OSLO, NORWAY.- Oslo police have offered up to two million kroner ($310,000 dollars) to any person that can help them recover two Edvard Munch paintings stolen last year. According to the authorities, they will give the reward to anyone that can "provide information that enables police to return The Scream and Madonna to the city of Oslo".

The two paintings were stolen on August 2004 from the Munch Museum in Oslo by two armed thieves. The police are currently holding four suspects.

Morten Hojem Ervik, from the Oslo police, said, “This is something we've been discussing with the owners all along. We've been looking for the right time. We think that this may have the effect that the paintings are brought back a little bit earlier.”