The fact check this week starts with one of the first things that happens in the episode: Were Thorbjørn Jagland’s shorts so short? Shoe player Nils Bendik Kvissel as Thorbjørn Jagland with short trousers. Photo: Headlights Yes. There really isn’t much more to say, here we let this picture from Arbeiderbladet speak for itself. Thorbjørn Jagland had short shorts. The real Thorbjørn Jagland washes the toilet on Utøya, in shorts. Photo: Terje Akerhaug / Arbeiderbladet / Arbeiderbevegelsen’s archive and library Is it true that a walk with Jens Stoltenberg was a prize in a competition? Yes. It happened a few years later, in 1986. What emerges in the series is nevertheless correct: a 16-year-old girl won a competition, and the prize was a walk along the love trail on Utøya. A young Jens Stoltenberg in “Makta”. It is quite true that a stroll with Jens Stoltenberg was a prize. Photo: Motlys It is also true that Jens Stoltenberg spent most of the trip talking about NATO. He himself has admitted to having gone on the love trail many times, and that he used these trips to talk politics. Watch Jens Stoltenberg talk about the trips on the path of love. news’s archive. Did they break the alcohol law on Utøya in the past? In the series, Einar Førde will leave a case of beer. We also see more young people drinking alcohol. Did the young people on Utøya drink before? Fun with or without alcohol on Utøya in 1981? In the series, Einar Førde takes a sip of beer. Photo: Motlys Yes, many probably did. Especially at the anniversary camp in 1978, the drinking led to such great challenges that the alcohol regulations were changed. Then it stopped, according to the book “Utøya. A biography”. In 1981 it was not allowed to drink, but many did it anyway. The management in AUF encouraged to “leave the bottle behind, but bring the good mood”. According to Utøya’s own camp newspaper, “Folkets røst”, there was both good humor and bottles on Utøya that summer. Did one have to have a visa to come ashore on Utøya? From “Makta”. Gro is stopped by a young AUF politician. Photo: Motlys In the episode, Gro is stopped on the quay on Utøya, and is told that she must have a visa to “The Democratic Republic of Utøya” in order to go ashore. What is this something? The Democratic Republic of Utøya was a phenomenon, says Ap politician Tonje Brenna. It was about highlighting that Utøya had its own rules. It was especially the left side of the party that advocated the establishment of the DDRU, which was first proclaimed in the early 1970s. Then a visa requirement was also introduced for everyone who was going to stay on Utøya. This was also the case in the summer of 1981. Then Norwegian newspapers wrote that everyone who was going to camp on Utøya got their own visa. Photo: Motlys Heldt Reiulf Steen a lecture about in Chile in the plinths? In episode nine, Reiulf Steen gives a long and emotional speech about the coup in Chile in 1973. He sits with his wife Inès in the cobblestones and talks about Salvador Allende. It happened? Collection in the pumice stones on Utøya. Jan Gunnar Røise in the role of Reiulf Steen. It may not have happened quite as it is shown in the episode. Steen gave his speech in the meeting hall, not in the plinths. He also talked about Latin America, not just about Chile. Between Anna. Nevertheless, there is much truth in what emerges. Steen was a popular guest on Utøya, and he had a great commitment to what happened in Chile. Furthermore, it was in the Utøya spirit to sit in “Bolshevika” and talk until the late hours of the night. It is also true that Reiulf brought his Chilean wife Inès to Utøya. They came to Utøya together with three refugees from Bolivia. Reiulf Steen and his wife Inès Vargas in 1986. Photo: news Steen stood in the meeting room and spoke enthusiastically about the situation in Latin America, and what political involvement can cost. The AUF members listened intently as he told about armed fascists killing dissenters. Was Reiulf Steen kidnapped while he was on Utøya? Yes, but here I have to use “kidnap” with a twinkle in my eye. It didn’t happen in real life! Nevertheless, it is true that he was abducted, and it was mentioned in several Norwegian newspapers. In July 1981 there was a news report that Reiulf Steen had been kidnapped. From “Makta”: Reiulf Steen abducted on Utøya. Photo: Motlys It probably didn’t happen on the island, as it does in the series. The kidnapping took place on the mainland. According to the newspapers, he was in captivity for several hours before he was seen free. Steen seems to have coped well with the joke, but it was different for the central board of the AUF. They had planned a tight programme, which was torpedoed by the fact that Steen was several hours late. Did they have rainbow flags on Utøya in the early 80s? Did you get the rainbow flag that appeared in episode 9? Photo: Backlight Probably not. To be sarcastic, it is theoretically possible. The flag was designed in the USA in the late 1970s, so someone may have brought a rainbow flag to Utøya in 1981. According to Skeivt Arkiv, it is still unlikely. Of all the photos they have of demonstration trains in the early 1980s in Norway, they have so far not found any photos of rainbow flags. Rainbow flag on Utøya today. Diversity is important to AUF. Ap politician Anniken Huitfeldt together with AUF leader Astrid Hoem. Photo: Mirwais Moquim / news – The rainbow flag first became common in Norway in the 1990s, says Bjørn André Widvey, adviser at Skeivt Arkiv. He adds that very few openly flagged their orientation in 1981. Furthermore, the rainbow had a slightly different meaning in the 80s. Back then, the rainbow was not exclusively linked to being queer, it could also symbolize being a Christian. Did Halvdan Sivertsen play a concert on Utøya? The artist Julian Audy creates Utøya magic when he sings “Love song”. Photo: Motlys In the series, we see the artist Julian Audy playing “Kjærlighetsvisa” by Halvdan Sivertsen. It’s a smart move for several reasons. Firstly, because Halvdan Sivertsen was there in 1981. “Kjærlighetsvisa” is also a song AUF is fond of. They like to sing “no one is as good as you”. Halvdan Sivertsen sings “Kjærlighetsvisa” in 1981. Not exactly on Utøya, the picture is from a concert in Tromsø. Halvdan Sivertsen is just one of many artists who have performed on Utøya. Beyond the 1980s, the summer camp got a more varied cultural programme, almost like a festival. When Åge Aleksandersen played in 1987, it was one of the biggest productions on Utøya ever. Two years later, the DumDum Boys were on stage. Typical atmosphere at a concert with DumDum Boys. The picture is from the Studentersamfundet in Trondheim in 1988. Photo: Fotogjängen.Samfundet.no Do they call the Utøya toilet the “Nato-dassen”? From “Makta”. On Utøya, you could play Nato, literally. Photo: Headlights Yes. There was strong opposition to Nato in the AUF. The island was early declared a NATO-free zone. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg was there. When he was a young AUF member, Jens Stoltenberg sang “sing Norway, Norway out of NATO”. While opposition to the defense alliance boiled over among the AUF members, some of them made their way to the Nato camp at Kolsås and stole a sign. They took the sign with them to Utøya and hung it up near the outdoor area, just as we see in “Makta”. As a result, the ute became known as the Nato dass, with the slogan: “Here kan me drita i Nato”. Many foreigners were surprised by the toilet conditions on Utøya, says Jens Stoltenberg in this clip. The Utedo on Utøya has been used both by heads of state and top politicians. The Nato dock was demolished when Utøya was renovated for the reopening in 2015. Source: Jo Stein Moen and Trond Giske: “Utøya. A biography”. Jens Stoltenberg: “My story”. Elisabeth Skarsbø Moen: “Jens Stoltenberg. A biography”. Hans Olav Lahlum: “Reiulf Steen. The history, the triumphs and the tragedies”. news, Store Norske Lexikon, VG, Dagbladet, NTB, historien.utoya.no, Arbeiderbevegelsen’s archive and library, Skeivt Archive.
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