Number of Norwegians Dying in Thailand Doubled

From 2005 to 2006 the number of Norwegians dying in Thailand almost doubled.

Sex and alcohol are to blame

OSLO, Norway: -- In 2006 30 Norwegians died in Thailand. 30 out of a 4.5 million population might not seem like a big number. However, the number of Norwegians dying in Thailand has grown considerably from 14 in 2005 to 30 in 2006, Norwegian daily, VG, reports.

Only four of the 30 were women. The majority were men aged 60+. The cause of death might be stated as cardiac arrest, but some men die while having sex. According to the travel insurance company Europeiske’s Bangkok office, older men buying Viagra or other kind of potency medicine without consulting a doctor run a considerable risk.

Not all die from cardiac arrest or die a so called natural death. Some commit suicide. Scientist Fredrik Walby of the section for suicide research and prevention at the University of Oslo believes that alcohol is to blame for some of the suicides in Thailand.

“Many commit suicide while under the influence of alcohol, as you become more impulsive, when you are drinking. Alcohol itself can trigger a crisis and make you more likely to commit suicide,” Fredrik Walby tells VG.

Consul Lill Vaksdal of the Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok has another explanation for the rise in deaths of Norwegians in Thailand. “The fact that we travel more and that more old-age pensioner wish to spend 5-6 months a year in Thailand is one of the reasons why the number has increased,” she explains.

Lill Vaksdal informs that none of the deaths of the 30 Norwegians in 2006 are being investigated by the police. The death of John Terry Petersen from Aust-Agder in Norway, who was shot dead on Koh Samui last month, is being investigated by police. However, his death is not of the 30, as John Terry Petersen was a Danish citizen.

-- ScandAsia.com 2007-01-18

###### , didn't they just give Thailand a prize ..............................

They sure did.

See here.

Perhaps this is why.

Well drinking bit is most likely cause...

So some of these men die whilst having sex. Many thai ladies weigh as little as 40kg, yet to find farang men over 100kg is really not uncommon. Could this be why thai ladies like to keep their mobiles within reach?

Leaping lutefisk, Thailand has become the hub of Norske cardiac arrest whilst having sex.

So some of these men die whilst having sex.

Well if one had a way to choose to how go......

Oh, how do you disengage from a stiff corpse?

Oh, how do you disengage from a stiff corpse?

First of all, like most things, it doesn't go stiff in an instant.

Secondly, the stiffness is gone again after about 24 hours.

Oh, how do you disengage from a stiff corpse?

First of all, like most things, it doesn't go stiff in an instant.

Secondly, the stiffness is gone again after about 24 hours.

But, if you were forced to disengage, wouldn't it have to be stiff in order to be forced to disengage?

Lovely plumage, the Norwegian Blue....

###### , didn't they just give Thailand a prize ..............................

They critera they voted on was probably beer price and availability, however the question was posed. "Value for Tourist dollar" to many, equals cheap beer.

Nice to see that quality tourist = hard drinking womanising scandies these days. Certainly sounds better than drunken british sex tourists.

I noticed that they had a "High QualityTourist" here on Thai Visa last week (just the one apparantly). He wrote "I have just left the fetid pit that is Patong"!!!!!!!!

For the record, I and many others batted well for Patong and he didn't come back.

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Lill Vaksdal informs that none of the deaths of the 30 Norwegians in 2006 are being investigated by the police. The death of John Terry Petersen from Aust-Agder in Norway, who was shot dead on Koh Samui last month, is being investigated by police. However, his death is not of the 30, as John Terry Petersen was a Danish citizen.

-- ScandAsia.com 2007-01-18

I don't recall hearing about that shooting. Was there a thread here on that? Just did a search on the Forum using that name and came up with nothing.