Utøya is an island in the Tyrifjorden lake in Hole municipality, in the county of Buskerud, Norway. The island is 10.6 hectares, situated 500 metres off the shore, by the E16 road, about 20 km driving
Utøya
The ferry MS Thorbjørn at the arrival pier at Utøya. The nearest white-painted house is one of the original houses on the island.
The place of memorial is called Lysninga ("the clearing"); a part of it is Ringen ["the ring"].
The Workers' Youth League is Norway's largest political youth organization and is affiliated with the Norwegian Labour Party.
Utøya
…distance south of Hønefoss, and 38 km (24 mi) northwest of Oslo city centre. The 2011 Utøya mass shooting took place on the island. Utøya is owned by the Workers' Youth League (AUF), a youth group associated with the Labour Party, which holds an annual summer camp there. The island is operated commercially by Utøya AS…
A woman wearing a Labour Party t-shirt with an AUF pin on 31 August 2013