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My heart is in Norway
I don’t quite know what to say about the terrible events back home in Norway, so I just start writing and let the emotions flow freely. The feeling that I have doesn’t get better as the days go by and we’re getting distance from the horrors, it’s quite the contrary, they are getting rather worse as the horrific scenes we are witnessing is coming through. And now when I read the online newspapers at home I see that the terrorist want the prison meeting to take place in open court so that he can explain himself to the public. But what can this man have to say of interest? Such a person, which show total disregard for human life, and also shows that low intelligence that he believes that to blast the government quarter to pieces and then slaughter our youth politicians will lead to the changes he wants. That person has no opinions or other information of interest to the Norwegian people.
Norway is a small country, and such events will affect everyone in one way or another way. But we will not let our selfs to be broken of this, we will rather strengthen us on this. We are an open society that does not have armed guards and security controls everywhere, and we don’t want to have it either. We will stand together and find comfort in each other and we will as our primeminister Jens Stoltenberg said, retaliate with even more democracy. I am in Hong Kong with Blackburn Rovers, but my heart is home in Norway. I will play with black bands ond my arm in the next game to honor the victims, their families and each and every other Norwegians in Norway and aaround the world. And I will ask my team mates to do the same. I read a very strong story of Prableen Kaur, one of the survivors of Utøya, and I’m sitting with a huge lump in my throat of the events she has gone through. It is in Norwegian, but use google translate and read it: Prableen Kaurs blog
Now we will heal our wounds and focus on our lives onwards, and it is important that we don’t let our selfs go in a bad circle og hate and anger, but rather stand togheter to protect our nation and our way of living.
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Vi i AUF skal komme gjennom dette her hjemme i Norge
At du skriver sånt og legger det ut betyr så mye for oss, og ikke minst resten av venner og kollegaer i AUF.
Tusen takk
Flott gjort, Morten!
<3 Føler med de etterlatte, skadde og sårede.
Holde seg sterk Norge, la stå sammen!
Well said Morten! I feel for you and your fellow countrymen and wish you love and good fortune as you try to make sense of it all, re-build and move on. I hope all of your family and friends are safe and well, and taking care of themselves. Thinking of you all xxx
As ever Morten you conduct yourself with dignity. Our thoughts are with you and your fellow countrymen at this sad time.
Norway’s such beautiful, peaceful country and I still can’t believe this has happened; it’s a terrible tragedy that shocked the world. And you’re absolutely right - how could someone hurt other people like that?! Not just the victims, but their families and friends, who now have to pick up the pieces. I hope your team mates follow your example and wear the black armbands, as well as the other teams - Aston Villa, Chelsea and Kitchee. Thoughts + prayers for the victims and their loved ones x x x
May the deceased rest in peace…Any person who kills innocent unarmed people is an evil, vile coward and their should be no place on this planet for the likes to have their say..he should end up in the gallows..
Det som har skjedd i Norge er helt forferdelig, ubegripelig og uvirkelig. Helt grusomt. Kan ikke sette ord i dette. Jeg gråt …og gråter fortsatt. Selv om jeg kjennte ingen som ble involvert, men jeg er menneske og føler med alle. At så mange menneskeliv har gått tapt …det er helt grusomt og dette følelse er ubeskrivelig og veldig ,veldig vond. Mine tanker er med de som er rammet, med familiene til de omkome og pårørende. Man kan ikke fatte hvor vond de har. Men jeg vet at Norge , kommer til å reise seg opp, og kommer sterkere tilbake.Vi lar seg ikke å knuse!
Og det er godt å høre at mange idrettsutøvere uttrykker sinn støtte til hele norske folk, Liverpool spilte sin treningskamp med sørgebind, mange andre begynnte kamper med et minnut stilhet. Det er utrolig snilt og betyr veldig mye for oss. Kansje selv utøvere synes at det er det minste de kan gjøre men det betyr faktisk enormt mye for oss, vi setter stor pris for det og jeg takker dere for det. Håper at du får sinne lagkammerater til å spille med sørgebind på armen, den lille sørgebind betyr mer enn de tror.
I can’t believe this has happened and my heart goes out to the family and friends of all victims, and wider Norwegian society. Sending strength and love and hope. The black armband is a good gesture gamst. Wishing you all the very best xx
Morten,
Such a hear wrenching story that wee Prableen Kaurs wrote. Words cannot describe how I felt after reading her own story. Such a travesty to occur and from what we are lead to believe… at the hands of one cowardly, merciless and cold blooded killer.
What does it get him a part from some pathetic and vile attempt for publicity? No matter what… no explanation or indeed no punishment will ever be justified to this gun yielding maniac. To see the pictures of the deceased and I’m at a loss for words what went through all those on the Island. A terrible and unexplanable huge loss of life. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Norway, especially the friends/relatives of the deceased and also to all the emergency services. Norway keep strong.
This is tragic beyond belief. I can only hope the families can gather strength to carry on after this massacre.
