Mona Juul

Researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage claims that in spring 2000 Juul summoned her to the ministry and asked her to suspend the evaluative part of a research project on the Oslo peace process, citing the interests of Norway's diplomatic role. The matter was brought back to the fore in Parliament in 2026.

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After decades of questions about gaps in the Oslo process archives, Økokrim discovered several boxes of ministry-owned documents at the home of Juul and Rød-Larsen, including some marked 'strictly confidential' or 'secret'. The National Archives and the ministry subsequently recovered further documents.

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Juul and Rød-Larsen bought an apartment exceeding 300 m² in Oslo for 14 million kroner, well below market estimates quoted in the press. The files show that Epstein participated in negotiations; seller Morits Skaugen claims that he was subjected to substantial pressure to complete the sale.

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Publicly released testamentary documents indicate that Epstein had provided for five million dollars for each of the couple's two children, ten million in total. This provision intensified questions about the depth of the family and financial relationship.

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After initially being temporarily relieved of her duties, Juul left her post as Norway's ambassador to Jordan and Iraq. Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs described her handling of the Epstein relationship as a serious error of judgement.

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Økokrim opened an investigation to determine whether Juul had received benefits connected to her duties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was given the Norwegian status of 'siktet' for aggravated corruption; her husband is suspected of complicity. Their home and other premises were searched.

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Økokrim and French authorities established a joint investigation team to accelerate information-sharing between the investigation involving Juul and Rød-Larsen and French proceedings connected to the same Epstein network.

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The Epstein files indicate that Juul, her husband and their children made a visit connected to Epstein's private island in 2011, several years after his conviction. A later message from Rød-Larsen thanked Epstein for the visit and said that Juul was sending him a kiss.

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A confidential memo addressed to Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs described UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as lacking leadership, charisma and moral authority. Its leak triggered an international diplomatic controversy.

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Mona Juul and her husband received a prize from the Peres Center for Peace carrying a total of $100,000 while holding diplomatic posts. In 2002, Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs examined the fact that its financial component had not been formally declared. Under pressure, Juul returned her share.

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While serving as ambassador to Israel, Juul strongly recommended that Norway award $80,000 to the Peres Center, two years after personally receiving a financial prize from the same organisation. The situation prompted controversy over her impartiality.

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