Norway - go to jail for naming baby illegal [CNN]

[Trei, Peter]

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> Subject:	Norway - go to jail for naming baby illegal [CNN]
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> > Mother of 14 jailed for violating Norway's baby-name law
> > 
> >    December 23, 1998
> >    Web posted at: 9:52 AM EST (1452 GMT)
> >    
> >    
> >    OSLO, Norway (AP) -- A mother of 14 was jailed this week because she
> >    refused to change the name she picked for her young son, even though
> >    that violated Norway's name law.
> >    
> >    Kirsti Larsen, 46, told the Verdens Gang newspaper that she named her
> >    son Gesher after she dreamed the child should be named "bridge."
> >    Gesher means bridge in Hebrew.
> >    
> >    Norway has strict laws regulating names, including lists of
> acceptable
> >    first and last names. In 1995, Larsen tried to register her son's
> name
> >    as Gesher at her local county office, which rejected the choice as
> >    illegal.
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	[Trei, Peter]  
	This is the case in many countries - Germany and
	France for two.

	In Iceland, immigrants are required to change their
	names to Norse ones as part of the citizenship
	process.

	Peter Trei