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Arnfinn Nesset

1936–2025

Nationality
Norway
Occupation
nurse

Arnfinn Nesset (25 October 1936 – 2 December 2025) was a Norwegian nurse and nursing home manager who was a convicted serial killer.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Trondheim Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Arnfinn Nesset (25 October 1936 – 2 December 2025) was a Norwegian nurse and nursing home manager who was a convicted serial killer. His crimes include the murders of at least 22 people, as well as attempted murder, document forgery, and embezzlement. He may have murdered up to 138 people. In 1983, he was convicted of poisoning 22 patients and sentenced to 21 years in prison. He served 12 years and 10 years of supervision and was thought to be living under an assumed name.

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