Nilsen

English Etymology en :bor no:Nilsen + 1 Proper noun en Norwegian. en John D. Sutter Welcome to the world’s nicest prison w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 2012-05-24 Inmates are screened to make sure they’re mentally stable and unlikely to plot an escape before they come to Bastoy. The vast majority – 97%, according to Nilsen – have served part of their sentences at higher-security jails in Norway. In the four years Nilsen has been heading up the prison, there have been no “serious” incidents of violence, he said. https://web.archive.org/web/20260726080340/https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 26 July 2026 Norwegian Etymology Originally a patronymic from no Nils sen. Cognate with da Nielsen and sv Nilsson. Proper noun no common patronymics