Arne Treholt (born December 13, 1942) is a former Norwegian social democratic politician and diplomat convicted of high treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1181x1874, 256 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Arne Treholt ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

He was member of the Norwegian Labour Party and was also journalist for the Arbeiderbladet. He was political secretary for commerce minister Jens Evensen before he became deputy foreign minister in the bureau of maritime affairs 1976–1978. From 1979–1982 he was connected to the Norwegian UN delegation in New York as an embassy counsellor. During the years 1982–1983 he studied at the Norwegian Joint Staff College. He was also department head of division for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' press from 1983. The Norwegian Labour Party (Det norske Arbeiderpartiet, DNA or Arbeiderpartiet, AP) is a social democratic political party in Norway. ... Dagsavisen is a daily newspaper from Oslo, Norway. ... Jens Ingebret Evensen (1917-15 February 2004), Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician (Labour Party), trade minister, international offshore rights expert, judge at the International Court of Justice, The Hague. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that describes itself as a global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norwegian Joint Staff College is the Norwegian Forsvarets Høyskole, a joint staff college in Norway training military intelligence personnel. ... Entrance to the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Oslo Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utenriksdepartementet) was established on June 7, 1905 - the same day the Norwegian Parliament decided to dissolve the union with Sweden. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On March 20, the Norwegian News Agency (NTB) reported[1] that Treholt had been admitted to a hospital in Cyprus and is in stable but critical condition, and in a coma, possibly suffering from blood poisoning. March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in Leap years). ...

Espionage accusations

As a result of suspicion, Treholt was placed under surveillance by Norwegian counterintelligence services for several years of his career in the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs. Fearing that he was about to defect to the Soviet Union, Norwegian authorities arrested him on January 20, 1984 at Oslo Airport on his way to Paris. Norges Utenrikspolitiske Institutt, or NUPI, is the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. ... A defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one political entity in exchange for allegiance to another. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is Frances capital and largest city, straddling the river Seine in the northern centre of its country. ...

Following a much publicized and controversial trial, Treholt was convicted for treason and sentenced to 20 years in prison, close to the maximum sentence allowed under the Norwegian penal code (a Norwegian "life" sentence at the time was 21 years). The conviction included espionage for the Soviet Union and Iraq, and high treason. "Treholt has caused irreparable damage to the Norwegian defense," said Fredrik Bull-Hansen, Norway's Chief of Defense. File links The following pages link to this file: Arne Treholt ... Treason also commonly refers to a book by Ann Coulter In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation or state. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Under English, and later British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign. ...

While serving his sentence Treholt made one unsuccessful escape attempt. He was eventually reprieved by the government of Gro Harlem Brundtland July 3, 1992. A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. ... Gro Harlem Brundtland Gro Harlem Brundtland (born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Basis for conviction

Treholt was convicted and sentenced for passing classified material to KGB in the period 1974–1983 and to the Iraqi Intelligence Service 1981–1983. The sentence also encompassed handing over secrets obtained at the Norwegian Joint Staff College where he was enrolled with authorization from the non-socialist coalition government. He was admitted despite the fact that the government of Prime Minister Kåre Willoch knew that he was under suspicion of espionage. The KGB emblem and motto: The sword and the shield KGB (transliteration of КГБ) is the Russian-language abbreviation for State Security Committee, (Russian: (help· info); Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Iraqi Intelligence Service (Jihaz Al-Mukhabarat Al-Ama, also known as Mukhabarat, General Directorate of Intelligence, or Party Intelligence was the main state intelligence organization in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norwegian Joint Staff College is the Norwegian Forsvarets Høyskole, a joint staff college in Norway training military intelligence personnel. ... In security engineering and computer security, authorization, is a part of the operating system that protects computer resources by only allowing those resources to be used by resource consumers that have been granted authority to use them. ... KÃ¥re Isaachsen Willoch (born October 3, 1928) is a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. ...

The trial led to a heated and extensive public debate about the Treholt case in Norway. The controversy concerned the evidence against Treholt, the conduct of the police and prosecuting authorities, and what was viewed as lenient treatment of Treholt while he was under suspicion. It also caused an uproar in neighbouring countries like Denmark where people felt the sentence was much too harsh.

Treholt has consistently denied any culpability, but has admitted giving away classified documents in return for money. Following his release, Arne Treholt emigrated to Russia where he works as a businessman and consultant in Russia and Cyprus. A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... A consultant (from the latin consultus meaning legal expert) is a professional who provides expert advice in a particular domain or area of expertise such as accountancy, technology, the law, human resources, marketing, medicine, finance, public affairs, communication, or more esoteric areas of knowledge, for example engineering of different kinds...

Publications

• Alone (Alene) 1985
• Section K (Avdeling K) 1991
• Boundary lines (Gråsoner) 2004 Autobiography

Recently discovered documents from the trial (2006) finds that it is impossible to produce the signature of any of the judges on the sentence of Treholt. This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An autobiography (from the Greek auton, self, bios, life and graphein, write) is a biography written by the subject or composed conjointly with a collaborative writer (styled as told to or with). The term dates from the late eighteenth century, but the form is much older. ...

External links

• Norwegian links
  • Book defending Treholt
  • Final verdict (Norwegian)
  • Ny Tid
  • Dag og Tid