Stig Millehaugen (born 8 May 1969) is a Norwegian criminal who has been convicted for a number of crimes, including armed robbery, the 1992 murder of a prison guard during escape, prison escape in 2000, and the murder of Pakistani-Norwegian gang leader Mohammad Javed in 2009. In the 1980s, he was a member of Tveitagjengen (Tveita gang). He has been described at times as "Norway's most dangerous" and was held for some time in total isolation in prison. In 2022, while on a brief

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, he escaped from prison and was recaptured a week later.

Biography

Millehaugen was born on 8 May, 1969. In the 1980s, he became a member of Tveitagjengen, a gang in Tveita, and in 1986 he was arrested for the first time. In December 1990, he robbed a post office in Oslo, and two months later the

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branch of

Sparebanken NOR Union Bank of Norway branded as Sparebanken NOR was Norway's largest savings bank between 1990 and 1999. The bank was created as a merger between Sparebanken ABC and four other regional savings banks. The new bank had its headquarters in Oslo and ...

. In February 1992, he received a six-year sentence for these crimes. In July 1992, he escaped from prison, robbed the

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post office, and then the

Nesbru Nesbru is a village in Asker, Akershus, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipela ...

post office. During the Nesbru robbery, hostages were taken. In December 1992, he managed to receive a gun smuggled into prison. He shot and killed a prison guard and took another hostage, forcing him to drive him out of prison. However, Millehaugen turned himself in the next day. In August 1993, he received a seventeen-year sentence for the 1992 murder and robberies. In 2000, during a

from

Ullersmo Prison Ullersmo Prison () is a prison in Ullensaker, Akershus. It was opened in 1970. The prison was intended as a replacement for the Botsfengselet in Oslo. It is used for long term prisoners from the whole of Norway Norway, officially the King ...

, Millehaugen escaped and evaded capture for eight months. During his escape he was suspected by police of an armed robbery of a Kreditkassen branch during which shots were fired, however he was acquitted in a 2003 of the robbery charge and was convicted for illegal possession of a weapon during his escape. After his arrest and return to prison in 2001, Millehaugen was placed in Skien prison. On 14 October 2001, there was an attempt to breach the prison with a fifteen-ton wheel loader. As police suspected Millehaugen was involved, he was transferred to

Ringerike Prison Ringerike Prison ( Norwegian: ''Ringerike fengsel'') is located in Ringerike municipality, just south of the small town of Tyristrand, Norway, not far from Tyrifjorden. The total area within the wall covers approx. 74 acres. Ringerike prison is ...

, where he was isolated from other prisoners. Millehaugen sued the state in 2002 to improve his prison conditions. The verdict found that Millehaugen was linked to the attempted Skien prison-break via a letter. In 2008, he changed his surname to Bergquist, but changed it back to Millehaugen in 2009. In January 2009, he shot and killed Pakistani-Norwegian Mohammed "Jeddi" Javed, who was a leader of the Young Guns gang, at the orders of the rival B-gang leader. In 2012 he received a twenty-one-year sentence for the murder, of which ten years are mandatory for this murder, this being the maximum civilian criminal penalty in Norway. On 1 June, 2022, Millehaugen was given a short

, but did not return to the

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prison when it ended. Instead, he boarded a passenger aircraft to

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and then a taxi to

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, where he was seen on surveillance videos. On 8 June 2022 Millehaugen was arrested by police while walking along a road in the

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area with a large backpack; police located his tent site in the woods. Millehaugen could be tried for the escape and sentenced for an additional six months; he may also be held under stricter conditions.

References

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