Svein Holden (born 23 August 1973) is a Norwegian

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having

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several major criminal cases in

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. Together with prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh Holden prosecuted terror suspect

Anders Behring Breivik Fjotolf Hansen (born 13 February 1979), better known by his birth name Anders Behring Breivik () and by his pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian far-right domestic terrorist, known for committing the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011. On ...

in the 2012 trial following the

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. Born in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

, Holden is educated

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from the

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in 1999. He then worked one year for the

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. Between 2001 and 2005 he worked at Oslo Police District. Since 2006 he has worked as

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at the Public Prosecutors of Oslo. He was prosecutor during the trial against former Lyn Football sports director

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. During a trial in Fredrikstad District Court in 2010 he accidentally fired a starting gun which he believed not to be loaded. The firing had no adverse consequences. Among other important criminal cases which Holden has prosecuted are the Skøyen case following the murder of Vegard Bjerck in 2008, the district court trial of the gang murder where Stig Millehaugen was sentenced to 21 years of

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(the maximum penalty in Norway, which can possibly be extended indefinitely) for the killing of Mohammed Javed in 2009, and trial following the attempted murder of B Gang leader Ghulam Abbas, which ended with conviction in 2009.

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Living people 1973 births Norwegian prosecutors University of Oslo alumni People from Fredrikstad 2011 Norway attacks 21st-century Norwegian lawyers 21st-century Norwegian civil servants {{Norway-law-bio-stub