Tore Eikeland

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Eikeland's funeral was held in the church in Hamre, a village in Osterøy.

Tore Eikeland (born May 18, 1990 in Osterøy , † July 22, 2011 on Utøya ) was a Norwegian politician of the Arbeidernes Ungdomsfylking (AUF), the youth organization of the social democratic workers' party .

Life

Eikeland, born in Osterøy in 1990, completed his school education at the katedralskole (cathedral school) in Bergen in 2009 and then enrolled in a study of comparative political science at the University of Bergen .

Eikeland has been described as a dedicated and resourceful thought leader. He was considered an exceptionally good speaker and was often able to convince listeners of his positions with the help of polished rhetoric and astute verbal contributions. In addition, he regularly wrote guest comments in regional newspapers. In November 2009 he was elected chairman of the AUF in the province of Hordaland . At the same time he was also elected as a member of the UP state executive committee. For the local elections to the provincial parliament ( Fylkesting ) Hordalands scheduled for September 18, 2011 , he was eighth on his party's electoral list .

Together with 68 other people, he was shot by the assassin Anders Behring Breivik during the annual AUF tent camp organized on the small island of Utøya in the Tyrifjord in the course of the attacks in Norway in July 2011 . The funeral for Eikeland was held on August 5th in the 350-seat church in Hamre, a village in his hometown Osterøy. Almost 1,000 people wanted to say goodbye - among them Health Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen and Arbeiderpartiet Party Secretary Raymond Johansen . Many watched the ceremony standing in the rain from the churchyard.

“Another one who is missing now is Tore Eikeland. He was the head of the AUF in Hordaland and one of our most talented youth politicians. I remember when he cheered an entire party conference of the Arbeiderpartiet, when he gave a speech against the EU postal directive - and won. Now he's dead. Gone forever. It is incomprehensible. "

- Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in his address at the funeral service in Oslo Cathedral on July 24, 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Per Hinrichs: "Norway proudly and defiantly mourns the dead" on welt.de ( Die Welt ) of July 24, 2011. Found on February 18, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Eikeland, gates
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterøy
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2011
Place of death at Utøya