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Søreide: Many countries around the world asked if they could assist Norway after the Gjerdrum landslide

The landslide in Gjerdrum attracted a lot of international attention. Norway's Foreign Minister has been contacted by colleagues around the world, who have asked if they could assist the country.

Søreide: Many countries around the world asked if they could assist Norway after the Gjerdrum landslide
Photo: Fredrik Hagen / NTB

“There are inquiries from European countries and others… I have received a lot of messages from my European colleagues, and I received a message from my Canadian colleague yesterday,” Foreign Minister Ine Søreide Eriksen (H) told TV 2.

In the first hours after the landslide accident, she already received the first support messages.

A Swedish crisis team is already assisting the ongoing rescue work. 

No survivors were found in the landslide area in Gjerdrum during the night.

After a ground search of the landslide area in Gjerdrum, a dead person has been found on Friday afternoon, the police informed.

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