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Norway is notorious for taking a large number of children away from their families. The Child Protection Service (CPS) is often supported by a corrupt legal system. Read more. According to Statistics Norway, the CPS intervened in some way towards 11 700 new children in 2007. If one multiplies that number with 5, one gets 58 500, which is nearly the annual birth rate in Norway. This means that if the CPS continues like in 2007, there will be a CPS case on every fifth Norwegian child! This includes all kinds of CPS involvement, from economical help to the family to foster homes. This article from Statistics Norway shows that the number of children with whom the CPS has been involved, even increased with 3,6% from 2007 to 2008; the number of children with whom the CPS was involved in 2008, was near 42 200. Almost 7 900 children were in foster homes or institutions. This is an increase by 2.2% from 2007 (this does not include cases where the parents voluntarily let government take over the care for their children). The CPS started 27 850 investigations in 2008. This is an increase by 11% from 2007. According to the article there were started most investigations (relative to population numbers) in the three northernmost counties. --------- Svanhild Jensen's case - a judicial murder. Read more Comments on a website about the CPS. Read more |