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he's masterfully rocked the status quo.
So has the bold, future-looking Olav Selvaag.
Chef Laursen, Pushwagner, Wendelboe, the many
young and hopeful artists, they too deserve accolades
for changing a city. Benefiting from their energy and
ambition, Oslo is reinventing itself, also becoming a
star, a glittering cultural showplace known for daring
crea-tivity—and charm.
But one of the city's most luminous personalities
has no designs on money or stardom. Runa Klock
simply wants to change the world, makes lives fuller
and happier.
She is a "thief" who hires people with disabilities
to "steal" apples that are going unused in people's
gardens. That bounty is turned into delicious, widely-
sold juice, and a revenue stream to help people with
autism and other disabilities.
This juice is called Epleslang, Norwegian for
"stealing apples in the neighborhood." Since she's
also involved in Pakistan, helping a factory provide free
education to workers' children, and with a non-profit,
bee keeping project that will further the production of
local, sustainable food, Klock is far more the star than
The Thief, or even Oslo. She's the one "stealing our
hearts away." H
