[1][2][3] Tonje Steinsland was the reporter, and Hege Storhaug was the researcher for Norske jenter omskjæres.
[1] Their documentary filmed several Norwegian imams, who while stating to oppose FGM in interviews with Steinsland, were later seen in hidden camera footage with the 20-year old Somali Muslim woman Kadra Yusuf who worked for the documentary, asking for advice, to encourage her and her six and three year old sisters, to go through with the procedure following pressure from their family.
[2][7] The Norwegian state suspended financial support to three Muslim religious groups as a result of the documentary.
[8] One of these, the mosque Tawfiiq Islamic Center, sued TV 2 in 2003 for the documentary for having damaged much of its reputation.
[10] Norske jenter omskjæres won a SKUP diploma for 2000[3][11] and the Gullruten award for best documentary in 2001.