The ceremonial first shoveling of the hospital site was performed by children from the Skytterhusfjellet kindergarten in May 2014. We joined Sofia, Savva, Camilla and Patrikas when they returned to Andrevann to continue the work they started this spring.

Camilla would like to see the new hospital coloured pink. We think she might be conspiring with the colour consultant from the old hospital © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen

All of the groundbreakers would like to become police officers when they grow up. We don’t know what the Kirkenes police force has done to get such an astonishing recruitment rate © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen

Camilla thinks the most important job in a hospital is to repair people © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen

Patrikas thinks the new hospital might also come in handy if you have destroyed your nose or eye © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen

To summarise, the quartet was unanimous that there should be pink walls and yellow walls, but inside it should be blue. On the outside it should be pink and yellow and purple and the roof should be purple and with a yellow door. © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen