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DATE: SUNDAY, May 8, 1994                   TAG: 9405080034
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: OSLO, NORWAY                                LENGTH: Short

STOLEN MUNCH PAINTING RECOVERED IN NORWAY

Norway's most famous painting, "The Scream" by Edvard Munch, was recovered Saturday, almost three months after it was stolen from an Oslo museum.

Police said the painting, which is on fragile paper, was recovered undamaged Saturday morning at a hotel in Asgardstrand, about 40 miles south of Oslo. Three Norwegians were arrested.

"The painting seems to have been very well taken care of," said Lief Lier of the Oslo police.

The recovery and arrests apparently were made in connection with an attempt to sell or ransom the painting, the Norwegian news agency NTB said.

- Associated Press

by CNB