Prime Minister’s programme on 22 July

Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will participate at several commemorations two years after the 2011 terrorist attacks against the Government Quarter and Utøya.

10.00: Commemoration in the Government Quarter, Oslo
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg participates in a commemoration at Johan Nygaardsvolds plass (the area between the main building and Akersgata). The Prime Minister will give a speech and lay a wreath. The event is open to the public.

A press area will be marked, with sound tapping possibilities. The commemoration will be broadcast live on the Government.no web site.

After the event, at about 10.20, the Prime Minister will be available to the press in the Government Quarter. Press contact for the Prime Minister: Arvid Samland, communications adviser, tel. +47 930 51 458.

12.00: Memorial service in Oslo Cathedral
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will participate in a memorial service in Oslo Cathedral.

Contact person: Per Arne Dahl, cathedral chaplain, tel. +47 911 21 213 or e-mail: per.dahl@online.no.

Press contact for the Prime Minister: Arvid Samland, communications adviser, tel. +47 930 51 458.

14.00: AUF commemoration
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will participate at the AUF (The Labour Party's youth organization) commemoration, at the Thorbjørn Pier near Utøya. The Prime Minister will give a speech and lay a wreath.

The event is open to the press. The Prime Minister will be available to the press at about 14.20. There will be no parking facilities for the press in the pier area.

AUF contact person: Trygve Harlem Losnedahl, political adviser, tel. +47 482 03 048.

Press contact for the Prime Minister: Arvid Samland, communications adviser, tel. +47 930 51 458.

15.00: Commemoration at Utøya
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will participate in a commemoration at Utøya, where he will lay a wreath.

Contact person in the Support Group: Beate Vatndal, tel. +47 414 50 210.

This event is not open to the press. Press contact for the Prime Minister: Arvid Samland, communications adviser, tel. +47 930 51 458.