Norway Royal family and Prime minister pay 'rose march' tribute, a minute's silence observed

Oslo : Norway | Jul 25, 2011 at 11:46 PM PDT

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A crowd of 150,000 gathered in Oslo for 'rose march' tribute to Norway's dead being killed on Friday's twin attacks.All carried red and white roses to show their support for the 76 people who lost their lives.

Norway’s prime minister Jens Stoltenberg was also present along with his wife Ingrid, and members of the country’s royal family - Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Martha Louise.

The streets of Oslo were turned into a sea of flowers by those attending the memorial march.

Prime minister while adressing a solemn crowd expressed his emotional feelings:

'Evil can kill a human being but never defeat a people.'

'By taking part you are saying a resounding "yes" to democracy.' He called the Rose March a 'march for democracy, a march for tolerance, a march for unity'.

Many rallies were held in Norway including a 20,000-strong march in Bergen.Earlier in the day,thousands of people observed a minute's silence to pay tribute to victims of the twin attacks.

The gathering was organised through facebook plateform where the campaign started up over the weekend.

Similarly Prince Haakon addressed the crowd: ‘tonight the streets are filled with love'.

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Norway Royal family and Prime minister pay 'rose march' tribute, a minute's silence observed

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JasonBornee | almost 2 years ago

The authorities should take further actions to ensure the safety of the people.

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thisisnotalovesong | almost 2 years ago

FLASH MOB OR REAL SHOOTINGS IN NORWAY(bombing was, how about shooting which was no different from Arizona) !!? REAL TEARS ON EYES OF MOURNERS OR SIMPLY TEAR GAS AND HYPOCRISY !!? POLICE OR CRIMINALS WHO COLLECTED PHOTOS AND OTHER EVIDENCE ALREADY YEARS AHEAD OF "SHOOTING" !!? WILL THERE BE OBAMINATOR MORALES'S APOCALYPSE NOW(2 late already) OR TOTAL WAR AGAINST NEW WORLD ORDER !!? LEARN TRUTH ABOUT WHO HAVE DONE IT, WHY, AND HOW http://stateofterror.blogspot.com/ or http://stateofterror.wordpress.com/ & SAY NO TO CRIME !!!

SAY NO TO CORRUPT LABOR / CRIMINAL ZIONIST/ COMMUNIST AND LIBERAL ANARCHISM !!!

ENOUGH OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER AND ITS CRIME !!! LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT NORWEGIAN STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM OR SPREE SHOOTING/BOMBING IN 2011 NOW !!!!

STOLTENBERG(90 minutes vs 30 and for government vehicles or police even 20 minutes the most !!!) = BREIVIK

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT COSTS $$$ TO FEED(finance) OVER 80 PEOPLE + THEIR FAMILIES OVER LIFE TIME PERIOD(with issued new identities) !!?

IT'S LEGAL TO ENGAGE IN FLASH MOB, BUT ILLEGAL TO ROB BANK !!! WHY !!?

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