Norwegian who was convicted of murder is now convicted of assisting a suicide.

Alex Schadenberg
Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

A Norwegian man who was first convicted of murder when he was 15 years-old has been convicted of assisting the suicide of a woman in Sweden.

Steinar Wangen (55), who calls himself a "euthanasia activist" was already in prison for assisting the suicide of of a 76-year-old woman in Strömstad Sweden.

Wangen was convicted of murder last Friday.  Newsinenglish.no reported on July 6, 2026 that:

...a Norwegian court in Vestfold convicted him on Friday of murdering another woman in Sweden (Trollhättan), who allegedly wanted to die, by holding a pillow over her face after she’d consumed sleeping pills and alcohol. His trial took place in Tønsberg, Norway because that’s where he lived when he established contact with the Swedish woman.

Using a pillow is murder. The Newsinenglish.no article stated:

Norwegian prosecutors sought and received a 15-year prison term for Wangen with forvaring, which means a judge must determine every 10 years or so whether he still poses a threat to society. Wangen denies he helped kill the woman in Trollhättan and appealed on the spot.

An interview that was published by svt.se on June 16, 2026, that, in the past, Wangen had been acquitted for assisting the suicides of four people in Sweden. In the interview:

Steinar Wangen calls himself an "euthanasia activist" and has consistently denied any wrongdoing.

The family of the 7 year old girl who Wangen killed when he was 15 referred to him in their book as a

“A cold-blooded and calculating person.”

Legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide (medical killing) creates the perfect cover for murder.