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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 is known primarily for committing the 2011 Norway attacks on 22 July 2011, 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. That year, Breivik was found guilty of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion, and terrorism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anders Behring Breivik has received more than 11,989,918 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. Anders Behring Breivik is the 85th most popular extremist (down from 71st in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Norway (down from 73rd 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.

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  • 76

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  • 6.55

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 85 out of 209Before him are Oskar Gröning, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Johann Rattenhuber, Armin Meiwes, Gary Ridgway, and Kang Kek Iew. After him are Pedro López, Harold Shipman, Frank Nitti, Susan Atkins, Wilhelm Voigt, and Aileen Wuornos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 10Before him are Andrea Pirlo, Markus Persson, Jawed Karim, Chris Pratt, Diego Forlán, and Rosamund Pike. After him are Jason Momoa, Gong Yoo, Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Nicolas Anelka, James McAvoy, and Diego Milito.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik ranks 76 out of 927Before him are Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Sverre Fehn (1924), Axel Paulsen (1855), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Johan Svendsen (1840), and Magnus IV of Norway (1115). After him are Arne Næss (1912), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Jan Garbarek (1947), Stein Rokkan (1921), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), and Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042).

Among EXTREMISTS In Norway

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