Andreas Heldal-Lund

Infobox Person
name = Andreas Heldal-Lund

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caption = Andreas Heldal-Lund
birth_date = birth date and age|1964|12|10
birth_place = Oslo, Norway
nationality = Norwegian
known_for = Internet activism against the Church of Scientology
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occupation = webmaster
religion =
website = [http://www.xenu.net Operation Clambake]

Andreas Heldal-Lund (born December 10, 1964 in Oslo) is the operator of Operation Clambake.

Activist

Andreas Heldal-Lund is a member of The Norwegian Society of Heathens [ [http://www.hedning.no/hedning/ Official homepage of Hedningsamfunnet] ] [ [http://www.hedning.no/media/pressemeldinger/19950810prekesto.html 10 Aug 1995, Press release by Heldal-Lund] as head of the Heathen Association Rogaland, celebrating 1000 years of attacks against the misdeeds of Christian churches] and on the board of Human-Etisk Forbund [ [http://www.human.no/ Official homepage of the Human-Etisk Forbund] ] [ [http://www.human.no/templates/Page____1718.aspx Activities, photo credits Heldal-Lund] ] in Stavanger (national secular humanist organisation). [ [http://home.online.no/~heldal/me.html Heldal-Lund about Heldal-Lund] ] Since 1996 he has been noted by his criticism against the Church of Scientology, namely as the operator of Operation Clambake. In 2003, he received the Leipzig Human Rights Award from the European-American Citizens Committee for Human Rights and Religious Freedom in the USA, an organization which states it is composed of "Scientology opponents from all over the world." [cite news | last =Staff | first = | coauthors = | title =Frenchman honored with 2002 Leipzig Human Rights Award for his work against cults | work =Associated Press | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =November 5, 2002 | url =http://www.leipzig-award.org/englisch/presseecho_2002.htm | accessdate = 2007-12-29 ] [cite web | first = Lisa M.| last = Bowman| title = Anti-Scientology site spurs award| url = http://news.com.com/2110-1025_3-999351.html| publisher = CNET | date = 2003-05-01| accessdate = 2007-09-25]

Operation Clambake

Operation Clambake [ [http://www.xenu.net/ Operation Clambake - The Inner Secrets Of Scientology ] ] is a website about Scientology and the Church of Scientology that over the years appeared in the top ten results on Google for the search term "Scientology" [ [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=scientology Google web search on "scientology"] ] . Most of the information presented by Operation Clambake is critical of the Church of Scientology and its leadership, although dissenters are given prominent space to air their differences. [Heldal-Lund, Andreas [http://www.xenu.net/archive/free_speech/ Comments from Scientologists] (website accessed 4/27/06)]

Heldal-Lund said that he began criticizing the Church of Scientology in 1996 after reading about a Norwegian ex-Scientologist who successfully sued the Church of Scientology. [ [http://www.leipzig-award.org/englisch/rede_preistraeger_2003.htm Leipzig Award 2003 speech] ] [ [http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general392.html Cult Control] , TIME, January 27, 1997] [cite news |title = The gospel of the web |publisher = The Guardian |date = 20003-03-23 | url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,182788,00.html] He has stated many times that he doesn't object to people practicing the religion of Scientology itself, but he objects to the abuse-ridden management of that religion by what he has called the "criminal and corrupt" Church of Scientology. [ [http://www.xenutv.com/andreas/index.html Andreas Heldal-Lund in Hollywood Sept. 25, 2004 ] ]

When actor Jason Beghe decided to leave Scientology in 2008, he contacted Heldal-Lund, who convinced him to meet with Mark Bunker, a critic of Scientology known to the Anonymous group as "wise beard man".cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0815,celebrity%20denounces%20scientology,411801,2.html/full|title=Scientology's First Celebrity Defector Reveals Church Secrets: 'I was Miscavige's favorite boy,' says veteran TV actor Jason Beghe|publisher=www.villagevoice.com|work=Village Voice|date=April 8, 2008|accessdate=2008-04-16|last=Ortega|first=Tony] Heldal-Lund and Bunker went to Beghe's house, where Beghe participated in an interview about his experiences as a Scientologist. Bunker published a 3-minute portion of the 3-hour interview to YouTube on April 7, 2008.

Awards

*Leipzig Human Rights Award, May 17, 2003

References

External links

*Heldal-Lund's Scientology site [http://www.xenu.net Operation Clambake]
*Heldal-Lund's personal website: [http://spirous.blogspot.com/ A Life in the World of Andreas]
*Video of Heldal-Lund being interviewed by Joel Philips: [http://www.xenutv.com/andreas/index.html Andreas Heldal-Lund in Hollywood]