Jan Hanvold

Jan Hanvold (born 1951) is a Norwegian fundamentalist televangelist pastor. Hanvold is also owner of television station "TV-Visjon Norge" (Vision Norge) that is carried throughout Scandinavia and much of Europe. Hanvold announced that he was praying for the failure of the Norwegian coalition government in 2005. [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1170194.ece "Praying for Cabinet crisis"] , Aftenposten, December 2, 2005.]

Hanvold has criticized the Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise's plans to open a private school, known as "Astarte Education", teaching students how to communicate with angels. Hanvold accused the princess of "blasphemy" and said she was "an emissary from hell." [http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,499873,00.html "NORWEGIAN PRINCESS MÄRTHA'S NEW COURSE OFFERING: Communicating with Angels 101"] , cgh, Spiegel online, August 14, 2007.]

Hanvold has a dubious reputation as a businessman [ [http://www.nrkn.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostafjells/buskerud/1.5494324 "NRK: Undersøker pengerot"] (downloaded Sept 28 2008)] [ [http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article3495609.ece "Vårt land: Få stiller spørsmål] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article3497824.ece "Vårt land: Tilsyn truer med å kaste Hanvold"] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article3603935.ece Vårt land: "Spør om Visjons eiendomskjøp] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] , and his resume includes a series of bankruptcies and a jail sentence [ [http://www.hegnar.no/publikasjoner/article58644.ece "Hegnar Online: Predikant Jan Hanvold er på farten igjen som pengeinnsampler"] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] . He has been critizised for raising obscene amounts of money through his religious media projects [ [http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article3495600.ece "Vårt land: Sampet inn 175 millioner på ni år] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://e24.no/makro-og-politikk/article2388594.ece "E24: Betal penger, bli velsignet] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article3492585.ece "Vårt land: Ber om millioner, lover velsignelse] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] , and scrutiny of these projects has discovered that the funds he raises for charity are scantily spent on the purposes for which they are raised [ [http://www.hegnar.no/publikasjoner/article58644.ece "Hegnar Online: Predikant Jan Hanvold er på farten igjen som pengeinnsampler"] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://www.bygdeposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article1685366.ece "Bygdeposten: Kjøper eiendom for nødhjelpspenger"] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] [ [http://www.vl.no/kristenliv/article3528838.ece "Vårt land: Ber Hanvold dokumentere mer"] (downloaded 28 September 2008)] .

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