1. Anne Holt was born on 16 November 1958 and is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.
10 Facts About Anne Holt
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Anne Holt then worked at the Oslo Police Department for two years, earning her right to practise as a lawyer in Norway.
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Anne Holt started her own law practice in 1994, and served as the Minister of Justice in Cabinet Jagland for a short period from 25 October 1996 to 4 February 1997.
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Anne Holt resigned for health reasons, and was replaced by Gerd-Liv Valla.
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Anne Holt is one of the most successful crime novelists in Norway.
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Val McDermid, a Scottish crime writer, has said that "Anne Holt is the latest crime writer to reveal how truly dark it gets in Scandinavia".
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In 2004, Anne Holt took part in the founding of the Norwegian branch of the Swedish publishing house, Piratforlaget, which had been started by the celebrated Swedish authors Jan Guillou and Liza Marklund.
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Anne Holt is a social democrat and a lifelong member of the Labour Party.
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In 2012, Anne Holt wrote an op-ed in Dagbladet about the Norwegian Labour Party and the time after Anders Behring Breivik's terror attacks in Norway in 2011.
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In 2017, Anne Holt wrote an op-ed in Dagens Nyheter in which she rejected the far-right view that Sweden's immigration policies were reckless and dangerous.