A man was found dead near a cliff in Kjærrane, Kristiansand, on Saturday evening, according to multiple reports. The police hypothesis is that it was a climbing accident, and evidence secured supports this hypothesis, according to Anders Knutsen, investigation leader at Agder police district. Relatives have been notified in the Kristiansand case.
Hikers found the body Saturday evening at 18:44, multiple reports indicate. Ambulance, doctor, and police responded, but the man was declared dead at the scene, according to those reports. The site is in challenging terrain, an hour's walk from the nearest road, multiple reports state.
Police are on site Sunday morning to document the incident, multiple reports confirm. They are securing climbing equipment left at the cliff, with assistance from the fire department, according to Tom Einar Gausdal, operations leader at Agder police district. Forensic technicians are mapping the site in detail, multiple reports indicate, and police are using a drone to film and document the area, Gausdal said.
The climbing community in Kristiansand is affected by the death.
Police have a clear idea of the man's identity but are working to confirm it with high standards, according to Anders Knutsen. They are considering an autopsy in the Kristiansand case, Knutsen added. Police have not determined exactly when the accident happened, according to the police.
Police have spoken to the hikers who found the body, according to Anders Knutsen. They are mapping movements in the area before the discovery, the police said.
According to NRK Nyheter, Lars Erik Omland, leader of Christianssand Klatreklubb, described the climbing community in Kristiansand as affected by the death. He also described that the Christianssand Klatreklubb did not have organized climbing in the area over the weekend. According to NRK Nyheter, Omland described the cliff as often used by club members, but it can be challenging with an overhang. According to NRK Nyheter, he described climbing as normally a safe sport with few accidents in the area.
The Christianssand Klatreklubb did not have organized climbing in the area over the weekend.
In a separate case, a missing man was found dead outdoors east of Kramfors. The man was found a couple of kilometers from his residence, according to an official source. No crime is suspected in the Kramfors case, the police said.
In Karlstad, the search for a missing man continued after the weekend east of Klarälven, according to police. The Home Guard has assisted police since Sunday morning, and Missing People was called in on Monday afternoon, research indicates. More than 100 people joined to participate in Missing People's search effort on Monday evening, research shows. The man was last seen when he left his residence on Jägartorpet in Karlstad on Saturday evening, police said.
Police currently suspect no crime in connection with his disappearance, according to police. They appeal to the public not to go out into the forest themselves to search for the missing man, but to contact Missing People so the search is organized, police said.
The cliff is often used by club members, but can be challenging with an overhang.
Also in Karlstad, reports came in during the morning about a man with what is described as deviant behavior, who made verbal statements that people reacted to but had no weapon or similar item on him, according to police. The person has now left the area, police said. Police patrols are on site to search for the person and for safety purposes, but the assessment is that the situation is calm and there is no danger to the public at all, police stated. Police continue to search the central parts of Karlstad to locate the person in question, they added. Police have finished in the area, with ongoing investigation measures, according to police. The person is reported to have expressed some form of threat towards people near the school, leading to a report for unlawful threat against a group with currently unknown suspect, police said.
In other police matters, a man in his 70s has been arrested and detained overnight suspected of rape against a woman in her 50s in Sunne, according to police. In Torsby, a man in his 60s is arrested suspected of threatening and assaulting a woman in her 80s, with no information on whether she sought medical care but injuries are not serious, police said. The man in Torsby has been detained overnight after a prosecutor's decision, police confirmed. In Sunne, a report came in that a man assaulted another man with a weapon, hitting him in the head causing a hematoma; the man in his 50s is detained in absentia, police said. That man has been found and is now detained suspected of aggravated assault, according to police.
Regarding traffic incidents, a male driver in his 20s is stopped on Cordvägen in Älvenäs/Vålberg, Karlstad, suspected of reckless driving, aggravated unauthorized driving, and failing to stop at a police signal, having tried to flee initially and on foot, police said. The driver in Karlstad had a revoked driver's license and the vehicle had a driving ban, according to police. In Karlstad, a teenage boy is stopped trying to enter a bar using another person's ID, involving two boys born in 2008, police reported. In Munkfors, a 15-year-old boy is reported for drug-impaired driving and minor drug offense for own use after being stopped in his A-tractor, police said.
Climbing is normally a safe sport with few accidents in the area.
Additional incidents include security guards arresting a man in his 30s at a bar in Tingvallastaden, Karlstad, suspected of assaulting a woman in her 20s, according to police. A car fire occurred in Sundsfall, Hagfors, police reported.
Other missing person cases with no recent updates include a man in his 40s who was found dead after a search in Steinsfjellet/Lutsifjellet/Dybingen in Sandnes, multiple reports indicate. A man in his 60s has been reported missing from Hallsberg since Friday, April 3, multiple reports state. Research shows that Cyrus, 35, is missing since February 12, 2026, last seen in Utansjö; Michael, 57, is missing since sometime between mid-November and early December 2025, last seen in Svenljunga; Pernilla, 51, is missing since January 19, 2026, last seen in Skoghall around 23:30; Karin, 39, is missing since November 20, 2025, last seen in Östhammar around 13:00; and Matilda, 34, is missing since autumn 2024, last seen in Mjölby.
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