28 Aug 2020

Norwegian view on sentencing far right killers

From Morning Report, 6:10 am on 28 August 2020

Norway took a different approach to in its trial of far-right terrorist Anders Breivik after he murdered seventy-seven people in Oslo 2011.

His trial lasted ten weeks, and was guided by the idea that to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring it was necessary for the public to understand what happened.

Åsne Seierstad wrote One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway, which is the basis for the film 22 July.

She told Susie Ferguson there was debate in Norway about talking about their experience of terrorism.