# Hansen 2016: The Isdalen mystery

> Ståle Hansen, Marit Higraff, Øyvind Bye Skille et al., 2016. 20 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The reference narrative of the 1970…

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# The Isdalen mystery

Ståle Hansen, Marit Higraff, Øyvind Bye Skille et al., 2016. _NRK Dokumentar_.

NRK's English account of the 1970 case, written with Kripos and the West Police District when the case was reopened: the scene, the suitcases at Bergen station, the false identities, the autopsy, the dental work, and the 2016 recovery of tissue samples from which a DNA profile was obtained and circulated through Interpol.

**Isdal Woman** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The reference narrative of the 1970 investigation and the 2016 reopening.

## Cited by on this site 20 records

[Autopsy tissue samples in paraffin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/artifacts/ART0D7Z7QYM5P68/autopsy-tissue-samples-in-paraffin)

ART

[Police photographs of the scene in Isdalen and of the burial, 1970-1971](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/artifacts/ART0D7Z7V463S94/police-photographs-of-the-scene-in-isdalen-and-of-the-burial)

ART

[The coded notebook](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/artifacts/ART0D7Z7RE82956/the-coded-notebook)

ART

[The two suitcases and their contents](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/artifacts/ART0D7Z7R6E15QQ/the-two-suitcases-and-their-contents)

ART

[The woman's jaw and teeth](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/artifacts/ART0D7Z7QPT1PFB/the-womans-jaw-and-teeth)

ART

[Isdal Woman DNA profile](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D7Z7QF020E2/isdal-woman-dna-profile)

Dataset

DAT

[A bruise on her neck from a blow or a fall.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7M9E7DKC/a-bruise-on-her-neck-from-a-blow-or-a-fall)

Evidence

EVD

[Handwriting suggested schooling in France or a neighbouring country.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7J3437VE/handwriting-suggested-schooling-in-france-or-a-neighbouring)

Evidence

EVD

[Phenobarbital in blood and stomach and soot in the lungs; more pills by the body.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7KST345Q/phenobarbital-in-blood-and-stomach-and-soot-in-the-lungs)

Evidence

EVD

[The removal of all labels and identity marks suggests planning by her or by others.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/evidence/EVD0D7Z7N0W2ZQG/the-removal-of-all-labels-and-identity-marks-suggests)

Evidence

EVD

[Her body is found in Isdalen](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/events/EVT0D7Z7E647K61/her-body-is-found-in-isdalen)

EVT

[NRK, Kripos and the West Police District reopen the case; tissue samples and the jaw are found](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/events/EVT0D7Z7F5C17A3/nrk-kripos-and-the-west-police-district-reopen-the-case)

EVT

[Police find her two suitcases at Bergen station](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/events/EVT0D7Z7EDY7ZMC/police-find-her-two-suitcases-at-bergen-station)

EVT

[She checks out of the Hotel Hordaheimen and is not seen alive again](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/events/EVT0D7Z7DYA68RM/she-checks-out-of-the-hotel-hordaheimen-and-is-not-seen)

EVT

[The Isdal Woman](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman)

The mystery article

MYS

[Bergen police (now West Police District)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/organisations/ORG0D7Z7CQ86DZK/bergen-police-now-west-police-district)

ORG

[NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/organisations/ORG0D7Z7DEP00MK/nrk-norwegian-broadcasting-corporation)

ORG

[How did she die, and was anyone else involved?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/questions/QST0D7Z7GW242GE/how-did-she-die-and-was-anyone-else-involved)

Question

QST

[Who was the woman found in Isdalen?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/questions/QST0D7Z7GM81M27/who-was-the-woman-found-in-isdalen)

Question

QST

[Staff of the Hotel Hordaheimen and other Bergen hotels (anonymous here): Described a good-looking woman of about 163 cm with dark brown hair…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/isdal-woman/accounts/WIT0D7Z7FWT4AYF/staff-of-the-hotel-hordaheimen-and-other-bergen-hotels)

WIT

## Cite it

```
Hansen, S., Higraff, M., Skille, Ø. B., Aardal, E., & Kristoffersen, E. B. (2016). The Isdalen mystery. NRK Dokumentar. https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/the-isdalen-mystery-1.13249066
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[Read it free at nrk.no](https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/the-isdalen-mystery-1.13249066)

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