It’s been nearly four years since American citizen Amy Jakobsen Bjørnevåg has seen her son, Tyler, after he was taken away from her and put in foster care by Norway’s child protection service because of a weight issue.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and having spent much of her childhood in New Jersey, Bjørnevåg and her family moved to the Scandinavian country where her father was born when she was 12.
After giving birth to her son at the age of 18, she took Tyler to regularly scheduled check-ups at her local health station. Although her son’s weight curve flattened a bit as she had troubles getting him to eat solid foods, Bjørnevåg never had any major issues with the Norwegian government until Tyler was 19 months old.
She will never forget the day that her “worst nightmare” began. It was July 23, 2013.
On that day, agents from Barnevernet (Norway’s child protection service agency) and police officers went to Bjørnevåg’s home in Lyngdal and forced the young mom, her son and the baby’s father, Kevin, to go to a hospital where they were put on “lockdown” while the baby was examined by a doctor.
The mother was accused of still nursing her son and accused of not “pushing solids enough.” While she was told that Tyler should weigh 22 pounds (10 kilograms) instead of 21 pounds (9.6 kilograms), it was also determined that Tyler had a Vitamin B12 deficiency.
What seemed like minor health issues at the time turned into a life-altering whirlwind that ended with Bjørnevåg being stripped of her parental rights even though she says that the agency never bothered…
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