Be strong, Norway. And remain beautiful and proud. This type of vile, pernicious hatred must not be tolerated anywhere in society; we are all equals
Morten, it’s so Disgusting. I agree with every word you say. I can’t believe how much hatred one person can have. He’s caused so much devastation, greif and heartbreak, someone as sick as that dosen’t deserve the time of day to have a say infront of an open court! He needs some kind of mental help, but saying that.. I think he’s passed it. Cold blooded killers like him should be locked up and the key thrown away. Stay strong Norway, our thoughts are with you from England and i’m sure everywhere else across the world, my heart goes out to you, especially to the victims and families. Rest in peace x
God bless, sleep tight all who are lost to us
God bless Norway! When I got message what happened in Oslo and Utoya I was totally in shock. I just couldn´t believe it! In Norway? Who would think of that? I feel so sorry for victims, their families and all Norwegians. I love this country and no one deserved such a terrible event. I believe Norway will be even stronger. I have been reading many survivors´ stories in Norwegian online newspapers and have to say anyone who wasn´t on Utoya can´t image what the hell the youngsters and others had to spend
I continue: so I just want to say all my thoughts and heart are with all the Norwegians!
Bra skrevet Morten!
Har ikkje ord på ka som skjedde :/ E helt uvirkelig ..
Vi ska stå sammen.
I can’t believe it when I heard it. I mean, I always knew that Norway is peaceful country not so far from my country, there were no scandals, no horror till this day. I am so sad, in fact, I thought that the killer is probably arabian islamist and I was choked when I heard that is Norwegian. For me it is sad because what human can kill about 100 people, you can’t even hurt a frog, a cat, or a dog, but kill too many people it is disgusting, rude and enormous.
English version; http://hubpages.com/hub/When-Hell-Came-To-Utoeya
Well said Morten.
Be strong brother and do your country proud
My thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims, and their family and friends. God bless.
I was as shocked as anyone to here about this Morten.. My thoughts are with the people of Norway. I hope that the nation pulls through. RIP to the victims. Must be difficult in Hong Kong away from your homeland but be stong
Morten, we stand alongside you. It is incredible the strength and dignity that the Norwegian people are showing.
Firstly i would just like to say that my heart goes out to all the families that have lost loved ones in the events in Norway.
Secondly it takes a very sick mind to do what (sorry can’t bring myself to say his name) as done and i sincerely hope the man gets what he deserves.
Hopefully the good people of Norway will move on and become a closer nit country as it’s one of the most beautiful places on earth.
All the best.
Eg lure på kossn det her e muli i lille Norge… Det e en tragedie at det kan gå så langt, vi e jo ikke større enn at noen vet om at sånne her ting e under planlegging, og høre jo på radio idag at politi eller noen andre myndigheta har visst at han har kjøpt noe greier i Sverige. Eg forstår heller ikke at det e muli å sprenge regjeringskvartalet til h…, kor e begrensningen og sikkerheta??? Eg gråter enda, og har enda vanskeli for å snakke om tragedien med ongan mine på 9 og 3 år. Vi hadde 1 minutts stillhet i bilen på tur på ferie igår, og det va utroli sterkt. Og på campinplassn flagga dem på halv stang igår. Vi føle alle på den meningsløse sorgen som det her e. Det føles som at det har ramma mine egne.
god bless Norway
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the Norwegian people, Morten.
my heart and prayers go out to all norwegians. we all must unite against such evil and try to make the world a better place. we are one mankind if we just realised it. you are a good man Morten you do so much good for your country be a rallying point for them ,they are proud of you and deservedly so, I am sure your team mates are supporting you and will acknowledge the disaster and do all they can to help in whatever way they can. god bless dave
what sort of monster would do something like this i cant imagine the pain all of Norway are feeling right now (worse for families)
I totally agree with you man, my heart is with Norway, one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
Veldg bra skrevet,Morten!
Jeg er overveldet over det gode samholdet det norske folk har hatt etter denne tragiske hendelsen.
Vanskelig å forstå at dette virkelig har hendt,men vi har virkelig stått sammen.
Resten av verden har forresten også vært fantastiske i å vise oss støtte i denne vanskelige situvasjonen.
Man blir glad av å oppleve varme og kjærlighet på denne måten,men det er selvsagt helt grusomt å tenke på grunnen til at dette kommer fram.
Samtidig ønsker jeg at vi skal bli flinkere i den vanlige hverdagen å vise at vi faktisk bryr oss om hverandre.
Livet er skjørt,og man vet aldri hva morgendagen vil bringe!
Morten, I watched your match in Hong Kong and saw your black bands. I will keep on praying for Norway! Take care yourself in Hong Kong. I hope I can see you in the airport when you leave. God bless you and your country!!
Morten, what else can I say, everyone’s comments above appear to have covered most of the feelings we have all experienced relative to the recent terrible events in your home country. I wish you and your family, and all fellow countrymen and women best wishes and pray that time be a great healer. I know you have made a great lifelong friend with my son Chris and hope your trip to Hong Kong is a worthwhile experience. Best Wishes Neil
Virkelig bra skrevet Morten =) Etter en lang og trist uke kan vi se tilbake med hevet hode, og konkludere med at vi har reist oss igjen igjennom kjærlighet og demokrati. Terroren har heldigvis ikke vunnet denne gang.
Og uten om det; Kjempe bra trekk til VM-kvlikken ;D
Flott skrevve! E så eni me dæ.
Best wishes to Norway…
Meget godt skrevet Gamsten…
Hilsen en tidl Fløya og TIL keeper……..da “fisker`n” sto i mål for TIL på Valhall..