Norse Harley Loves His Hog

OSLO, Norway — Harley Davidsen loves his Harley Davidson.

So much, in fact, that the 28-year-old legally took the name of the famous motorcycle as his own, although he had to accept a slight spelling change, the Dagbladet newspaper reported Friday.

“A lot of people think I’m kidding,” the bearded biker told the Oslo newspaper. “But it’s right here in black-and-white on my driver’s license.”

The only hitch was that Norway’s strict name laws prevented him from spelling Davidson with an “son” because that is considered a Swedish name. Instead he used the Norwegian spelling, Davidsen.

Davidsen would not disclose his old name.

“I haven’t told Mom yet,” he said.