Originally Posted by ksu

Thanks for a fuller description of the details of the incident.

Here is a link to an unofficial translation of the Norwegian Penal Code from the library of the University of Oslo.

http://www.ub.uio.no/ujur/ulovdata/l...22-010-eng.pdf

I am not a lawyer, but have professionally a lot to do with our court system.

I think that the relevant section here is the felony Section 227, threatening in word or deed to commit a criminal act that is punishable with more than six months of imprisonment, "under such circumstances that the threat is likely to cause serious fear." The bolded part is the essence here (and up to the court to decide). It would be argued by the defence, that a challenge to "come outside" is not likely to cause great fear: it is certainly a nuisance and unpleasant, but not enough to convict.

In that case the misdemeanour Section 390 a) would be used: "Any person who by frightening or annoying behaviour or other inconsiderate conduct violates another person's right to be left in peace". This is a very common section for prosecutions. Section 350 about improper conduct disturbing public peace and order might be relevant, but my experience is that the police prosecutors usually use § 227 or § 390 a.

As for the GM section 347 might be of interest, but I would guess that it would be difficult to prove that one!

I presume that your lawyer in the civil case in the US will seek assistance on the niceties of the Norwegian criminal code from someone qualified before filing your suit.