Women switched at birth in 1965 sue Norway for breach of human rights

The Oslo District Court, Norway (Terje Pedersen/NTB Scanpix/AP)

In 1965, a Norwegian woman gave birth to a girl in a private hospital. Seven days later she returned home with a baby.

When the baby developed dark curls that made her look different from herself, Karen Rafteseth Dokken assumed she just took after her husband’s mother.