
1942–2023
Arne Treholt (13 December 1942 â 12 February 2023) was a Norwegian civil servant, diplomat and Labour Party politician who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Iraq.
Arne Treholt (13 December 1942 â 12 February 2023) was a Norwegian civil servant, diplomat and Labour Party politician who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and Iraq. Treholt served as the State Secretary under Norwegian Minister of Maritime Law, Jens Evensen, from 1976â78, as a Norwegian counsellor at the United Nations in New York from 1979â82, as a student at the Norwegian Joint Staff College from 1982â83, and head of the press department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983. He held connections with Soviet and Iraqi agents during this period. Treholt was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for espionage the following year, but was pardoned in 1992. He was the first Norwegian to be convicted of espionage. His father Thorstein Treholt was a senior member of the Labour Party who served as the Minister of Agriculture in the 1970s. Before entering politics Arne was a journalist for the Arbeiderbladet.
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Hans Methlie Michelsen (March 29, 1920 â January 31, 2014) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Bergen.
Osmund Faremo (23 November 1921 â 16 April 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hylestad Municipality and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions.
Maren-Sofie Røstvig (27 March 1920 â 24 January 2014) was a Norwegian literary historian.
Arnfinn Nesset (25 October 1936 â 2 December 2025) was a Norwegian nurse and nursing home manager who was a convicted serial killer.