A sculptor – who rose to the highest art position in Norway. A composer – who was regarded as the equal of Puccini and Strauss. An author – who was awarded the Nobel Prize. Three artists with one thing in common. They all chose the wrong side during the Second World War. This week’s podcast is about cancel culture – as practiced after the war by Norwegian society. These three artists were treated very differently. One of them was imprisoned – but his works left in place. One of them was safe and sound at the heart of the Norwegian canon. And the third vanished as if he had never existed.  The sculptor is Wilhelm Rasmussen The composer is Christian Sinding The author is Knut Hamsun CONTACT Twitter: @northbynorway Mail: [email protected] EPISODE PHOTO In 1926, a full-scale cardboard model of the Saga Column was erected in front of Stortinget, the Norwegian parliament building, to test public opinion. When the stone column was finally erected outside the Elveseter Hotel, the lion at its crown was replaced by one of King Harald Fairhair. Photographer: Edmund Neupert. Owned by Oslo byarkiv. (Licence: CC BY-SA) MUSIC 00:00North by Norway  written on GarageBand by Andrew J. Boyle, using the Norwegian folksong ‘I Ola-dalom, i Ola-tjønn’ 03:10Sagasøyla written on GarageBand by Andrew J. Boyle 07:45Nocturne Edvard Grieg, op. 54, no. 4 performed on GarageBand by Andrew J. Boyle 14:50Rustle of Spring  Christian Sinding performed on GarageBand by Andrew J. Boyle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.