Overview
- The funeral took place Tuesday morning at Nordre Ål church in Lillehammer with a packed congregation that included teammates such as Sturla Holm Lägreid and Johan-Olav Botn.
- Norway’s men’s team traveled from Ruhpolding to attend and planned to return to Germany the same evening to resume World Cup competition, while many women’s team members stayed due to scheduled races.
- At the family’s request there was no live television coverage and press access inside the church was limited.
- A small memorial service was held at a chapel in Ruhpolding for those unable to travel to Norway.
- Authorities continue to investigate after Bakken was found on December 23 in his hotel room at the Lavazè training camp in South Tyrol, and no cause of death has been announced.