Pal Enger, Norwegian art thief behind 1994 heist of Munch’s The Scream, dies

Pal Enger, centre, sits in court during his appeal case, in the Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo in 1997 (Bjorn Sigurdson/AP)

Pal Enger, a talented Norwegian football player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died.

Tina Wulf, press officer at Valerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club for which Enger played as a teenager, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the 57-year-old had died on Saturday evening.