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Kaj Skagen

When states crush the truth

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Between the nursery and the court

Although cultural radicals are allowed to review Kaj Skagen's assessment of "the Norwegian", much of the thinking in the book comes from one of its foremost representatives, namely Jens Bjørneboe.