Pål Enger, Norwegian art thief behind famed 1994 heist of Munch's 'The Scream,' dead at 57

FILE - Pål Enger, center, sits in court during his appeal case, in the Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo , Monday, April 7, 1997. Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned gentleman art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting at the National Gallery in Oslo and later exhibited his abstract paintings in a gallery, is dead at 57.

Enger served his first prison sentence at the age of 19, before he kicked off a long string of art and jewelry thefts in 1988 when he climbed into a window at the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole the artist’s painting “Love and Pain”. The painting was recovered undamaged after Enger confessed that he had hidden it in a secret compartment located in a living room table at his family’s home.

The self-confessed art aficionado didn’t stop stealing, however. In 2015, Enger was charged with stealing a total of 17 paintings from a gallery in central Oslo. According to Norwegian media, police arrested him after he left his wallet and ID card at the scene.

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