Though much of Viljar's testimony was made more dramatic for the film, terrorist Anders Breivik was indeed present in the courtroom. 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. After the attack, Norway took the stance that it would remain an open, united, and trusting society. By the end of the day, 77 people had been murdered. In August 2012, Breivik was given the maximum sentence allowed 21 years with the possibility of indefinite extension. A vertebrae in her neck was shattered and she had to have her finger amputated. There was a man beside me, asking, Whats your name? We were like a failed state that day, she says. According to Agence France Presse, Breivik's prison quarters are made up of three personal cells: one for living, one for exercise, and one for studying, plus a bathroom. I looked at my fingers and saw they were only hanging on by scraps of skin. The young people in the photographs are all survivors of the attack on the island of Utoya, where Breivik sparked terror as he began firing weapons indiscriminately. Her best friend died on her lap. Hanne Hesto Ness, 20, from Namsos, was shot in her arm, left little finger and in the neck. When they accused us of playing the so-called Utoya card, it is difficult to have a political debate on the causes of extremist thought, she says. Cecilie was shot in her arm, her shoulder and chin. I remember, though I dont know how long it lasted, that I passed out. But that doesnt mean you have forgotten about it, you just remember it in a different way., Chkhetiani is from Kutaisi in Georgia and was invited as an international guest by the AUF with her best friend, who was killed in the attack. . As the anniversary approaches, discussing the attacks legacy has become more natural. Sebastian Johansen Pereau, 15, from Trondelag escaped along with 11 other youths in a rowboat. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Watch an interview with the real Lara Rachid, Viljar's testimony from the Breivik trial, Read Viljar Hanssen's Testimony from the Anders Breivik Trial. I think I just didnt want to take it in . If he is in fact still deemed a threat, then he could be held indefinitely as emphasized in the film. On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik dresses in a police uniform, loads a van with home-made explosives, and drives to Regjeringskvartalet, the executive government quarter in Oslo, Norway. Viljar was elected to the council in Svalbard in autumn 2011. 2,189 following. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys APA Heritage Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events 22 JULY recreates the true-life 2011 massacre of 77 people, mostly teens at an island summer camp outside of Oslo, Norway, by a fanatic terrorist. On her way to subway station when bomb exploded. When they were 50 metres from the other shore, they were picked up by tourists in a rowboat. . During a hearing in Oslo, he said that he wanted to give a "signal that could not be misunderstood" in order to limit future recruitment to the Labour Party. Photojournalist Andrea Gjestvang has been following the lives of July 22 victims, making portraits and interviewing many of them over the past 10 years. "I'm blind in one eye, but that's a relief. Moreover, a recent study found that about 45 percent of the survivors still have problems related to anxiety and depression, a third also have symptoms of PTSD or similar. But as for my brain and that, Ive still got my wits about me. Eivind Rindalen, 23, from Tolga, took charge of a group of 11 youths. Celebrity. "I have been obsessed with pain and death, the fact that. I dont say it has been smooth. Natia Chkhetiani, 23, from Kutaisi, Georgia, lost her best friend at Utoya. After a while they moved into a bedroom in the cafeteria building where they hid under the bed until the special forces came and evacuated them. But I sometimes feel that July 22 has given me earnestness and depth. By You are accused of being too emotional, your ideas dont count, Huitfeldt adds. He is currently competing in an election to become a councillor in Tromso, northern Norway. Robert Hansen was actually married twice. . Breivik tells Lippestad he wants to be declared competent to legitimize his attacks. Na lev ruce mu lkai amputovali nkolik prst a na jedno oko oslepl. 272 posts. In addition to the injuries to his head, Viljar lost three fingers on his left hand and was also shot in the left shoulder and thigh. He hesitated at first, but gave himself up after a police Delta Force officer yelled, "Surrender or be shot!" . She said: 'I bear my scars with dignity, because I got them standing for something I believe in.'. They come from somewhere. Breivik surrenders to a tactical team, and is brought inland for interrogation. They put rocks on top of the gunshot wounds to stop the bleeding, and laid close to her to keep her warm. When his near hour-long shooting spree came to an end, he had taken the lives of 69 people on the island and injured approximately 110, 55 of them seriously. Right-wing extremism and white-power ideology are not new in Norway, nor is it gone. This drew criticism from survivors. Norway's Minister for Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere talks with Viljar Hanssen during a celebration of "Soldagen" in Longyearbyen on March 8,. These Throckmortons also link us directly to theManners, It feels a little small, she says. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. The attacks, the deadliest violence in Norway since the second world war, were carried out by 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik. But I would have done it if I had the opportunity," Lippestad told Dagbladet. He became blind on the right eye and had amputated three fingers. And I don't look like the person I used to anymore, I. Breivik instructs the staff to gather the children in one location. He then made his way to a summer camp for Labour Youth members on Utoya, where he roamed the island with a gun, mowing down 69 and leaving more than 100 injured. Kai Hauge, 32, Oslo. It is a great responsibility for a young person. It changed my life. Meanwhile, Ida Karoline Broholm, 21, from Hitra, hid in a room behind the kiosk before she moved down to the water front and swam away with a friend. 