Friday, July 22, 2016

Emotional memorial at Utøya quay – Adresseavisen

Many of the young oppleserne showed strong emotions, but read all the names out loud.

Then, five large flower wreaths laid down. Two with white flowers from the official Norway, laid down by Crown Prince Haakon and Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Three wreaths with red flowers were laid down by Labour leader Jonas Gahr Støre, Lisbeth Kristine Røyneland and Dag André Anderssen from the national support group and AUF leader Mani Hussaini.

Then, all those killed were honored with a new minute in silence, before a lone trumpet played “to the youth.”

at this time five years ago it was just before the attacker was coming across the bay for committing the worst terrorist attack on Norwegian soil.

– Across the country today we honor their memories. It’s great to do it from Utøya, between the clearing of pines, said Labor leader Jonas Gahr Støre.

Labour leader held the third and final speech from the stage on Utøya Friday afternoon.

– I would like to especially welcome greeting to support the group and all dependents, and thank AUF for all the wisdom you have shown the way here, a hitherto untried way, said Minister.

Then spoke Minister about the memories of the that is gone.

– We will not forget your child, sister, brother, girlfriend, AUF crack and all those who are away. When we gather here today, we say to each other: We are a community. We take responsibility for each other. We say to each other: you are not alone, said Minister.

Labor leader also come from new summer camps on the island.

– On Utøya, who five years ago the room so much death, it is in life. Life and sounds of adolescent involvement., Said Minister.

Then he went over to list other places that have been hit by terrorist attacks, including Paris, Istanbul, Orlando, Islamabad and Nice.

– we remember brutally that we are not alone with the tragedy.

– It is allowed to get angry, said Minister and highlighted racism and xenophobia in Norway.

– isnt mobilizing five years ago? Yes, it was no use. For this conflict that must be fought again and again, and again, he said.



– It’s good to see you

Mani Hussaini opened the commemoration on Utøya with a minute of silence for victims of terrorism on July 22.

– It’s good to see you all here today. Today we remember those who were killed and those who were injured, said the head of the support group for Lisbeth Røyneland, who was the first speaker.

She opened by describing the new Hegnhuset with 69 pillars that support the roof .

– The grief and the loss becomes even clearer to us as society around us naturally proceeding. Therefore it is important for us to continue to mark this day in age, and in the years to come.

– I can promise you that the support group will be here for you as long as you need us, continued Røyneland .

– thank you for being with us here today to commemorate our loved ones, the ones we lost, said Røyneland.

– must show solidarity, support and generosity

AUF leader Mani Hussaini says the struggle must continue against hatred and extreme forces. – That’s what killed that day, he said.

– Dear AUF-ers, new and old. It’s really good to see you here today. It is still amazing that this frame us. That it was we who would become victims of the biggest terrorist attack in Norwegian history. For that was what we were. And we must not forget that there are still many who are hurting, said Hussaini in his speech on stage at Utøya, in front of the grassy slope where AUF-ers have sat so many times before. This time to commemorate the horror that happened five years ago.

– We must see each other, support each other. We must show solidarity, support and generosity also in time to come, said AUF leader.

At the same time he stressed the importance of continuing the fight against hatred and extreme effort.

– we see that hatred is not gone, and the idea that all people are of equal worth, still exists, he said.



– Will never be the same

– It gets a little easier every year, but Utøya will never be the same again, says former AUF leader Eskil Pedersen.

– time does not heal all wounds, but it helps a little. It gets a little easier every year to be here, says Pedersen said.

There has already been a long day, for memorial service in the government quarter in Oslo Cathedral.



– Very painful day

– It’s a very bad day. I notice that it’s three o’clock, and I’m incredibly tired. It mobilizes a lot of energy on a day like this. One is reminded of things. Man stands in the government quarter and hear 77 names will be read out from a list that never ends, says Pedersen.

But he also experiencing good things five years after the terrorist attacks.

– To be together with very many who carry on a great sadness, it’s heavy. However, it is good to be here, to know the community with others who feel the same way, he said.



Double Feeling

On Utøya he knows at the same double sense – both fine memories of many summer camps and the heavy grief.

– for me is ever going to be the same to go to Utøya, it is never going to be just fine. I finished the AUF and will never experience the same as new AUF-ers do. It’s also nice to be here, but it is never quite the same.

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