"One year turned into fourteen. Fortunately."

My biggest mistake as a journalist was one February day in 2014: I had gone to Oslo City Hall to cover the announcement of what would become Utøya's national memorial site after July 22. I had myself lost a close friend in the Government Quarter, and when I saw the winning design, where Swedish artist Jonas Dahlgren wanted to cut a headland jutting out into Tyrifjorden in two, I thought: Yes, that's exactly how it feels. To the jury, and to thos…