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Ari Behn will be buried to Vår Frelsers gravlund (Cemetery of Our Saviour) in Oslo at the request of his family. This confirms the family spokesperson Geir Håkonsund to VG. He also states that the family does not want to specify the time the urn is buried.
Her skal Ari Behn gravlegges – VG
I thought he had been cremated? Anyway, I am relieved the burial will take place in privacy and secrecy.
Thanks!"Ari Behns parents reveals details of their son's last days and death in a new interview: - Ari was to celebrate Christmas with the royal family, but canceled only days before. - It was Ari Behn's father, Olav, who found his son dead in Ari`s house in Lommedalen."
As the poster ''Somebody'' said, he was cremated! ?I thought he had been cremated? Anyway, I am relieved the burial will take place in privacy and secrecy.
1. Yes, here VG uses the word ''gravlegges/gravlagt'' (''buried'').Ari Behn will be (1) buried to Vår Frelsers gravlund (Cemetery of Our Saviour) in Oslo at the request of his family. This confirms the family spokesperson Geir Håkonsund to VG. He also states that the family does not want to specify the time the urn is buried.
Her skal Ari Behn gravlegges – VG
He goes on to tell that Ari was supposed to have celebrated Christmas Eve (the main day of celebrations in Norway) at The Royal Lodge as a guest of the Regent-Couple, but that he felt too ill to attend. It was then decided that he should travel to Larkollen and celebrate with his parents instead. But this plan never came to fruition either, so his father decided to travel to his son early on Christmas Eve.
He says: ''Ari var ikke alene da han valgte å avslutte livet. Det virket som om Ari hadde funnet en slags ro den siste dagen.''
''Ari was not alone when he chose to end his life. It seemed like Ari had found some kind of calm on the last day.''
I won't speculate! But as you can read in my post, he first said that he ''found'' him, which indicates that what he meant with ''Ari not being alone,'' was just him (Olav I mean) being in another room or out for a little while.That is interesting to read. So Ari did it in the presence of his father?
Not that I've heard! But pretty sure the police have done their stuff!Is there no inquest whether he helped his son, and whether he may have done something illegal.
That may be, but not in mine of course! LOL.That is how I read RoyalNorways post, but things get lost in translation. And I am glad to be wrong.
The bolded stuff in the first part (which you didn't include in your quote from me) says that he found him, while the third part says that Ari was not alone, which together (as I wrote in my reply to you in post 399) indicates that Olav was in another room or just out for a little while.Olav:
''Det var jeg som fant ham. I dag er jeg svært takknemlig for at jeg fikk være hos ham.''
''It was I who found him. Today I am very grateful that I got to be with him.''
He goes on to tell that Ari was supposed to have celebrated Christmas Eve (the main day of celebrations in Norway) at The Royal Lodge as a guest of the Regent-Couple, but that he felt too ill to attend. It was then decided that he should travel to Larkollen and celebrate with his parents instead. But this plan never came to fruition either, so his father decided to travel to his son early on Christmas Eve.
He says: ''Ari var ikke alene da han valgte å avslutte livet. Det virket som om Ari hadde funnet en slags ro den siste dagen.''
''Ari was not alone when he chose to end his life. It seemed like Ari had found some kind of calm on the last day.''
Well, let's do it. I mean, better late than never I suppose.Will be back either tomorrow or in a few days time to talk about public funerals in Norway generally, and a few other things (including Ari's funeral service in Oslo Cathedral).
Thanks! And this is a *must-see* BTW.A video of Maud's speech with English subtitles can be seen here:
i agree it shouldn't. this is no state funeral, and his death was a suicide - it is not right to televise it.
Well, read the stuff I write below, and I reckon that the two of you (and the others who have commented on it) then understand that it doesn't need to be a ''state funeral'' or ''funeral at state expense'' for it to be televised in Norway.I agree that it shouldn’t be broadcasted live for the sake of the children.
They could do like they did at Friso’s funeral in Netherlands and film when the guests arrive/departs the church and having just one camera inside at the organ loft to record a small part of the service with no close up of anyone and no frontal view of the family.
But they shouldn’t broadcast it live, like if it was the funeral of the King or the Queen. That would be wrong in my opinion. The grieving teenage children will be present and should be allowed to have some privacy.
Hmm:The difference is if i understand it correctly when reading the Norwegian media, is that the Royal Family is not at all involved in arranging this funeral. As far as i understand, it is entirely the Behn-Family (his parents, siblings and possibly daughters). I don’t think the King is involved at all in planning it.
If he was, i don’t think it would have been in Oslo Cathedral. More likely a private family service at the Chapel at the Royal Palace or at Aakershus Castle wich in my opinion would have been better to protect the children.
Yes, but Johan Martin Ferner was a totally private person who (together with his family, i.e. his brother) was the owner of two clothing stores. So he can't be compared to Ari.I think the funeral shouldn’t be transmitted. That the girls should be able to have some privacy in the church. When Princess Astrid’s husband died - the media was not allowed in the church from the wishes of the family, but they covered the outside.
From post 248 (link):It is remarkable when Mr Behn's funeral will be televised. Princess Ragnhild of Norway, Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom, Prince Friso of the Netherlands, Prince Alexander of Belgium, all examples of funerals with the media on a distance. Now it is Saint Ari. Before and during his marriage he was ridiculed. Things can change fast...
Princess Ragnhild lived in Brazil with her husband Erling Lorentzen from 1953 to her death and was in that period not a working member of the RF or a Royal Highness.Princess Ragnhild of Norway the daughter and sister of a king had her Funeral Service at the Palace Chapel in Oslo in September 2012,the Princess was laid to rest at Asker Church churchyard.It was a very low profile funeral though the Princess had been out of Norway living in Brazil for many years.