Viljar Hanssen, Self: Nr livet vnder. He lay in a coma for six days in an Oslo hospital. . Unable to move and nearly unconscious, he reached up to examine the wound on the right side of his skull, something that he does in the movie. It is allowed to feel that it is difficult. There was a debate about not giving Breivik any more attention and today it is common to avoid mentioning him when talking about what he did. Prableen is the youngest city council representative in Oslo and was selected with nearly 4,000 individual votes in the election of fall 2011. Fortunately, the picture will gradually expand, it feels very present now, but eventually it will become a smaller part of the big life. 564 people were on the island at the time of the attack.Though it's not addressed in the movie, it was Breivik's original intention to also target former prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, who had given a speech on the island earlier in the day but was gone when Breivik arrived. The fact is that he was one of us. The last bullet was stopped by her wisdom tooth, which most likely saved her life. Role: Right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 bombing and shooting spree in Norway. Robert Philip Hanssen (born April 18, 1944) is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. This drew criticism from survivors. Step 2. Alexander Sandberg, 16, from Levanger, hid under a sofa in the school house. You are good enough. Viljar wakes from a coma with life-changing injuries and returns home with his family. 'Big deal': John Setka plays down his conviction for harassment There are 200+ professionals named "Viljar", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Coward. I do not think about the future and I do not need ambitions to succeed. For me, dying wasnt an option and that was smart. On the island of Utya in Tyrifjorden, Buskerud, teenagers have arrived for Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp, organised by the ruling Labour Party. Maybe it seems hopeless, but it is not over. On July 22nd it was the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack that took place in Norway. Troms, Norway kommunestyrerepresentant at Troms kommune October 2019 - Present Representant i kommune- og byutviklingsutvalget og nestleder i likestillingsutvalget. "I'm blind in one eye, but that's a relief. (Shortcut: GoFundMe / website / Vipps at 4151 4638). Marius Hoft, 18, from Hamar, hid on a rock shelf to avoid the shooting. And he said no. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I remember he said if this is something political, we arent safe here either. 22. jul. . People are more united in the beginning, and then they start to disagree.. Were all dependent on having self-confidence and feeling at ease. 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His friend helped him swim away from the pump house and he was later picked up by a boat. Engh: And you only found out later that he was dead? She says the party never truly acknowledged its ties to Breivik and that we as a society have never made them. To be in a job I enjoy. News outlets used live video of Utya, which they probably never would if they had the chance to edit it. She was rescued by tourists in a boat. I have had experiences that most other people do not have. Breiviks criminal trial began in April 2012. Parliamentary elections are set for September, with opinion polls pointing to a return to government for the Labour party for the first time since 2013. Secretary with the electricians and information technology workers' union. I remember talking to Simon Saebo. For more about our endless efforts to pursue the truth about whats out there check out our otherworldy coverage. Greengrass az egyik tll, Viljar Hanssen trtnett mesli el. Cecilie was shot in her arm, her shoulder and chin. He suffered near-fatal injuries after being shot five times, ultimately losing an eye and suffering severe impairment of his motor functions. I only feel safe in a moving car. 2,189 following. The bangs were getting nearer and in the end they were really, really close. Natia Chkhetiani, 23, from Kutaisi, Georgia, lost her best friend at Utoya. Many had at first assumed the attacks were perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists. Her sons, Viljar Robert Christian Hanssen (born August 4, 1993) and Torje Hanssen (born July 14, 1997), were on the island of Utya during the 22nd of July 2011 Norway attacks. ', Ylva Schwenke, 15, from Troms, was shot in the shoulder, her stomach and in both of her thighs. Even if you believe that none of this is going to happen., While trying to protect younger campers, Kjaer was shot in the stomach, arm, right knee and armpit. Siv Jensen, then Progress party leader, used the phrase sneak Islamisation in 2009 to describe the situation in Norway. apparently because his second wife was a Throckmorton, of those Baronets. A leaked recording undermines the controversial union figure's contrition outside court after he pleaded guilty to harassing his wife. Breivik arrives at the ferry landing and informs staff that he is a police officer, sent to secure the island following the attack in Oslo. Like in the. In researching the. . With the support of his mother, and another survivor of the attack on Utya, he appears in court as a witness and delivers an account of the massacre. . He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. You are accused of being too emotional, your ideas dont count, Huitfeldt adds. He began moving around Utoya methodically killing victims. . It was a right-wing extremist, Anders Behring Breivik, that committed the atrocity. Viljar Hanssen blev skudt fem gange p Utya for prcis tre r siden, da Anders Breivik gik til . Robert Hanssen. Seierstad is similarly highly critical of the police, noting that as Breivik shot dead on average about one person every minute during his massacre, a delay of 20 minutes cost many lives. Following the amputation Mohamad, who arrived in Norway as a refugee from Iraq, spent a total of eleven months in hospitals and