grue Church fire on Pentecost 1822 in Solør, Norway, in which at least 113 people perished, a law was passed prescribing that all doors of public buildings must swing outwards?
...that Arne Bonde stepped down as editor of Verdens Gang due to his own sentiment that he was not young enough for the newspaper?

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