Norwegians Collection

Gjermundbu Viking Helm. 10th c. Decorative Arts. NORWAY. Oslo. University Museum of National Antiquities. Proc: NORWAY. BUSKERUD. Ringerike

Battle of Stamford Bridg
BATTLE OF STAMFORD BRIDGE Harald Godwinson (Harold, king of England) defeats invading Norwegians under Harald Haardraade

Battle of Svolder / Norway
The Battle of Svolder - the Danes defeated the Norwegians

Love in Twenty-four Languages (colour litho)
8656920 Love in Twenty-four Languages (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Love in Twenty-four Languages)

Morning atmosphere at Holmvassbu, 1915 (painting)
8701493 Morning atmosphere at Holmvassbu, 1915 (painting) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); 100x136 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Reading woman, 1896 (painting)
8861457 Reading woman, 1896 (painting) by Scheel, Signe (1860-1940); 73.5x59.5 cm; KODE, Bergen Billegalleri, Bergen, Norway; (add.info.: Artwork by Signe Scheel (1860-1940)); Photo © O. Vaering.

Light study, 1884 (painting)
8861456 Light study, 1884 (painting) by Scheel, Signe (1860-1940); 62.5x50 cm; Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway; (add.info.: Artwork by Signe Scheel (1860-1940)); Photo © O. Vaering.

Mediterranean, Black Sea and the North East Atlantic, 1548 (vellum)
7340478 Mediterranean, Black Sea and the North East Atlantic, 1548 (vellum) by Maggiolo, Jacopo Vesconte (1475-1549/61); 79x118 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, 1801 (engraving)
7339858 Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, 1801 (engraving) by Gibson, Francis (19th century); 40x45.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Maud of Wales, 1906 (b/w photo)
5305219 Maud of Wales, 1906 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Maud of Wales (1869-1928) was Queen of Norway as spouse of King Haakon VII. Dated 20th Century

Child Tobogganing, 1883 (oil on canvas)
5322478 Child Tobogganing, 1883 (oil on canvas); 56x71 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Barn med kjelke pa isen foran Bogstad gard)

Engraving depicting a Lapland encampment with a man approaching in on skis. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5426222 Engraving depicting a Lapland encampment with a man approaching in on skis. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage.

JoJohn Theodor LUND (1842-1913) Norwegian politician and patriot, shipowner, journalist, and publisher, 1908 (photo)
FGL5503006 JoJohn Theodor LUND (1842-1913) Norwegian politician and patriot, shipowner, journalist, and publisher, 1908 (photo); (add.info)

The Fram, boat of Roal Admunsen for his exploration of the Antarctica, 1929 (illustration)
7422884 The Fram, boat of Roal Admunsen for his exploration of the Antarctica, 1929 (illustration); (add.info.: Geography. Exploration)

Lapland rosebay, Rhododendron lapponicum
5855912 Lapland rosebay, Rhododendron lapponicum; (add.info.: Lapland rosebay, Rhododendron lapponicum. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Norge / Norway: Aandalsnes (coloured photo)
8640845 Norge / Norway: Aandalsnes (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aandalsnes)

Norge / Norway: Tromso (coloured photo)
8640882 Norge / Norway: Tromso (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tromso. Illustration for Norge (Mittet, c.1910).); © Look and Learn.

Norge / Norway: Nordkap (coloured photo)
8640878 Norge / Norway: Nordkap (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nordkap. Illustration for Norge (Mittet, c.1910).); © Look and Learn.

Norge / Norway: Hestmando (coloured photo)
8640875 Norge / Norway: Hestmando (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hestmando)

Norge / Norway: De syv Sostre, Nordland (coloured photo)
8640870 Norge / Norway: De syv Sostre, Nordland (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: De syv Sostre, Nordland)

Norge / Norway: Torghatten (coloured photo)
8640868 Norge / Norway: Torghatten (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Torghatten)

Norge / Norway: De syv Sostre, Nordland (coloured photo)
8640861 Norge / Norway: De syv Sostre, Nordland (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: De syv Sostre, Nordland)

Norge / Norway: Lapper (coloured photo)
8640846 Norge / Norway: Lapper (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lapper. Illustration for Norge (Mittet, c.1910).); © Look and Learn.

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian (coloured photo)
8655488 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, diplomat and humanitarian (coloured photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)

Suphellebrae (b/w photo)
8653674 Suphellebrae (b/w photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Suphellebrae. Illustration for Bergen-Voss-Sogn-Hardanger (Mittet)

Ulvik (b/w photo)
8653673 Ulvik (b/w photo) by Norwegian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ulvik. Illustration for Bergen-Voss-Sogn-Hardanger (Mittet, c.1925).); © Look and Learn.

