Martin Pedersen
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Yeah. But one thing I just wanted to say, as a mess with your interview, but what I did a little wrong, these people that made this documentary about me, not once did I say 19 bank robberies. That is a very essential point, you know, that I robbed 19 banks.
Yeah. But one thing I just wanted to say, as a mess with your interview, but what I did a little wrong, these people that made this documentary about me, not once did I say 19 bank robberies. That is a very essential point, you know, that I robbed 19 banks.
Yeah, it's a little difficult to answer that question. My name is Martin Pedersen, and I come from a wealthy family in Tønsberg, a little city in Norway, south of Norway. And I grew up with a very good father and mother, and I had a very, very good life.
Yeah, it's a little difficult to answer that question. My name is Martin Pedersen, and I come from a wealthy family in Tønsberg, a little city in Norway, south of Norway. And I grew up with a very good father and mother, and I had a very, very good life.
I loved my father very much. He was the nicest man you can imagine.
I loved my father very much. He was the nicest man you can imagine.
I wanted more to be an actor. I wanted to go to the actor school in Oslo. Did your father support that? He supported me in everything. Every year when the school ends, we make a show in the school, big, so thousands of people come, and I was ahead of that. And he was there every day looking, oh, that's my son, I'm so proud.
I wanted more to be an actor. I wanted to go to the actor school in Oslo. Did your father support that? He supported me in everything. Every year when the school ends, we make a show in the school, big, so thousands of people come, and I was ahead of that. And he was there every day looking, oh, that's my son, I'm so proud.
Just to have security. And instead of then going to Oslo to become an actor, she got me to start a teacher school in Thunberg. Did your mother want you to be a teacher? No, definitely not. That wasn't good enough for her. She wanted me at least to be a lawyer. But she accepted that.
Just to have security. And instead of then going to Oslo to become an actor, she got me to start a teacher school in Thunberg. Did your mother want you to be a teacher? No, definitely not. That wasn't good enough for her. She wanted me at least to be a lawyer. But she accepted that.
I was sitting with a couple of guys, and they were talking about this thing that was in TV. It was a series about a gentleman, and he was stealing paintings. But he did it with style. He had white gloves. He was in Saint-Dupin. It's a French series.
I was sitting with a couple of guys, and they were talking about this thing that was in TV. It was a series about a gentleman, and he was stealing paintings. But he did it with style. He had white gloves. He was in Saint-Dupin. It's a French series.
Even though we had paintings and many things, we didn't have Edvard Munch. That was very rare. And then suddenly I woke up one night and I thought, ah-ha. Should I take those pictures? It would be a challenge. It was just a fantasy in the beginning, and I found out where this sheep owner lived, and he was dead, but his widow was living there.
Even though we had paintings and many things, we didn't have Edvard Munch. That was very rare. And then suddenly I woke up one night and I thought, ah-ha. Should I take those pictures? It would be a challenge. It was just a fantasy in the beginning, and I found out where this sheep owner lived, and he was dead, but his widow was living there.
I was so proud of myself because I got the window up. It was no alarms, no nothing, you know. And in I go. Suddenly I was in a house that was even much, much bigger and more beautiful than my mother and father's. They also had Picasso things there. But I should be a gentleman, you know? So I took only five pictures of it with Munch, and I let the rest be.
I was so proud of myself because I got the window up. It was no alarms, no nothing, you know. And in I go. Suddenly I was in a house that was even much, much bigger and more beautiful than my mother and father's. They also had Picasso things there. But I should be a gentleman, you know? So I took only five pictures of it with Munch, and I let the rest be.
When I went out, the door was then open. Anyone could come in. And I didn't want real thieves to come there, you know? I was a real thief myself. But I didn't want thieves to come in and do something bad to the property. So I just wondered, what do I do? Someone has to close the door. So I thought about calling the police in Tønsberg, but I was afraid that they had a tape recorder.
When I went out, the door was then open. Anyone could come in. And I didn't want real thieves to come there, you know? I was a real thief myself. But I didn't want thieves to come in and do something bad to the property. So I just wondered, what do I do? Someone has to close the door. So I thought about calling the police in Tønsberg, but I was afraid that they had a tape recorder.
So I called the newspaper, Tønsbergsplan, and I told them with a different voice that the door was open, it had been a break-in there, and they had to close the door, and they did. I got away with it. I took them out of the frames, and I put them out behind a very big painting that I had inherited from my father. They were hanging there for years. How did you feel about it? I felt a little proud.
So I called the newspaper, Tønsbergsplan, and I told them with a different voice that the door was open, it had been a break-in there, and they had to close the door, and they did. I got away with it. I took them out of the frames, and I put them out behind a very big painting that I had inherited from my father. They were hanging there for years. How did you feel about it? I felt a little proud.