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Lord Provost’s condolences to the people of Norway

Aberdeen Lord Provost Peter Stephen has written on behalf of the citizens of Aberdeen to the Mayors of Oslo and Stavanger and to Norway’s UK Ambassador to express his condolences following the tragic killings in the country last Friday.

The Lord Provost has told Oslo Mayor Fabian Strang and Norwegian Ambassador Her Excellency Kim Travik: “It was with a heavy heart that I learned of the tragedy which beset your country and which resulted in the deaths of so many fine upstanding citizens.

“We in Aberdeen send our deepest sympathies to the families whose lives have been blighted by this horrendous massacre. Whilst it is Stavanger we are twinned with, we look upon all of Norway as our friends and near neighbours. In recent years, the oil and gas industry has created so many additional bonds.”

He has also written to the Mayor of Stavanger, Johan Sevland, as there may have been citizens of that city caught up in the tragic events in Oslo and on the island of Utoya.

The Lord Provost will tomorrow [Tues 26 July] sign the Book of Condolences which is being set up in the Kirk of St Nicholas, which can be signed by members of the public from 10am–6pm daily until Friday and on Saturday from 12noon–5pm.

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