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 tried to get up several times, I was a bit sort of Bambi on the ice, you know, and I called out to my brother. Eirik Hoie Mortensen, 17, from Haugesund, hid by the shore where he swam out to save a friend from drowning. I always knew that darkness is life-giving, he says. [21], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81%, based on 129 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. vg.no Amerikansk hyesterett fjerner retten til selvbestemt abort p nasjonalt niv 22. jul. This announcement was made on Monday, February 20th after Belarus expelled three. As the testimony showed, however, Viljar managed to keep his sense of humor. The film had its world premiere on September 5, 2018 in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. But she adds, His ideas dont come from nowhere. 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 suffered near-fatal injuries after being shot five times, ultimately losing an eye and suffering severe impairment of his motor functions. He learns to walk again, but is haunted by memories of the attack. . A bullet shattered her finger and another severely damaged her neck vertebrae. The island was hosting a youth camp for the Norwegian Labor Party. 22 juli, as the attacks are known in Norway, has become as infamous a date as 9/11 is in the US. of victim Viljar Hanssen instead. Viljar Hanssen (photo by Andrea Gjestvang) Asne Seierstad, in her book One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway, recounts the emotionally powerful testimony of 18-year-old Viljar Hanssen. Secretary with the electricians and information technology workers' union. Hanssen was shot by Breivik. His older brother Christian was killed on the island. Nine years after nearly being killed but losing an eye and suffering other long-term injuries in Norways deadliest terrorist attack at Oslo and Utya, Viljar Hanssen didnt have much to say at least about that fateful July 22 date. Mohamad Hamed Hadi, 21, from Brumunddal, had to have his left leg and arm amputated after he was shot in the shoulder, leg and chest at the pump house. I was shaking like mad. The bangs were getting nearer and in the end they were really, really close. She says her research shows that Progress stopped talking to the future murderer not because he was too extreme but because he was stupid. He never said it in real life and it does not appear in the transcript of Viljar's testimony from the Breivik trial. . My main struggles in life now are common 20-year-olds problems. (Shortcut: GoFundMe / website / Vipps at 4151 4638). Breivik was explicit in targeting the Labour party and its youth organisation, claiming they were guilty of encouraging multiculturalism and helping Muslims take over Norway and western Europe. He plays Viljar Hanssen, a terrorism survivor who was shot several times by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik (played by Anders Danielsen Lie) during Breivik's devastating attack that. She survived by laying completely still and pretending to be dead. Sandberg hid under a sofa in the islands school house. John Magne Pedersen Tangen, 19, from Loten, hid in a barn until the police came. But because of the physical injuries, I believe that I will never be completely free. I want to get married, start a family, have a house, a car and a dog. He leaves the van outside the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. The real Lara Rachid was a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee whose family had fled from the war in Iraq when she was very young. Thanks as always to everyone who makes The Coolest Newspaper On Earth possible! Viljar Robert Christian Hanssen is on Facebook. Fy faen. It was the attack the country could never forget, yet it seems people have or at least the lessons they should have learned. During our 22 July fact-check, we discovered that the testimony heard in the movie differs significantly from the court transcript. When he came out from his hiding place under a piece of tarpaulin, he was arrested by the police and falsely accused of having a part in the massacre. [some of the people in the audience laugh briefly] Viljar : But of course it's not that simple. It does something to you when your whole face has changed and . Copyright 2023 HistoryvsHollywood.com, CTF Media, No. Not least to enjoy life while having it., Do not lose faith in yourself. Viljar Hanssen is a survivor of the July 2011 attack at the Utya summer camp in Norway. As he's moving in closer to check the license plate, the van explodes. Now I am afraid of losing those I love the most, since I lost my best friend on the island., After surviving the attack, Libak became the head of the AUF between 2018 and 2020. His main goal was to protect his younger brother, Torje, but they weren't quite out of the view of the man who was trying to kill them. Breaking her five-month silence, the wife of FBI spy Robert Philip Hanssen said Thursday that she deeply regrets the damage her husband . Viljar: Yes. Tuva lost her best friend Sondre at Utoya. His espionage was called by the Department of Justice as "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history." [15] Greengrass revealed that he used Norwegian actors and crew for the film, because he considered that the film should be identified like a Norwegian film. For nine years he worked as Conductor of the Huntsville Opera Theater and for twelve years as Assistant Conductor of the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. One such survivor was Jorid Holstad Nordmelan, 21, from Namsos, who hid under a bed in the school house. March 12, 2001. Breivik tried to use the media attention after the attack to promote his beliefs. 