Editing Preikestolen (section)

===Safety===
The authorities have opted not to install fencing or other safety devices as they felt it would detract from the site and the fact that fatalities at the site are extremely rare, despite having hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.<ref name="oct2013">{{Cite news |last1=Knutsen |first1=Håvard T. |last2=Stenberg, Inger Johanne |date=9 October 2013 |title=– Vi har alltid fryktet at dette kunne skje |language=Norwegian |publisher=NRK |url=http://www.nrk.no/rogaland/har-fryktet-fall-fra-preikestolen-1.11288826 |access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> Furthermore, there were concerns that fences or other devices might encourage dangerous behavior such as climbing onto the fences. [[Norway|Norwegian]] authorities have stated that "we cannot fence in all nature in this country".<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kagda |first1=Sakina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVZmDwAAQBAJ |title=Norway |last2=Cooke |first2=Barbara |last3=Nevins |first3=Debbie |date=July 2016 |publisher=Cavendish Square Publishing LLC |edition=Third |location=New York, NY |pages=11 |isbn=9781502618498 |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref>

According to local press the first accidental death occurred in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norway's Preikestolen closed to visitors after fatality |url=https://www.thelocal.no/20200722/norways-preikestolen-closed-to-visitors-after-fatality/ |website=The Local - Norway's News in English|date=22 July 2020 }}</ref> There have been incidents of suicide and attempted suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inngikk dødspakt |url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=5586471 |website=VG| date=23 February 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ville hoppe fra Prekestolen |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2004/10/26/412475.html |website=dagbladet.no|date=26 October 2004 }}</ref>