Home » News » Had Africa as a country of birth in the National Register. It caused passport problems for Norway’s former Minister of Development. Had Africa as a country of birth in the National Register. It caused passport problems for Norway’s former Minister of Development. June 3, 2021 by world today news At least 7,000 Norwegian citizens have an unknown country of birth in the National Population Register. When Hilde Frafjord Johnson applied for a new passport, the police said that she was born in “Africa”. —- Hilde Frafjord Johnson was previously Norway’s Minister for Development Aid. Here she is photographed during a mission for the UN in Sudan. Photo: Piene, Bibiana Dahle / NTB scanpix –– It was during a visit to the police in Stokke on May 7. Johnson was told that they could not give her a new extra passport, unless she could accept that it said country of birth “unknown” in it. The check they made of their country of birth in the National Register gave a somewhat surprising result: Africa. Read the whole case with a subscription Already a subscriber? sign in— Related posts:Borissov: I support the EU's common position against Russia's decisionTAX ADMINISTRATION WELL PREPARED AGAINST FAILURE RISKS WITH ANOTHER ELSTER LOCATION – New georedunda...Comet Diablo can be seen at dawn and dusk – Diario La Página - 2024-03-13 04:42:05Sun of America defeats Olympia and caresses salvation the beautiful gesture of Reine-Adelaide for a school in Malawi Church shows solidarity after the discovery of the remains of native children in a Catholic school Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Search for: