Anders Behring Breivik
Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist
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| 2025 | Changed his name again to Far Skaldigrimmr Rauskjoldr av Northriki, a fantasy name inspired by Old Norse naming conventions, with 'Skaldigrimmr' resembling the historical Norse nickname 'Skalla-Grímr'. |
| January 2025 | Breivik lost his lawsuit against the government. |
| 2024 | Government scheduled to deny him parole in Q3 |
| December 2024 | Participated in a five-day trial in a court of appeals, suing the Government of Norway for violating his human rights through prison isolation. |
| December 2024 | Breivik is permitted to make outgoing calls to two approved persons, limited to 60 minutes per week - including a Norwegian woman and another prisoner who has transferred from Ringerrike Prison. |
| December 9 2024 | Breivik begins a civil trial against the government in appeals court, with plans to testify via videolink from prison. The trial is scheduled to last five days and will include inspection of his prison conditions. |
| November 2024 | Breivik lost the three-day parole trial held in Ringerike, Asker og Bærum District Court, with the option to appeal. |
| November 19 2024 | Second day of Breivik's parole trial, where he testified using the name 'Fjotolf Hansen' and claimed he would never become militant again. |
| November 19 2024 | Day Two of Breivik's criminal trial, where he testified for 45 minutes and ultimately lost the trial, with the option to appeal. |
| April 2024 | Court suggested postponing Breivik's parole trial until November due to a conflict of interest involving the government lawyer and the psychologist who made his risk assessment. |
| February 15 2024 | Court determines Breivik's human rights are not being violated, and he will remain in isolation |
| January 2024 | During the civil trial, it was revealed that Breivik received a rare prison visit from a Red Cross dog and handler, which was his only permitted visitor behind bars in 12 years. |
| January 2024 | Breivik's lawyer demanded new expert witnesses after learning about a relationship between the original psychologist witness and the government's main lawyer. |
| January 2024 | Breivik's prison pets (three parakeets) were exchanged for new animals (Caviinae/guinea pigs) shortly after the trial. |
| January 12 2024 | Civil trial against Norwegian government concludes regarding Breivik's prison conditions and isolation |
| January 8 2024 | Breivik initiated a civil trial against the Norwegian government inside his prison, alleging that his imprisonment conditions have negatively impacted his mental health. The trial highlights his limited social interactions, including only two hours of 'controlled fellowship' with other inmates every other week. |
| 2023 | Breivik was reportedly off medication (fluoxetine/Prozac) during a period which led to a breakdown and alleged threats against prison guards and administrators, according to his lawyer. |
| August 2023 | Began receiving psychiatric counseling from a chief physician, with most counseling sessions occurring from late summer onwards. |
| January 2023 | Breivik stopped seeing his prison visitor in the first quarter of the year, after approximately 400 meetings totaling around 700 hours of conversations. |
| 2022 | Breivik expressed his intention to register a Nazi political party and aspired to become a candidate running for parliamentary election in Norway. |
| 2022 | Breivik blamed the neo-Nazi organisation Blood & Honour for radicalising him to use violence, stating that the group carried the main responsibility for his terror attacks. |
| 2022 | Court system upheld the government's denial of parole |
| March 2022 | Transferred to Ringerike Prison |
| January 2022 | A three-day criminal trial began at Telemark District Court in a makeshift courtroom within Skien Prison to decide on Breivik's parole petition. During the trial, Breivik gave Nazi salutes to the judge and public, and testified that he is still a Nazi who wants to work for White Power through political means rather than violence. |
| 2021 | Denied parole by the government |
| July 2021 | NRK published a facsimile of a letter Breivik sent to an organization headed by the mother of a woman he had killed, described as containing 'white power propaganda'. |
| November 2020 | Had his first interaction with another prisoner, playing cards and talking for one to two hours |
| 2019 | Breivik claimed to have converted to democratic right-wing populism, though this was later disputed as he continued to identify as a 'national socialist' and advocate for white separatism. |
| 2019 | Performance of 'Breivik's Statement' prohibited at the Nationaltheater Weimar during a congress organized by Milo Rau titled 'Power and Dissent'. |
| March 15 2019 | Australian terrorist Brenton Harrison Tarrant referenced Breivik in his own manifesto during the Christchurch mosque shootings, claiming direct inspiration from Breivik and citing 'brief contact' with him and his organization Knights' Templar. |
| 2017 | Breivik legally changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen. |
| 2017 | Norway's Supreme Court decides not to hear Breivik's case, effectively upholding the previous court's verdict that his solitary confinement does not violate his rights and voiding all previous recommendations. |
| May 2017 | Forensic psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist met with Breivik, reportedly discussing his mental state and psychological condition. |
| January 2017 | Breivik attends his appeal hearing at the Borgarting Court of Appeal, held within the prison, notably appearing without handcuffs. His lawyer Storrvik draws comparisons with European Court of Human Rights verdicts. |
| 2016 | Won a partial legal victory in a lower court, though the case was ultimately lost on appeal. |
| 2016 | Breivik disclosed that he had been a 'national socialist' (Nazi) since age twelve, having read Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf at age fourteen, and had previously disguised himself as a counter-jihadist. |
| 2016 | Breivik testified in court that out of 300 letters he sent from Skien Prison, 5 had not been confiscated. By this time, approximately 4,000 postal items had been sent to or from him, with around 600 items (15%) being confiscated. |
| August 2016 | Media reports claim that Breivik's lawyer Storrvik alleges judicial bias, resulting in the recusal of the original judge for the civil trial against the Norwegian government. |
| April 21 2016 | Ole Kristoffer Borhaug, chief warden at Skien Prison, announced that Breivik's prison regimen would not be lightened, citing ongoing legal proceedings and security regulations preventing interaction with other prisoners. |
| April 20 2016 | District Court Judge Helen Andenæs Sekulic delivered a verdict in Breivik's civil trial against the Norwegian government, ruling that his prison conditions breached Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court ordered the government to pay 330,937.5 Norwegian kroner in legal expenses, though Breivik himself could not receive the money. The verdict was faxed to him in prison. |
| March 16 2016 | Breivik began his testimony in a civil trial against the Norwegian government, focusing on the strict prison conditions and the impact of isolation on his health. He reported being handcuffed 3,500 times and subjected to 2,300 'grip manoeuvres' during his imprisonment. |
| March 15 2016 | During a court session held inside Skien Prison, Breivik performed a Nazi salute after his handcuffs were removed, which was immediately addressed by a judge who instructed him not to repeat the gesture. |
| March 14 2016 | Court members conducted a walk-through of Breivik's prison cells at Ila Prison and later inspected his facilities at Skien Prison. |
| March 11 2016 | A letter from Breivik to the Ministry of Justice, which took over a year and a half to reach its recipient (political scientist Ingeborg Kjos), was distributed. |
| 2015 | Began regular visits with a military chaplain (every two weeks) |
| 2015 | Enrolled in and passed two courses in a bachelor's degree program in political science at the University of Oslo |
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