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Anders Behring Breivik

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Anders Behring Breivik

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Also known as Anders Breivik, Andrew Berwick, Fjotolf Hansen, Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northriki.

Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist and mass murderer

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Anders Behring Breivik is a Norwegian neo-Nazi who carried out a devastating terrorist attack in 2011, killing 77 people, mostly teenagers at a youth camp and in the capital Oslo. His attack remains one of the deadliest peacetime mass murders in European history and highlighted the dangers of far-right extremism in modern society.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Anders
Family name
Hansen
Gender
male
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Oslo
Occupation
conspiracy theorist
Educated at
Molde University College
Political party
Progress Party
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Religion
Lutheranism
Field of work
terrorism
Image
Sketch of Breivik.png
Residence
Oslo
Convicted of
terrorism
Significant event
2011 Norway attacks
Political ideology
economic liberalism
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Anders Behring Breivik
date of birth
1979-02-13
described by source
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
birth name
Anders Behring Breivik
pseudonym
Sigurd the Crusader
name in native language
Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northriki
medical condition
narcissistic personality disorder
start of work period
2011-00-00
end of work period
2011-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Anders Behring Breivik (born 13 February 1979) is a Norwegian neo-Nazi, mass murderer, and domestic terrorist who perpetrated the 2011 Norway attacks. A believer in the Great Replacement conspiracy theory, he sought to combat perceived "Cultural Marxism" by detonating a car bomb at the Regjeringskvartalet (executive government quarter) in Oslo, then carrying out a mass shooting at a summer camp of the Labour Party's youth wing on the island of Utøya, in total killing 77 people and injuring over 323.

Found competent to stand trial, Breivik was tried in 2012, convicted on all charges, and sentenced to the maximum civilian penalty of 21 years' imprisonment under preventive detention, extendable indefinitely if he is deemed a continuing danger.

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