Dagbladet has been called by several people who wonder what the fuss is about.
– The sound came from everywhere. Everyone in the block was standing with their head out of the window, says a tipster.
The Oslo police confirm that they have received several reports of banging this evening, but:
– This is a larger, pre-announced fireworks display from vessels and barges out in Oslo Harbour, they reassure X.
#Oslo #OsloHavn We are receiving several reports of explosions, this is a larger pre-announced fireworks display from vessels and barges out in Oslo Harbour.
— OPS Police Oslo (@oslopolitiops) March 1, 2024
Operations manager Line Skott adds that the fireworks were launched from two vessels and a barge out in the harbour, in connection with an event at the Ekeberg restaurant.
– This was reported in advance, but despite this, we received a lot of phone calls when it was sent up. It is good to the extent that we have citizens who are vigilant, says Skott to Dagbladet.
She says that things have now calmed down with telephones.
Birthday child
It is the businessman Christian Ringnes who has been celebrated with a surprise birthday at the Ekeberg restaurant this evening, in connection with his 70th birthday.
According to See and listen Ringnes is not supposed to have had anything to do with the planning of the party, and was “both happy, surprised and a little touched by the secret and extravagant birthday party”.
Ringnes owns the Ekeberg restaurant, and has spent over half a billion on the sculpture park which is right next door.
BIRTHDAY CHILD: Businessman and investor, Christian Ringnes. Photo: Andreas Fadum / Se og Hør Show more
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As well as giving notice, several have taken to social media to express their dissatisfaction with the loud bangs.
Under The X message to Oslo’s 110 central, where they reported the fireworks at 12.00 today, several believe that they were not sufficiently informed.
– So unnecessary to scare animals and birds with fireworks, writes one user.
– Why frighten the lives of animals and birds? writes another.
City council representative for Oslo SV, Ola Wolff Elvevold, has also taken the floor.
– The fact that we have a set of regulations for fireworks which in practice gives a right to light up as many as you like, as long as you don’t set fire to the city, is completely distasteful, he writes.
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When Oslo newspaper ask if it is common to get permission to set off fireworks on a normal day in the center of Oslo, the head of communications at the Oslo Fire and Rescue Service, Sigurd Folgerø Dalen, replies:
– We manage a regulation and legislation that is about safety, and not about noise and knock-on effects. When a pyrotechnic company presents a plan where all safety parameters are taken care of, and all boxes are checked off, we have to give permission.