Gjerdrum Avalanche: – The children played in the snow.

– Hang a bit, I think it’s terribly disgusting. These are probably the last photographs taken of the place, and it’s strange to think that it no longer exists, Røknes tells Dagbladet.

Romerikes Blad was the first to mention the case.

On her annual Christmas space visit to her in-laws in Gjerdrum, she and the children spent Tuesday afternoon sledding and playing in the snow in the area that hours later would become unrecognizable.

Her brother-in-law lives in the Nystulia residential area in Ask, and that’s why they spent the afternoon in the snow here.

– We don’t have snow at home, so of all the places we went sledding, says Røknes, who lives with her husband and children in Sandefjord.

These are lost

– Huge huge hole

The family spent the night with Røknes’ in-laws, who also live in Ask, but outside the area that has been evacuated.

At seven or eight in the morning, my brother-in-law’s roommate was at the door with the children. Neighbors had told him he had to evacuate. We didn’t know what happened until we saw it on the news, he says.

Before daylight settled on the area of ​​the landslide, Røknes was unable to recognize the area where she and the children had stayed a few hours earlier. The rapid massive clay landslide has washed away large swell from both the residential area and nearby land, and according to NVE, the edge of the landslide is up to 15 meters in places.

– What should I say? It is completely unreal to see that difference. Now you only see a huge huge hole. And there the children played and had fun. The houses rose. It is completely unreal and inconceivable to think about it.

– Slipped into the abyss

– Lump in the stomach

Her partner, Pål Sander (43), is from Gjerdrum and therefore Røknes has spent a lot of time in Gjerdrum during the 16 years they have been lovers.

– It’s so cute there. And I feel a sense of belonging to the place, he says.

To Romerikes Blad, he tells that they normally make the trip to another hiking area in Gjerdrum, but that the coincidences made them sled in the Nystulia residential area this day.

Third person found dead in the avalanche

– Now it’s almost unreal, but there and then I sat with a knot in my stomach and thought: “What if it had happened the day before?”, He tells the newspaper.

On Friday, the first person was found dead in the avalanche, and on Saturday two more finds were made of the dead. Seven people are still missing and the search operation is scheduled to continue non-stop overnight until Sunday morning.