Magnus Hakonsen
2023, 2024
Magnus is a survivor of the 22. July 2011 terror attacks in Norway – he was at the island of Utøya attending a political youth camp when 69 people were killed. He went on to become an elected representative of the Norwegian Labour Party in his local municipal council at age 18 and served for two terms.
From 2011 – 2013 he was also vice-chair of a regional branch of the Norwegian Labour Youth, while also serving as a member of the Norwegian Labour Youth’s national board. In April 2023 Magnus was elected to the board of The National Supportgroup after the 22 of July Terror Attacks and has since then contributed valued victim perspectives to both RAN (Radicalization Awareness Network – EU) and to the Supportgroup board. Magnus is passionate about putting victim perspectives higher up on the agenda when dealing with the aftermath of terror attacks and providing a voice for other victims.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
