Can you find the original?

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Can you find the original?

What does it mean to be an original? A quiz about forgery, copy-rights and brands.

In the museum's collection there are many objects connected to forgery and imitation. It is not always easy to know where the line is drawn. In this quiz you must find the original.

The objects are from a complaint that came before the committee of commercial competition in 1986. One of the sodas was launched only five months after the other. In this case it was concluded their likeness was unreasonable.

Which one do you think came first?

This case was about the similarities and consumer confusion between competing hand-creme products. Which of these do you think is the original?

The painting "Summer" was a copy of Munch's work  "Landscpae with fruit trees" from 1911/12. The copy was made in 1949. Can you find the original Munch?

One of these was drawn by a man in Selbu during the 1950s. The other is a real 50 kr note. Which is real?

At first there was no doubt this was a real work by Munch, but after an examination it was discovered to be a forgery. The furniture maker Caspersen confessed that he had painted it and sold it as an original Munch. It was based on the work "Autumn" which is in the Munch museum's collection. Photo:© Munchmuseet. Can you find Munch's work?

"On the porch stairs" is a subject Munch painted several times during 1920-22. The original is today in the Munch museum's collection. The forgery's origin story is uncertain. Which one of these was painted by Munch?

This famous painting was made in 1889 and is today displayed at the National museum. Which one is "Spring" by Munch?

Many experts were convinced this was a real Munch, but it was in fact based on a similar work by Munch from 1906. Today it is found at the Munch museum. Can you find the true Munch?

The committee for commercial competition found in this case that the packaging was deliberately copying the original.

Which of these were first on the market?

The winter Olympics of 1994 are well remembered in Norway, but can you remember the original mascot Haakon? These objects were part of a trial in 1992. Which one of these figures do you think was made first?

The painting was bought by a antique dealer for 5000 kr and was signed "Nach C. Krogh", e.i. "after C. Krogh" and was therefore an "honest copy". The buyer remove the word "Nach" and sold the painting as real for 275 000 kr. The original is "På lo baug" by Christian Krogh. Photo: © O. Væring Eftf. AS.

Which is the original?

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