WW2: Attack by Blenheims of Bomber Command on Herdla aerodrome, Norway, during the combined raid on Vaagso
8639404 WW2: Attack by Blenheims of Bomber Command on Herdla aerodrome, Norway, during the combined raid on Vaagso, 27 December 1941 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

In Norway (colour litho)
8672758 In Norway (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Norway. Children fishing in a fjord)

Sea Adventure: The North-West Passage (colour litho)
8668766 Sea Adventure: The North-West Passage (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The North-West Passage)

Fishers selling fresh fish in the port of Bergen, Norway, 1880 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4827767 Fishers selling fresh fish in the port of Bergen, Norway, 1880 years. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Fishers selling fresh fish in the port of Bergen, Norway)

Portrait of Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, (1864-1934) First to arrive on the Antarctic continent, 1894
NWI4923256 Portrait of Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, (1864-1934) First to arrive on the Antarctic continent, 1894.; (add.info.: Portrait of Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink)

Queen Carolina Matilda (1751-1775), Queen of Denmark and Norway. Portrait within an oval frame
FLO4645643 Queen Carolina Matilda (1751-1775), Queen of Denmark and Norway. Portrait within an oval frame, above a vignette of two weeping children holding a crown being watched by an old hag with a

View of the village of Chuka, Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From Captain Samuel Turner (1759-1802)
FLO4722277 View of the village of Chuka, Tibet. Illustration by Lieutenant Samuel Davis From Captain Samuel Turner (1759-1802) Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet 1800

Male and female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722117 Male and female reindeer, Rangifer tarandus. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722029 Man and woman of Norway in traditional costume. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

View of Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1808. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway
FLO4722003 View of Copenhagen, Denmark, circa 1808. Illustration From Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) Travels through Norway, and Lapland, 1813

A young girl heating Gamalost
3732843 A young girl heating Gamalost; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a young girl heating Gamalost, which translates as 'old cheese', which was a pungent traditional Norwegian cheese)

The milking of a reindeer
3732828 The milking of a reindeer; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the milking of a reindeer in Lapland. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Letter N: antique lettrine, Norwegian, Nice, Nenuphars, Nid. Alphabet illustrates a character in traditional costume
DUV4198328 Letter N: antique lettrine, Norwegian, Nice, Nenuphars, Nid. Alphabet illustrates a character in traditional costume, a famous monument, a plant and an object or an insect

National dress of the peasants of Norway, including a farmer who looks like an Armenian ecclesiastic, 18th century
FLO4623212 National dress of the peasants of Norway, including a farmer who looks like an Armenian ecclesiastic, 18th century

Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume
3077785 Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume; (add.info.: Photographic print of two men in traditional Norman costume. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Eidsvollbygningen (painting)
8861455 Eidsvollbygningen (painting) by Balke, Peder (1804-87) (after); Eidsvollbygningen, Eidsvol, Norway; (add.info.: Artwork by Odegaard copy from Peder Balke)

Waterfall on the River Alten, Norway, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio
FLO4623121 Waterfall on the River Alten, Norway, 18th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

View of sailing ships in the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri
FLO4621744 View of sailing ships in the South Bay of Spitsbergen island, Norway. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient

Section through a dome-shaped Lapp (Sami) fishermen's house, with hearth in centre
FLO4623181 Section through a dome-shaped Lapp (Sami) fishermen's house, with hearth in centre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre

A milkmaid in Normandy
3732493 A milkmaid in Normandy; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a milkmaid in Normandy. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

White spruce tree, Picea glauca, foliage 1 and cone 2, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, foliage 3 and cone 4
FLO4574221 White spruce tree, Picea glauca, foliage 1 and cone 2, and Norway spruce, Picea abies, foliage 3 and cone 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's " Bilderbuch fur

Costume of a Norwegian woman, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from " L'Art
FLO4564919 Costume of a Norwegian woman, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from " L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880

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Norwegians: A Rich Tapestry of History, Art, and Resilience From the fierce Gjermundbu Viking Helm to the epic Battle of Stamford Bridge, they have left an indelible mark on history. Their warrior spirit and love for adventure are evident in every aspect of their culture. The Battle of Svolder stands as a testament to their bravery and determination. It was here that Norwegian warriors clashed with their rivals, leaving a lasting impact on Norway's destiny. Maps depicting the coastal regions of Norway and Sweden from centuries ago reveal the maritime prowess that defined these lands. Exploration was ingrained in the Norwegian spirit, as shown by maps documenting Dutch voyages around the Arctic Circle. These intrepid explorers braved treacherous waters to uncover new territories and expand human knowledge. But they were not only adventurers; they also had a deep reverence for spirituality. The dwelling of Tessaling Lama showcased their respect for religious edifices like Kugopea. Lieutenant Samuel Davis' illustration provides a glimpse into this sacred world during Captain Samuel Turner's embassy to Tibet. Artistic expression flourished among Norwegians too, capturing both serene landscapes and dramatic scenes alike. Paintings such as "On the Watch" depict sailors vigilantly guarding against danger while "Man Overboard" showcases their unwavering courage in rescuing fellow seafarers. Nature played an integral role in shaping Norwegian life, with snow-covered houses nestled within picturesque landscapes evoking tranquility despite harsh winters. Yet storms would occasionally rage across these lands, testing their resilience but never breaking their spirits. Amidst this rich tapestry is also the simple beauty found in everyday life - captured perfectly by paintings like "Girl with Cat. " It reminds us that amidst grand tales of battles and exploration lies ordinary moments filled with warmth and joy. Norwegians embody strength forged through adversity - from ancient Vikings to modern-day citizens.