The Epstein Files — Norway
Ratatoskr Foundation's first commitment
The Epstein files have raised serious questions about relationships between Jeffrey Epstein and his network and people connected to Norwegian public institutions and positions of influence.
Norway has established an independent commission to investigate these matters.
We believe independent civic scrutiny matters too.
Ratatoskr Foundation will follow the Norwegian dimensions of the Epstein files — independently, persistently and without predetermined conclusions.
We will follow the facts. Ask necessary questions. Seek transparency. And help ensure that difficult questions involving power and public trust do not disappear when public attention moves on.
Follow the Money
Norway distributes tens of billions of kroner in international aid every year. Much of it is driven by good intentions and creates real value. But good intentions do not remove the need for scrutiny.
Where did the money go? Who made the decisions? Who benefited? And which relationships influenced those decisions?
Norway has spent decades asking other countries difficult questions about corruption, governance and accountability.
We believe Norway must be equally willing to ask those questions of itself.
Power Should Withstand Scrutiny
Government has a role. Parliament has a role. Journalism has a role.
Civil society has a role too.
At the heart of the Epstein story are also girls and young women who were exploited by people with vastly more power than they had.
For Ratatoskr, accountability and the protection of the vulnerable belong in the same conversation.
The First 1,000
We are looking for the first 1,000 people in Norway who believe this independent work should exist.
NOK 88 a month.
Not because we already know the answers.
Because some questions matter enough that someone should keep asking them.