Photos from Northern Norway: A photo blog

Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2008. Click image for larger view.
We had another day with strong winds from the northwest, but today I dared taking my camera outside for a few photos of the great waves.
In this picture you can see some seagulls sailing on the strong winds. It looked like the […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera January 31st 2008. Click image for larger view.
In this black and white picture you can see the house that I grew up in. It is located at the tip of a small headland called Laupstad, one of the most idyllic places in Northern Norway (in my humble opinion).
The cloud […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera May 3rd 2007. Click image for larger view.
Time for a picture from the spring to remind ourselves of warmer times to come
The Primula got it’s name from the Latin word Primus that means “the first one”. It got it’s name because it is one of the first […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera October 28th 2007. Click image for larger view.
The days are definitely getting shorter here in Northern Norway! I took this picture 4 PM in the “evening”.
I really love this scene with the combination of mountain and sea (and of course the boatsheds).
A similar scene, in a spring setting, can […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera on February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
In this photo you see the house where I lived my first 12 years. It looks very idyllic in this winter scenery, doesn’t it? The place where the house stands is called “Solhaug”. In English it would be called something like […]

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Taken with Olympus E500 digital camera February 15th 2007. Click image for larger view.
I really liked the rural look on this row of boathouses. The grass roof doesn’t hurt the scene with it’s old look. Boathouses like this represent the old fishing culture here in Norway in a good way. I hope people will take […]

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