Comments on: Remembering the Alexander L. Kielland Disaster of 1980 /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/ All Things Norway, In English Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: STEVEN BUTLER /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1026770 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:32:07 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1026770 Does anyone have a list of names of the men who died on the Alexander L. Kielland disaster?

]]> By: Joan Dowson /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1007177 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:33:11 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1007177 I lost my husband of 36yrs on Alaxander Kielland, the whole tragedy was not handled very good at all. I heard man were sacked because he lowered
a net over the side of the Edda for people to cling on to. (dont know if this is true ) Several trawlers from Lowestoft sailed to the rig but were told to stay back although the trawlers did pick up some bodies.

]]> By: Lynne Walker /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1003437 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 18:58:41 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1003437 I was 24 when I lost my 27 year old husband on the Alexander Kielland. It is a story that is virtually forgotten and thanks to our friends in Norway we in the U.K. are joining the fight for the truth of what happened and why there was such a huge loss of life.

]]> By: Jj /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1003422 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:05:49 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1003422 I was out in the North Sea the day this happened I was living on a very similar platform just a few kilometre away and was due home that day .

I will never forget how I felt thinking about the poor souls who perished that day .

]]> By: Karen Nelson /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1002902 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:03:41 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1002902 State of Happiness was a very good drama and it’s depiction of the Alexander Kielland disaster was excellent showing the horror of the situation for these men. Also a good piece of history learnt.

]]> By: Jackie /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1002739 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:29:01 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1002739 Watched State of Happiness and now read up about the disaster. Dramas are a perfect way to inform people of real events.

]]> By: Stephen /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1002571 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 11:26:11 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1002571 My good friends father died in this tragedy… I’m now 56 years… I was then aged 13 years and 6 months… My friend was only 12 years old when he lost his father to the Alexander Kielland… I remember trying to console my friend trying to tell him… Your dad will come home he will be ok… I can remember exactly where we were… Sadly some years later my friend took his own life… This tragedy will remain in my thoughts until my passing day… My friend is always in my thoughts… R.I.P John Snr and John (Sconn) Jnr

]]> By: Rosie /alexander-l-kielland-disaster/#comment-1002281 Sat, 10 Sep 2022 20:54:37 +0000 /?p=69249#comment-1002281 Thank you for this. I have just been watching an episode of “State of Happiness” where this was dramatised. Such a terrible, terrible thing.

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