– I want to celebrate a little today! Says Jens Brekke on the phone at home from Vik in Sogn. The balcony is decorated with flags after he received the happy news today: the police admit to having misinterpreted the law they have been at odds with for 35 years. Admits incorrect interpretation news previously told about the steadfast goalkeeper who is not allowed to speak Nynorsk. Half a year of correspondence between him and various government agencies has not yielded results. Now the police turn around and admit to an incorrect interpretation of the language law. – We are open to the fact that we have misunderstood the law, wrote the Norwegian Police Directorate in an e-mail to news. This is the third time the parish has argued with the police to have its linguistic rights taken into custody, and the argument stretched all the way back to the end of the 80s. Soga about Jens Brekke’s Bokmål fines: At the end of the 80s, Brekke received his first simplified sentence. Then he had to argue for eight years before he got it in Nynorsk. The second time, in 2014, it took seven months before he was cured of his goal form. This round it also went all the way to the Storting’s question time before the police gave Brekke what he was entitled to. Then he celebrated with a cake, decorated with the symbol of the police. In 2014, the police said that the reason for the lack of Nynorsk was the transition to a new computer system. The police then promised that both target forms would be in place by 1 January 2018. When Brekke received a speeding ticket in 2023, according to him, getting the notice in Nynorsk was not an option. Through an exchange of letters with, among others, the UP (Utrykningspolitiet) and the police attorney, Brekke explained that he would pay when he received the fine in Nynorsk. When this was not heard, the invoice from the State’s collection center went to debt collection. To show his willingness to pay, Brekke paid 3/4 of the sum with the message that he would wait with the remaining sum until he was heard. According to Brekke, and documents news has seen, the State’s Collection Center then transferred the case to the Swedish Tax Agency, which without warning withdrew the remaining sum from his account. Thus, the fine has been paid and the case finished without Brekke winning as in the first two occasions. Want to get Nynorsk into the system When Brekke received a speeding ticket in January, getting the simplified notice in Nynorsk was not an option. The Norwegian Police Directorate bases this on the fact that Nynorsk, and the Language Act in general, have not been prioritized, while the police’s systems have been digitized over a long period. – In this development work, there has not been sufficient attention linked to the Language Act. Furthermore, they write that the Norwegian Police Directorate wants arrangements to be made for a New Norwegian version of simplified instructions, but asks for patience, as it will take time. How long is unknown. – But the police must enforce the language act, they underline. Both victory and loss Although the goalkeeper from Sogn has raised the flag, the victory has a somewhat bitter taste. In the first two goal disputes, he refused to pay until he was instructed in Nynorsk. But in this round the penalty has already been paid. Or involuntarily paid, as Brekke says himself. Brekke believes the state took the money from him without warning. Therefore, this fine was “paid” before he got it in Nynorsk. Photo: Odd Inge Gjeraker / news – The plan was to wait to pay until I got fined in Nynorsk this time too, but when I got a letter from debt collection I had to change tactics. To show willingness to pay, I paid 3/4 of the sum with a delay of sending over the rest of the sum when the fine finally came in Nynorsk. But he never got to do that, as the Tax Agency deducted the remaining sum from his back tax. Thus, the fine has been paid against his will, and he will most likely never see the introduction of his goal form in this round. Hope the next fine will come in New Norwegian Brekke believes the 35-year-long dispute with the police is about malice on the part of the other party. – It is frightening to think that there are so many in the police who are unable to understand this law correctly. Therefore, I think it is more about ill will than the professional. It’s simply too soft. Nevertheless, she is very happy that the police have turned the case around, and says it is a great victory for all Nynorsk users, so far. – But you, who are so good at getting fines, can surely be happy that the next one will come in your goal form? – Hehe yes! But it will probably only be Nynorsk until the police buy a new computer system, so that Nynorsk, true to tradition, will be published. See how Jens Brekke celebrated when he received his fine in Nynorsk in 2015: ARCHIVE: For seven months, Jens Brekke in Vik refused to pay a fine, because the fine was not in Nynorsk. But then dumped a happy letter into the mailbox.
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