Two women in Norway, swapped at birth almost six decades ago, allege a government coverup of the mix-up. Their lawsuit against the state seeks justice and compensation after discovering the truth through DNA tests and withheld information.

An elderly mother and two grown up girls who were accidentally switched at birth are suing the Norwegian state

Two women in Norway were shocked to learn they were switched at birth and had only caught wise to the fiasco nearly 60 years later because of an alleged government coverup. The grown women, who are now both 59,

Authorities discovered the error when they were teenagers but kept it a secret, say the women, who are now 59.

Mona, the girl raised by the woman, was not the baby she gave birth to. The babies - one born on 14 February and the other on 15 February 1965 - are now 59-year-old women who, along with Mrs Rafteseth Dokken, are suing the state and the municipality.

IN 1965, A Norwegian woman gave birth to a girl in a private hospital and returned home with the baby seven days later. When the baby developed dark curls that made the girl look different from herself, Karen Rafteseth Dokken assumed she just took after her husband’s mother.

The babies - one born on Feb. 14 and the other on Feb. 15, 1965 - are now 59-year-old women and they are filing a lawsuit.