The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 05:28, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non notable biography per ONE EVENT and WP:NOT#NEWS. He is only covered in news sources because he was unfortunate to be killed in action. He only has an article on Norwegian wikipedia because it is a tragedy to them. If he hadn't have died I ask, would any sources even mention a young soldier? So he was a young Norwegian soldier who happened to one of the few from his country who got killed. Tragic and newsworthy, but encyclopedia worthy? It might be different if he was a general or even an officer of some ranking who had a notable military career. But if you whittle down the condolences from various people and that he was "well liked" you are left with a non notable biography because he was only notable for one incident. He could be briefly mentioned in a Norwegian army or even Norwegian forces in Afghanistan article but this fails our biography requirements. If it doesn't then it would become acceptable to have an article on any soldier who died in a conflict regardless of ranking. Whilst there are reliable sources that exist mentioning this solider because he died, I really think this becomes invalid when it is based on One event. We are not a newspaper.
The article also claims: Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said that "While we always know that this mission can be dangerous, the loss of a Norwegian soldier really into me." Really?
What I propose we do is instead create an article Norwegian forces in Afghanistan and mention the event. That would be the appropriate thing to do amidst other information on the forces in the country and history which rarely gets reported in the world press. That would be more useful to an encyclopedia. ‡ Himalayan ‡ ΨMonastery 20:25, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]