Growing up and football
Growing up, Enger was part of the core of the criminal Tveita gang led by the money collector Jan Kvalen, which led to a sentence of one year for profiteering as a 16-year-old. When he was 19, he served his first sentence at Ullersmo prison. Pål Enger was a promising footballer for Vålerenga and played, among other things, European Cup matches for the club when he was 19 years old. After serving three years for the theft of "Love and Pain", Enger tried to take up football again in 1991, playing for Mercantile in the then 2nd division.Art thefts
On 23 February 1988, Enger climbed into a window at the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole the painting "Love and Pain" by Edvard Munch. In the same year, he was behind the biggest theft of his kind when he broke into the jeweller's shop Tostrup on Karl Johans gate and stole goods worth NOK 4.8 million. On 12 February 1994, he stole "The Scream" by Edvard Munch from the National Gallery. He has also been convicted of a number of other profiteering, traffic and drug offences. After a number of traffic offences. In December 2015, Enger was charged with stealing a total of 17 paintings from the Fineart gallery at Aker brygge in Oslo. Twelve of the pictures are made by Hariton Pushwagner, the other artworks are made by Vebjørn Sand and Bjarne Melgaard. According to Dagbladet, a wallet with Enger's ID was found in the gallery. Enger pleaded partially guilty and admitted stealing five Pushwagner pictures. Pål Enger started painting during a prison stay in 2007. First animals and vehicles, and then abstract motifs. In March 2011, he opened his own art exhibition with a number of abstract works.References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pal Enger 1967 births Norwegian men's footballers Art thieves Living people Vålerenga Fotball players Men's association football midfielders People from Oslo