The web site provides information about the project as well as articles, photos and other material related to the accident.

The web site address is: kielland.industriminne.no

Search the Memorial Bank for the Alexander L Kielland accident

The museum has collaborated with the university library in Stavanger, which has published five digital books with notes from conversations with people who were affected in various ways by the accident.

The books form the basis for the Memorial Bank related dto the accident. Here you will find stories and notes from more than 300 people. This material has been collected over several years and from various projects about the Kielland accident.

The work continued in the documentation project, and the Memorial Bank is continuously updated with new contributions. The books are now searchable,  which makes it easier to find information about specific people or topics.

Search for documents in the Digital Archive
On the new web site you will find a link to search in the Digital Archive, where over 200 000 pages of material related to the Alexander L Kielland accident have now been digitized.

The National Archives of Norway has collaborated with the museum to make more documents about the accident available and searchable in the Digital Archive. Several reports that until recently were restricted are now open to everyone.

Here you will find various types of information, i.a. interview with survivors, board minutes and supporting reports from the investigation of the accident.

Send us information!
The web sites are under development and will be regularly updated with new material throughout 2024. If you would like propose material that you think should be included here, we appreciate if you contact us via e-mail: else@norskolje.museum.no

About the documentation project
In autumn 2021, Norwegian authorities allocated NOK 8 million to a three-year documentation project about the accident. The project is carried out by the Norwegian Petroleum Museum.

The accident occurred on 27 March 1980. A total of 123 people died and 89 people survived when the rig accident occurred near the Edda platform at the Ekofisk field in the North Sea.

The project’s mandate is:

• To collect documentation and obtain and make available knowledge about the Alexander L. Kielland accident that can shed light on the case and form the basis for research projects, articles, exhibitions, books, cultural activities, etc.
• To help ensure that relatives, survivors and others affected after the accident feel seen, heard and taken seriously – and that, as far as possible, they get answers to questions.