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Anders Behring Breivik

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Fjotolf Hansen (born 13 February 1979), better known by his birth name Anders Behring Breivik (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂nːəʂ ˈbêːrɪŋ ˈbræ̂ɪviːk] ), is a Norwegian neo-Nazi terrorist. He carried out the 2011 Norway attacks in which he killed eight people by detonating a van bomb at Regjeringskvartalet in Oslo, and then killed 69 participants of a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, in a mass shooting on the island of Utøya. After Breivik was found psychologically competent to stand trial, his criminal trial was held in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anders Behring Breivik has received more than 13,021,033 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Behring Breivik is the 86th most popular extremist (down from 85th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Norway (down from 76th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Extremist.

Anders Behring Breivik is most famous for the terrorist attack he carried out in Norway on July 22, 2011. He killed 77 people and injured 319 people.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 76

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 86 out of 283. Before him are Matija Gubec, James Earl Ray, Vincenzo Peruggia, Armin Meiwes, Robert-François Damiens, and Sada Abe. After him are Susan Atkins, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Fritz Honka, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Henry Lee Lucas, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 8. Before him are Andrea Pirlo, Diego Forlán, Valentino Rossi, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Markus Persson, and Kimi Räikkönen. After him are Nicolas Anelka, Roberta Metsola, Chris Pratt, Diego Milito, Jason Momoa, and Michael Owen.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 79 out of 1,039. Before him are Magnus Barefoot (1073), Thorvald Stoltenberg (1931), Sverre Fehn (1924), Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), and Christian Michelsen (1857). After him are Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Jan Garbarek (1947), Tarjei Vesaas (1897), Thorleif Haug (1894), and Jonas Lie (1833).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Norway

Among extremists born in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 1. After him are Belle Gunness (1859).

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