Valuable religious artefacts stolen from church

Country: Norway

Date of incident: September 19, 2024


Unknown perpetrators broke into the church in Vallset and stole valuable religious artefacts.

Thieves broke into the Vallset church by smashing a window in the sacristy. Here they smashed the safe and made off with old and irreplaceable candlesticks, vases, communion chalices, communion cups and a number of other unique silver and silver-plated artefacts.

Recently two tractor mowers, each worth NOK 200,000, were also stoen from the cemeteries.

Source: Stangeavisa, adressa