The speech of Ari’s parents was only pretentious... The speech of Maud was touching.
I like that they did not include the Shaman in the funeral.
You criticize the speech of a parent eulogizing his child?
The speech of Ari’s parents was only pretentious... The speech of Maud was touching.
I like that they did not include the Shaman in the funeral.
Who is the other tall guy standing nearby? Cousin from the other side of the family?
Yes, she was. It's the women with the long curly hair on this picture and here (with Ari's sister).The service was a lovely tribute; the flowers, the setting, music and eulogies.
Terribly sad for Ari's children and parents.
He has left three beautiful daughters behind.
Was Ari's partner Ebba able to attend?
I’m not entirely sure but I was wondering if it was Maud’s boyfriend?
I’m not entirely sure but I was wondering if it was Maud’s boyfriend?
Catching up on the funeral, hard emotional day.
Maud did a great job, can't imagine how hard it was for her.
Can see Ari meant a lot to the family. Marius and Ingrid both looked very upset. I didn't see Sverre.
I don't see ML having been in the wife's spot. Nor Ebba being snubbed at all. Ebba was with the family, seated with his family. Ari was not married or even engaged, he didn't have a wife or fiance to lead the grieving. The main focus was of course on his daughters, his next of kin. His daughters were the most important mourners, more so then a girlfriend of a year or so. Martha wasn't up front as wife or ex. She was there as mother supporting her grandkids.
Was sad to read the picture was meant to be a Christmas gift to Ari. Just drives home when he took his life.
Who was the bearded, long haired man carrying the coffin next to the CPrince?
Christian Udnæs, husband of Ari's sister Anja. Anja and Christian's sons Ask and Isak were also carrying the coffin.
Snakket med Ari Behn på julaften_ Prøvde å få ham til å holde ut – NRK Norge
Translation
Christian Udnæs, husband of Ari's sister Anja. Anja and Christian's sons Ask and Isak were also carrying the coffin.
Ari's friend Per Heimly says in NRK's memoir program on Ari Behn, that he had talked to his good friend no later than the day before he died.
- I talked to him on Christmas Eve and was really fussing about him "staying in there" and that things will always get better. You just have to get through the pain, you have to endure, he says.
When did darkness come?
- Both Ari and I have worked on topics such as life, death and love. There are many strong, dark texts Ari has from the beginning, says Heimly.
- But I do see at a lot of the pictures I have, that after the break with Märtha, despair and darkness came on. It was very difficult to reverse that way of thinking. It got heavier and heavier for him eventually, so it was a slippery transition, really.
Snakket med Ari Behn på julaften_ Prøvde å få ham til å holde ut – NRK Norge
Translation
Well, mental illness can destroy relationships, and it´s nobodys fault. I just thought when reading this it must be quite hard for Ari´s last partner to hear how much he suffered of his split from Martha....!This information and Ari's own words rather confirm that the failure of his marriage to ML was devastating for him, even though he acknowledged that he had been "impossible to live with". The sense of failure, and the loss of his role as husband and hands on father might have been the beginning of the end.
It's sort of a chicken vs.egg question...did Ari's illness cause the end of his marriage, or did the loss of that vital relationship trigger his final, severe depression?
Just speculation. It's all so frustrating and tragic to me.
I´m pretty impressed, and I mean that in a neutral way (by neutral I mean there is no right or wrong about it. They just do it), that the King and Queen also even hug spouses of their daughter´s Ex-in-law-family! Could you imagine the Queen of the UK, the King of Sweden or Queen Margrethe hugging publicly in-laws of their children´s ex-partners to comfort them....?!
I´m pretty impressed, and I mean that in a neutral way (by neutral I mean there is no right or wrong about it. They just do it), that the King and Queen also even hug spouses of their daughter´s Ex-in-law-family! Could you imagine the Queen of the UK, the King of Sweden or Queen Margrethe hugging publicly in-laws of their children´s ex-partners to comfort them....?!