birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
fredrikstad norwegian 23 august 1973 prosecutor following the 2011 norway attacks svein holden
 svein holden jurist , prosecutor
svein holden

svein holden -lrb- born 23 august 1973 -rrb- is a norwegian jurist having prosecuted several major criminal cases in norway .
together with prosecutor inga bejer engh holden prosecuted terror suspect anders behring breivik in the 2012 trial following the 2011 norway attacks .
born in fredrikstad , holden is educated candidate of law from the university of oslo in 1999 .
he then worked one year for the ministry of justice and the police .
between 2001 and 2005 he worked at oslo police district .
since 2006 he has worked as prosecutor at the public prosecutors of oslo .
he was prosecutor during the trial against former lyn football sports director morgan andersen .
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 containment -lrb- the maximum penalty in norway , which can possibly be extended indefinitely -rrb- 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 .