rehabilitation centres. We use He began in Oslos government quarter where, dressed as a police officer, he left the homemade bomb of about 950kg. But what has changed?. The physical and mental scars may get more distant every year, but for two Longyearbyen families victimized by Norways deadliest terrorist attackthe pleasto never forget continue to grow as they seethe fear and hatred that traumatized their lives expanding in aglobal community struggling due to suffering and change. The camp director transports him to the island by boat. Laurie McIntosh points out that, These tactics, however unintentional, effectively shift the focus away from the everyday nature of his identity, and spare the reader the disagreeable task of reckoning with the implications for what his identity may reveal about the terms of national belonging. Today 10 years have passed, and maybe it is time for Norway to take on this disagreeable task and start asking some hard questions. I stress about existential questions, such as not knowing where I am in life and where I am going. -Telegraph, Yes, but the movie leaves out the fact that Breivik called the police at least twice from the island, telling them he wanted to surrender. Mathias Eckhoff, 21, from Skjetten, was shot in his groin, thigh and calf. [Viljar nods in the direction of Breivik.] I was in the middle of this extreme chaos, says Andrea Gjestvang, a photographer and VG picture editor. It was a weird so I took my hand away pretty quick. The children flee as Breivik opens fire, murdering dozens. In real life, heavily armed police came upon him in the woods. Some of the survivors were only able to survive the mass killing by pretending to already be dead. Viljar was severely injured during the attack and faced a long road . Now she sleeps on top of my stomach every night. Each year, the island played host to a summer camp for AUF, the youth organisation of the ruling centre-left Labour party. Viljar : [laughs shakily] A relief, in a way that at least now I don't have to look at him. "We met with a glass wall between us, so it was not possible to take each other in hand. Astonishingly, yes. Breaking her five-month silence, the wife of FBI spy Robert Philip Hanssen said Thursday that she deeply regrets the damage her husband . It changed American society. The fifth anniversary of the mass killing spree by Anders Behring Breivik comes in the midst of a wave of terrorist attacks, mass shootings and other international upheavals that has some Norwegians wondering when theyll become part of the turmoil. The first years after Utoya I was scared for my life, she says. I still seem to find things difficult. Remember that there is not one way to deal with trauma, and that you should not have a bad conscience if you feel happy. Live in the moment and do not think about everything that did not become as you planned.. He is currently competing in an election to become a councillor in Tromso, northern Norway. I looked at my fingers and saw they were only hanging on by scraps of skin. Greengrass' film splits its focus evenly between Breivik and one of the victims of the attack, Viljar Hanssen (Jonas Strand Gravli), who was shot five times but survived to bear witness at Breivik's trial. Critical . As of 2015, Anders Breivik was studying to obtain a degree in political science from the University of Oslo. Open up about your feelings to those closest to you. He also revealed that he didnt use the Norwegian language for the film, because he didnt speak Norwegian, so he looked for actors who can speak English. But, she says, you cannot escape your experiences with silence., You cannot change what happened on Utoya by escaping from everything and everyone who reminds you of that day. Anxiety and paranoia. Huitfeldt says part of the issue was that Stoltenberg and others framed the attacks as an attack on our nation, rather than one targeting the Labour party, in a successful attempt to unite the country. When he was about 60 metres from the shore, he had to dive to escape the bullets. We could not imagine something so horrible could happen in our peaceful little country., Seierstad, best known for her books chronicling everyday life in war zones including Kabul and Baghdad, says that the impact of July 22 was different from 9/11. My little brother and I made our way down a sort of slope, cliff-edge thing. Eirin Kristin Kjaer, 20, from Laksvatn, in Balsfjord, hid in a cave with several others. Not least to enjoy life while having it., Do not lose faith in yourself. 22 July is a 2018 American crime drama film about the 2011 Norway attacks and their aftermath, based on the book One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway and Its Aftermath by sne Seierstad. Schwenke was hiding when she was shot in the shoulder, stomach and both thighs. I cant just wax my skis and set off any more . But I would have done it if I had the opportunity," Lippestad told Dagbladet. Not on Svalbard and maybe not in Tromso, but I find it unpleasant being in Oslo. Where do you live? to keep me awake. The alternative could be to not exist at all.. I am kind of suprised there were no pictures of Viljar Hanssen. He requests the aid of lawyer Geir Lippestad, who defended a Neo-Nazi. -The Guardian. So then they shushed me, like, Please shut up!. He survived by laying lifeless by the shore pretending to be dead. I was shaking like mad. In total 77 people were killed, and many were teenagers that had come from all over the country to take part in the youth camp. I. I have a fragment of his bullet lodged in my brain that could kill me at any time. Her photographs and their stories appear throughout this essay, along with what they would tell themselves in hindsight. He calmly described to the court how he killed 77 people, and said his original plan had been to behead Gro Harlem Brundtland, the former Labour prime minister who left Utoya shortly before he arrived. Viljar Hanssen is a survivor of the July 2011 attack at the Utya summer camp in Norway. 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