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. He was hiding there with 47 other adolescents until Breivik was arrested and the police came to the rescue. "Shut the f**k up and take your punishment as the coward you are," said survivor Emma Martinovic, who was shot in the arm by Breivik. When the head of security asks for ID, Breivik shoots him and the director dead. . I cant just wax my skis and set off any more . 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. Step 3. Hanne Linaker, 18, Iril Myrvang Gjorv, 17, and Ane Kollen Evenmo, 17, were among a group of five friends who travelled to the island from the arctic town of Bardu. The filmmakers chose to use English in the movie in order to make it accessible to a larger audience. Follow. Osmnctilet Viljar Hanssen peil tyi steln rny a strvil pt dn v kmatu. This part is in line with the 22 July true story. And he said no. These photos from the One Day in History series reveal how some of the survivors are coping today, less than two years after the incident. Astonishingly, yes. The group then stayed in their hiding place for an hour and a half until Breivik was captured and they were rescued by a boat. He spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001. Jensen wrote in The Wall Street Journal in 2011 that Progress was embarrassed, disgusted and truly sad Breivik was once a member. Viljar Hanssen, 18, from Svalbard, was shot five times, in the head, left shoulder, left hand and thigh. 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. Now she sleeps on top of my stomach every night. (Editor's note: This article was originally published December 4, 2018. Prosecutor Inga Bejer Engh: Can you start by telling us what happened to you on Utoya? Seierstad says that if that had been the case it would have been easier and much harder for Norway to deal with. I stress about existential questions, such as not knowing where I am in life and where I am going. Rustam Daudov, 17, from Elverum hid by the pump-house before he found shelter in a small cave where he hid with a group of other youths until they were rescued by boats. She later moved to Oslo to be a part of the national healing process. Its impossible to take advantage of the situation. A representative from the university visited his cell to teach the classes. But Breivik left Progress well before the attacks, and Labour officials have resolutely refused to pin any blame on the party itself. Viljar wakes from a coma with life-changing injuries and returns home with his family. Viljars frldrar Sveinn Are Hanssen ( Thorbjrn Harr) och Christin Kristoffersen ( Maria Bock) anlnder till n och trffar dr Torje. Viljar Hanssen, 27, was a high school student in Longyearbyen when he became one of the most recognizable survivors of the July 22, 2011, massacre at Utya. I learned a lot about myself. 5,516 followers. He survived by laying lifeless by the shore pretending to be dead. In July 2011, Breivik gunned down 69 people, most of them teenagers, at a Labour Party youth camp on the island of Utoya, shortly after he killed eight people in a bombing outside a government. By the time police reached Breivik, he had killed 69 people on Utoya. I was just really, really scared.. And are things going to continue that way? September 11 changed the world. He was later rescued by a boat. "Je to praktick, protoe teba tmhle nevidm," prohlsil Hanssen v ter ped soudem a ukzal s smvem na vraha. When his brother was shot, Torje started to swim, but was forced to dive under the water after coming under a hail of bullets. -news.com.au, Viljar, who was 25 in October 2018 at the time of this article, has attempted to make his voice matter more by becoming more involved in politics. . There is no death penalty, and if the court feels he's no longer a threat to society, Breivik, now 39, could be released. He became blind in the right eye and had three fingers amputated Adrian Pracon, 21, was. Seierstad compares such internet trolling with the denial by some that the Sandy Hook school shootings in the US ever took place. He learns to walk again, but is haunted by memories of the attack. 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. I thought about going back home to Svalbard, and driving the snowmobile and girls and other things that are really great. You will realise that what happened was not a natural disaster, but a hateful act. Skilled enough. People are more united in the beginning, and then they start to disagree.. December 18, 2001 / 9:30 AM / CBS. She later swam away and was rescued by a boat. "[22] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Lara had been in the camp's shower block when the attack began and she managed to run and hide. He opposed then-Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the Labour Party that elected him, the largest political party in Norway. 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. And then theres my fingers here, you cant miss that, I was shot in the hand, and then it was my shoulder, all this up here was pulverized. [20] It was originally scheduled to be released on 2 November 2018, under the title Norway. Now comes the . July 22 will be with you no matter where you are in Georgia or in Norway. Viljar Hanssen oli Utyan saarella, kun Anders Behring Breivik hykksi sinne ja verilyly alkoi. Breivik is sentenced to 21 years, that can be extended by a court if it is deemed he is still a danger to society. [4][5][6] The film was written, directed and produced by Paul Greengrass and features a Norwegian cast and crew. Tore Sinding Bekkedal, 24, hid in the bathroom of the cafe building. 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