Arne Treholt spent almost eight years of a 20-year prison sentence in Norway during the 1980s and early 1990s for spying for at least a decade for the Soviet Union and Iraq. Treholt, 80, died in Moscow on Feb. 12, the Norwegian government confirmed.
Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what became Norway’s biggest Cold War espionage scandal has died in his Moscow home
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Arne Treholt, the former Norwegian Foreign Ministry official who was convicted of spying for the Soviet Union in what became Norway s biggest Cold War espionage scandal, has died, authorities said Monday. World News | Norway Official Who Spied for the Soviets Has Died in Moscow.