17 Facts About Arne Treholt

Arne Treholt was a Norwegian-born, Russia-based convicted felon and KGB agent who was convicted of treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union against Norway during the Cold War and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Arne Treholt was found to possess a secret bank account in Switzerland with a substantial illicit amount.

Arne Treholt's espionage is generally seen as the most serious spy case in the modern history of Norway.

Arne Treholt was arrested in 1984 and sentenced to 20 years in prison the following year, of which he served nine in a maximum security prison.

Arne Treholt always maintained that he had never provided his contacts with any information that could have endangered his country's security.

Arne Treholt applied for a review of his case, which was rejected a year later by the commission in charge of examining it.

Arne Treholt was occasionally active in public debate, and he was accused by Norwegian media of promoting Russian propaganda.

Arne Treholt was a member of the Norwegian Labour Party and worked as a journalist for Arbeiderbladet.

Arne Treholt was political secretary for the minister of commerce Jens Evensen before he became deputy foreign minister in the bureau of maritime affairs.

Arne Treholt was department head of division for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' press from 1983.

Arne Treholt was placed under surveillance by Norwegian counterintelligence services for several years of his career in the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs.

Arne Treholt was incarcerated in Drammen Prison from 1984 to 1985.

Arne Treholt was transferred to Ila Prison, a maximum security prison, in 1985.

Arne Treholt wrote on his experiences in prison in three books, Alene, Avdeling K, and Grasoner.

Arne Treholt was the son of two-term agriculture minister and Labour politician Thorstein Arne Treholt, and Olga Lyngstad.

In March 2006, media said that Arne Treholt had been admitted to a hospital in Cyprus and was in a stable but critical condition, and in a coma, possibly suffering from blood poisoning.

Arne Treholt died in Moscow on 12 February 2023, at the age of 80.