Norway completes National 22 July Memorial in Oslo's Government Quarter
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Public Art Norway (KORO) announces the completion of the National 22 July Memorial in Oslo's new Government Quarter, honoring the 77 victims of the 2011 terrorist attacks — the bombing in Oslo and the massacre on Utøya island. The memorial serves as one of two official sites, alongside one near Utøya, to commemorate the worst terrorist attacks in modern Norwegian history carried out by a far-right nationalist.
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The far-right nationalist killed eight people in the Government Quarter in central Oslo, and 69 people at the AUF (Workers' Youth League) summer camp on the nearby island of Utøya.
In 2012, the government decided to establish two official memorial sites, one in connection with Utøya, the other in the Government Quarter in central Oslo.
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