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IDYLL: This photo of the Ask neighborhood in Gjerdrum was taken in 2017. Now most of these houses have been taken over by the avalanche.
Homes chained in a row, surrounded by roads and green areas. Now much of the area was left in ruins after the massive landslide at Gjerdrum.
Where once there were row houses, now there is only a chaos of clay and ruins. Several rows of houses completely disappeared in the avalanche.
Ten people are still missing. Among them are men, women and children.
They are Finn Nilsen’s neighbors, who received the sad news that their house disappeared right after the landslide. It happened while they were in Valdres’s cabin.
He has lived in the neighborhood with his wife Wenche for six years, after they moved from Lørenskog to Gjerdrum.
– Absolutely wonderful to live there.
Describes a great neighborhood with great neighbors.
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IDYLLIC: The course is surrounded by extensive green areas and is close to the Gjerdrum golf club.
– It has been absolutely fantastic living there. We had never dreamed that this could happen. We had sunny conditions all day, he tells VG on Thursday night.
The photo from 2017 shows the neighborhood in all its splendor, bathed in sun and surrounded by greenery.
– There has been a fantastic group that has lived there. I think of all those people. We have had contact with a neighbor who was hoisted by a Seaking helicopter. We have had contact with other neighbors who have saved the dog.
IN THE CABIN: Finn and Wenche Nilsen were traveling in the cabin in Valdres when the landslide washed away their home. Photo: Private
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After resolving the status quo on Thursday, Nilsen learns that five of the neighbors in his row of houses are missing.
– It was a very sad sight to see what they woke us up to in the morning. The entire garage and all the houses that have just been removed from the map. It’s been a tough two days, he says.
Soon the couple will travel back to Gjerdrum, but later to live with their daughter. Then they have to start over because everything is gone.
Get an overview: We know this about the landslide at Gjerdrum.
– It’s absolutely awful. I think of the missing neighbors.
I miss the neighbors
Christina Brenden’s home also disappeared in the avalanche. The family house leaned on the edge for a while before disappearing.
– The closest neighbors are safe. The missing live even lower down and were probably in the housing unit that collapsed first. So you don’t have much of a chance of saving yourself.
HOMELESS: The family of four should experience the loss of their home a few days after the Christmas celebration. Here is Christina Brenden (29) with her partner André Gulbrandsen (28), and her daughters Ylva Gulbrandsen Brenden (3) and Eleah Gulbrandsen Brenden (10 months). Photo: Private
Together with the husband and daughters of three years and ten months, the family was in Sjusjøen’s cabin. Now the house they left is gone.
– It was a safe and good neighborhood with good neighbors and good unity. It’s not possible to imagine how it looks now compared to how we had it just a week ago, the last time we were at our house, she tells VG Thursday night.
– We thought it was a fantastic and safe place to live, he continues.
The family now lives with Brenden’s parents in Lillestrøm. They try to protect young children from what has happened.
– What we most cry are all the memories that have disappeared with the house. The second can be replaced. This simply cannot be described. A lifetime for our two girls who grew up there.
