Paul Rørset's coffin was taken on a procession from his childhood home to the place where he worked, where it was joined by his former colleagues in full uniform, before being carried to the church.
"He said that he wanted it, but he said it almost as a joke," his daughter Jeanette Rørset told TV2. "But the ambulance service was such an important part of his life, and he worked around the clock, so we decided to do it."
Arild Kirkeland, the local undertaker, used the same company which paints the local ambulances in the area to decorate the coffin.
"They were a little skeptical of the mission at first, but later they found it quite fun," he said.
The pastor at Otrøy church, where Paul was buried, was also a little skeptical, but was gradually talked around by Kirkeland.
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