Groom swims to wedding

Name: Groom swims to wedding
Uploaded: 2015-07-31T07:21:47.000Z
Duration: 26 s
Description: A Norwegian groom swims across a fjorde to reach his bride for their wedding at a lighthouse.

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A keen swimmer has swum to his wedding on the Norwegian island of Lyngør.

Trygve Bernhardsen, 79, wearing swimming trunks and a bow tie, braved cold and rain to cross a fjorde and reach his bride, Ellen Hertzberg.

James Menendez reports.

Europe

31 July 2015