Petter Stordalen says Gunhild considering euthanasia and roses for courage and openness – kjendis.no

(Dagbladet): Today launched Petter Stordalen his first book. “I’ll tell you my secret” is not high valley’s story about what he has done, but the story of how hotel king performed their feats, laws Aller Publishing, which publishes the book.

In the book he reveals news about his and his wife Gunhild Great Valley battle against her illness, and in the chapter “Switzerland”, he writes that his wife will not live as a slave of the disease and that she quietly has begun to prepare for the worst.

“That’s why she named Switzerland”, explains Stordalen.

Switzerland is the only country in Europe that allows foreigners to request physician-assisted termination of life. This is illegal in Norway, as in most other countries. Stordalen would not comment on the case beyond what is written in his book.

– If I were to write an honest book, I was forced to share difficult discussions and unpleasant issues that have surfaced along the way. In the book I have written about it in a way I can vouch for. More I have not attributing, he says in an interview with Our Country.

Euthanasia

He also tells the newspaper that the future of his wife Gunhild still uncertain. Still, he must await and see if his wife’s health ever be what it was.

– Illness nature so that it goes a bit up and down slightly. Some periods are good, some are bad. We are on a journey that we do not know if will take twelve or eighteen months, and that way it will be. We just have to wait and see, he says

Humanetiker and former chairman of the association Right to a Dignified Death, Levi Fragell, roses Petter Stordalen for his openness about his wife’s illness and the possibilities for treatment in Switzerland .

– I perceive it clearly so that Petter says that euthanasia is a respectable and dignified solution, if you come here that there is no other way of life. And I will give him full credit for daring to go out with as he has done, atpåtil in the Christian newspaper Our Country. It is very brave and very important, said Fragell.

A crucial vote

He says the fight to legalize euthanasia is dependent on strong and prolific voices Petter Great Valley, to gain momentum and become a topic of current at the highest political level.

– It is precisely such voices that are going to decide. When active and clear votes stands up and says that we must think anew, so it sends powerful signals. Gradually, many highly respected international figures exited and said that euthanasia is one way to go. Great Valley statements hope I will actualize the theme further, Fragell to.

He let out a fiery declaration of support for Stordalen on Facebook Saturday morning, where he said they ‘proud’ of Greater Valley statements.

– I have received very much positive feedback on it, quit Fragell.

In the book Clarify also Stordalen myths about themselves and tell about their own ups and downs in life journey from being strawberries sell in Porsgrunn to be business man with a fortune of capital is estimated to be 13.5 billion.

Dagbladet has tried to contact Petter Stordalen Saturday. He did not want to give any comments beyond what is written in the book.