# Oslo dopers, check in please. Is everyone safe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984 "2011-07-22T14:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/261 "2011-07-27T14:39:18Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > One thing Breivik wanted to achieve was to scare people away from Arbeiderpartiet. I just heard on the radio that there’s an avalanche of new members, both to the party itself and to the youth association. The really great thing is, it’s not just the Labour Party - \*all \*parties are reporting an upswing in new members in the last couple of days. There are also reports of a surge of new members joining the Red Cross, as well as the humanitarian organization Norwegian People’s Aid (Norsk Folkehjelp). ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/262 "2011-07-27T15:19:24Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > … as well as the humanitarian organization Norwegian People’s Aid (Norsk Folkehjelp). Who are they? A girl that got away mentioned that a member of them helped her and a group of others barricade themselves in a dorm during the shooting. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/263 "2011-07-27T21:18:04Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Who are they? A girl that got away mentioned that a member of them helped her and a group of others barricade themselves in a dorm during the shooting. They are a humanitarian organization originally founded by the Norwegian Labour Movement. They do… well, a variety of stuff. [Wiki:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_People%27s_Aid) > [@](#): > > NPA is a membership-governed organisation with approximately 12,000 members organised in local groups across Norway. First aid, mountain rescue and disaster preparedness are central tasks for the voluntary groups. Other areas are the management of refugee reception centres and volunteer centres, anti-racist activities and work for the elderly and disabled. > > Internationally, NPA is engaged in more than 30 countries. […] NPA is one of the world’s foremost organisations in humanitarian mine clearance and works actively in Norway and internationally to obtain a ban on landmines. NPA is also involved in international projects promoting democratization; the rights of indigenous people, equality; and fair distribution of land and resources. One of their volunteers was among the victims at Utøya, where they were providing first aid services. [Web site.](http://www.npaid.org/en/) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/264 "2011-07-28T09:04:28Z")
I clicked. I now know how to write police in Norwegian! Those Norsk Folkehjelp sound similar to the Spanish DYA (“Detente y Ayuda”, Stop and/to help), which as shown by their name started as a movement to get people to learn first-aid so they’d be able to assist others in car accidents but who have eventually grown to have their own ambulances, assist in mountain rescues, etc. Helluva folk, that kind of associations. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/265 "2011-07-28T10:10:34Z")
Thank you. When I looked at their web sit I noticed that their headquarters is just around the corner from the explosion. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/266 "2011-08-11T12:31:14Z")
The survivers’ stories are slowly trickling out into the public. [One 16- and one 17-year old apparently tried to stop Breivik](http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?act=url&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/08/11/nyheter/terror/innenriks/anders_behring_breivik/17630216/&usg=ALkJrhgOCDCGPgs9koM8XhETAnkp4528Ww). Thankfully, they survived despite failing in the attempt to stop him ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oslo-dopers-check-in-please-is-everyone-safe/589984/268 "2011-08-12T02:53:06Z")
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