Family and friends are today gathered to say a final goodbye to Torjus Seland (7) in Lyngdal church. – Torjus touched many of us. We carried him with us in our thoughts and prayers in the hope that he would return home safely, Pastor Jim Foss said in front of a packed church. Green balloons float by the coffin. Wreaths of flowers in autumn colors characterize the church and in front of the coffin are several toy tractors. The boy disappeared from his family during a hunting trip in Lindesnes on Sunday 15 October. Several hundred people have turned up to say their last goodbyes and show their support. In addition, a stream of the funeral has been set up both at the church center and in the Mission Church in Lyngdal. There is room for approximately 700 people in the church, 400 in the church center and 400–500 in the mission church. Lyngdal church is full when Torjus Seland (7) is laid to rest today. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news A spreader of joy – Torjus was a prankster and a spreader of joy, Foss said in the memorial speech. – He gave a smile to everyone he met, and was a grateful boy who was concerned with life on the family farm. Torjus’ role models were the workers. The best thing he knew was to sit on a tractor and help work. – You were mum’s treasure and dad’s labour, said mother Gunn Anita Birkeland in her memorial speech. – Dear friend. A father should not experience this. To stand by his son’s grave, said his father Inge Seland. Torjus was the youngest in a group of four siblings. All three older sisters said goodbye to their little brother. Photo: Siv Kristin Sællmann / news With the most Family friend and spokesperson Fredrik Nuland Fedog has described Torjus in a previous interview as a travel-loving boy who has been with him since he could sit in a carrier: – Autumn has become an important time of the year. After all, this was a farm boy who was full of energy and imagination. You couldn’t pull a potato out of the ground without him being there. Torjus was a boy who never sat still, he was involved in everything that could happen. Torjus was a farm boy with a lot of imagination and energy, and he rarely sat still. Pictured here on a fishing trip with the family. Photo: private – There are only positive things about him. Torjus was very fond of practical tasks and you couldn’t do anything without him joining in the conversation, or catching up on what was going to happen. He joined when the tractor plowed the land, he drove a four-wheeler on the farm, he handled machines and split wood, Fedog has previously told. Major search operation Seven-year-old Torjus Seland was reported missing after getting away from his family on a hunting trip on Sunday 15 October. A large search operation was launched to find him. Two days later, Torjus (7) was found dead in a wooded area near Langemyr in Lindesnes municipality. The seven-year-old was found under a large rock in the far north of the search area. He had then moved closer to three kilometers as the crow flies from the place where he was last seen. It was a dog patrol from the police that found the boy. The stone cave where he was found has now been named: “Torjus cave”. Several hundred people attend the funeral to show their support for the family. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news
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