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UiB-student Ommund Veim Eikje (22) was thursday found dead in France.

Department mourns loss of renowned scholar.

The economist Katrine Vellesen Løken has been awarded the prestigious Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

It is still unclear whether the burglary at the University Museum was done professionally, or if the objects were stolen more at random. “The police are working with both theories. We have no leads pointing in one direction or the other”, police officer Anita Dahl says.

Broad coverage after the break-in at the University Museum has left the stolen objects less salable. The museum director is thankful for the dedication of the public.

Here you can scroll through pictures of the stolen artefacts. This page will be updated consecutively.

In mid-August there was a break-in at the University Museum of Bergen. So far around 400 objects are registered as stolen from the archeological collections. Most of the objects are from the Viking Age. "We work to make sure something like this will not happen again", the museum director says.

On Monday 21 August, the fourth Bergen Exchanges conference opened with a special focus on legislation as a catalyst for social change regarding gender and sexuality.