NORWAY IS KNOWN for wealth, beautiful landscapes and do-gooding mediation in far-off wars. Even other Scandinavians see it as annoyingly wholesome. But the country's image has taken a knock from revelations of prominent Norwegians' chumminess with Jeffrey Epstein, a dead sex offender. The royal family had already been having a rough time. Crown Princess Mette-Marit (pictured, centre), who married Prince Haakon, heir to the throne, in 2001, has a son from a prior relationship who is on trial on 38 criminal counts, including four of rape. Last week it turned out Epstein's files included flirtatious exchanges with the princess. "U are very charming u know," she wrote to Epstein in 2012, four years after his conviction for soliciting sex from a minor. She apologised, saying she had shown bad judgment; Jonas Gahr Store, the prime minister, agreed. Politicians and diplomats have been caught up too. "Putin is welcome