It's a macabre count.
Norwegian rescue services found a seventh body in the rubble on Sunday and identified the body of a two-year-old girl after a landslide on Friday north-east of Oslo, police said.
“The hope of finding survivors in the landslide area is still there.
So it is still a rescue operation until it is decided otherwise, ”police official Bjørn Christian Willersrud told an early evening press conference.
Residents have placed candles near the site of the disaster.
Among the seven bodies found, five have been identified, that of a 31-year-old man discovered on January 1, a 54-year-old woman and her 29-year-old son as well as a 40-year-old man and his two year old girl.
Police released a list on Friday with the names of ten missing persons, two children and eight adults.
The earth subsided early on December 30 in Ask, in the municipality of Gjerdrum, 25 km northeast of Oslo, dragging with it ten houses and 31 dwellings, and causing the evacuation of a thousand of people.
At the start of the operation early Wednesday, the emergency services had been able to save several people by hoisting them.
"I have trouble finding things to say, because it's absolutely horrible"
The emergency services, which received a visit from the royal couple and the crown prince at midday, are also working to recover pets.
After meeting the rescue teams, King Harald, Queen Sonja and Prince Haakon gathered in the church in Gjerdrum, where they lit candles for the victims, before chatting with survivors.
"I find it difficult to find things to say, because it is absolutely horrible", declared the sovereign, obviously very touched, at the end of the visit.
The earth that has slipped is a specific clay, present in Norway and Sweden, which can fluidize and collapse quickly.
But the probability of a similar landslide in the region remains low, estimates the Norwegian Directorate of Water and Energy (NVE).
On his recommendation, the authorities decided to reduce the evacuation zone, allowing several people to return to their homes.
On site, we can see a gaping hole, on the hillside, with debris of houses partially covered with snow that fell since the disaster.
Most of the evacuees, staying in nearby hotels, cannot return home because the terrain remains unstable.
It crumbled again during the night from Friday to Saturday.