Norway in 2010 In 2011, she opened a new memorial to the victims of the Breivik massacre.

Norway has unveiled a new memorial to the 77 victims of the country’s worst terror attack on the 15th anniversary of its founding.

In the year On July 22, 2011, neo-Nazi Ander Breivik killed eight people with a car bomb in Oslo and shot 69 others – most of them teenagers – at a youth camp on the island of Utoya. Hundreds were injured in violence unprecedented in Norway’s recent history.

On Sunday, survivors and relatives of victims gathered in Oslo to unveil a large artwork depicting the bird on the island of Utoya.

The artist said that the attack was motivated by his work to commemorate the victims and to engage the public in democratic anti-extremist ideas.

The contemporary artwork features a 12-meter (39-foot) high stone mosaic and a giant blue metal frame supporting straw and wood reflected in the water.

The memorial, called Upholding, is located in a renovated government district in Oslo, close to the site of the 2011 bombing that started the attack.

Artist Matthias Faldbakken claims to have seen the bird on the island of Utoya. Many of those killed on the island were teenagers involved with AUF, the youth wing of the Norwegian Labor Party.

The names of the 77 victims are engraved on the memorial.

“July 22, 2011 was a barbaric attack not only on individuals, but on our democracy,” Meret Stamneshagen, head of a support group for victims and survivors, was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse.

Norway’s Prince Haakon and government officials attended the inauguration ceremony in Oslo on Sunday.

Haakon visited the new 22 July Center – Norway’s national memorial and education center dedicated to the attack.

In the year In 2012, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison, the maximum a court in Norway can impose, although it could be extended if he is deemed a threat.

As the years passed, Breivik challenged the terms of his sentence.

In the year In 2016, he partially won the human rights case against Norway It was reversed the following year.

In 2022 he The apology failed. It has not been changed by the court decision and remains a threat to society. In 2024 he He sued the government without success Allegation of isolation for being kept apart from other prisoners for security reasons.