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Kongsvinger Prison

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Death-row facility

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Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Eirik Jensen
    1957 · police officer

    Eirik Jensen (born 30 July 1957) is a Norwegian former policeman who was found guilty of drug trafficking and corruption in 2017.

  • Zaniar Matapour
    Zaniar Matapour
    1979 · Islamist

    The 2022 Oslo shooting, commonly known in Norway as the Pride Shooting in Oslo (Pride-skyting i Oslo), occurred on 25 June 2022, when two people were killed and twenty-one people were wounded in a mass shooting in Oslo, Norway.

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

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World Prisons. (2026). Kongsvinger Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kongsvinger-prison
Chicago
"Kongsvinger Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kongsvinger-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kongsvinger-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kongsvinger Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kongsvinger-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}