UTVIKA, Norway — Survivors of a massacre that claimed the lives of 69 people in Norway last month carried flowers to the site of the killings yesterday, laughter blending with tears as they remembered the joys of an island youth camp that turned into a scene of horror.

Up to 1,000 survivors and relatives traveled to Utoya, accompanied by police and medical staff, to face the painful memories of the July 22 shooting spree by right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik.

Their visit yesterday followed a similar arrangement on Friday, when around 500 relatives of the deceased came to honor their loved ones.

Many who returned to the island lit candles and laid handwritten notes in memory of their friends at the sites where they were shot.

Eskil Pedersen, the leader of the party’s youth organization, said, “It was incredibly good to see them [the survivors] smiling again on Utoya.”