Bjørn Terje Axelsen death, Digi Mart USA News (Norway): Bjørn Terje Axelsen, 47, died on November 5 after a few weeks of serious illness, the family confirmed to VG. He was known from the TV series “Tangerudbakken borettslag.”
In a Facebook post, his older sister, Kristin Axelsen, said he died at home in Tangerudbakken, surrounded by his closest family and staff. She described it as a difficult but peaceful ending and thanked the staff at Tangerudbakken for their care.
The documentary series “Tangerudbakken borettslag” premiered on TVNorge in 2009 and followed the daily lives of a group of people with functional differences who lived in the Tangerudbakken housing cooperative in Stovner, Oslo. It ran until 2018, according to the source.
The series followed residents’ friendships, romantic lives, work, leisure activities and everyday challenges. It was a major audience success and was praised for its warmth, humor and its challenge to prejudice against people with intellectual disabilities.
It won several Gullruten awards, and several residents became well-known TV personalities.
Axelsen had Down syndrome and was known as a good-humored person with a great fondness for Captain Sabretooth. He also worked as a caretaker’s assistant.
His sister wrote that he will live on in memories, photographs, words, expressions and in their hearts. She said the family plans to raise a flag at Høgtun on July 31, 2027, in his memory, describing him as “the most perfect of us all” and “the very best.”
