On 8 May, Counselor of the Embassy of Ukraine in Norway Ihor Holovchenko took part in a ceremony to commemorate the resistance fighters executed in the Trandum forest by the German occupation forces during World War II. Out of 194 members of the resistance movement, at least three were Ukrainians. The event was attended by H.M. King Harald V and H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon.

Together with the Crown Prince of Norway and the British Ambassador to Norway, Ihor Holovchenko laid a wreath at the memorial to the fallen.

In their speeches at the ceremony, representatives of the Norwegian authorities repeatedly mentioned Ukraine’s current fight against Russian aggression for freedom, security and democracy throughout Europe.