Norwegian Parliament launches two-day hearing on Jeffrey Epstein ties
The Storting will hold a two-day hearing this Wednesday and Thursday to examine contacts between Norwegian officials and the convicted financier Jeffrey Epstein.
On Wednesday and Thursday the Storting’s control and constitutional committee will conduct a two-day hearing into alleged connections between Norwegian politicians and Jeffrey Epstein. The session, chaired by committee spokesperson Jonas Andersen Sayed, will include testimony from the prime minister and will scrutinise grants to organisations like the International Peace Institute that had ties to Epstein. The inquiry is part of a wider investigative effort launched in the spring, which created an independent commission to probe individual contacts with the financier and to review the foreign service’s activities.
While the commission’s full report is due in 2028, lawmakers hope the hearing will demonstrate swift parliamentary action after revelations that emerged last winter. The schedule follows a party-based order, giving speaking time to the Labour Party, Progress Party, Conservative Party, Socialist Left, Centre Party, Red Party and the Green Party, with the Liberal Party excluded from the committee.
Why it matters
It shows Norway’s parliament acting on allegations of foreign influence and possible misconduct involving high-level officials.
How the sides frame it
MODERATE AGREEMENTBoth camps report the same parliamentary hearing, but left-leaning coverage stresses the inquiry’s purpose to clarify possible collaboration, while right-leaning coverage stresses the hearing’s swift, two-day format and its scrutiny of grants as a demonstration of parliamentary action.
LEFT
Frames the hearing as a public inquiry aimed at clarifying the extent of alleged foreign-ministry ties to the Epstein network
RIGHT
Frames the hearing as a swift two-day parliamentary action that scrutinises grants and shows decisive response to the revelations
The left emphasises
- public inquiry
- investigate alleged connections
- clarify the extent of any collaboration or influence
The right emphasises
- two-day hearing
- scrutinise grants to organisations like the International Peace Institute
- demonstrate swift parliamentary action
How this story developed
- Sep 23 Norwegian diplomat duo faces corruption probe as NRK releases documentary on Epstein ties
- Sep 30 The parliamentary hearing on the ministry's Epstein‑related funding has begun.
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