Fishing was the main source of livelihood in the area where I grew up. In my village, as at other places along the Arctic coast of northern Norway, it had been for centuries carried out from a boat called nordlandsbåt (literally, ‘northland boat’). Though the oar and sail powered boat varied in size, from 4.5 to 14 m, the construction was essentially the same: an open and clinker-built keeled vessel ...

This article provides an exposé of the life and work of Anatoliy Yevgenyevich Geynts, in Norway known as Anatol Heintz. Heintz was born and raised in St Petersburg, became a Russian refugee after the revolutionary events in Russia in 1917–1918, and ended up in Norway with his family. Later Heintz became renowned in the world of science as a Professor, Academician, and one of the founding fathers ...

Simone de Beauvoir og Jean Améry har skrevet avgjørende verk innen aldringens fenomenologi som avdekker sentrale sider ved den aldrendes erfaring av kropp og tid. Begge mener at det innskrenkede handlingsrommet og den forkortede fremtidshorisonten som alderdommen medfører, truer livets meningsfullhet. Dette hviler imidlertid på premisset om at det meningsfulle livet utfolder seg som ungdommelighet, ...

Den 12. juli 1893 seilte et vikingskip inn på havna i Chicago, et knapt halvår etter at det var sjøsatt i Sandefjord. Skipet var en tro kopi av Gokstadskipet, og anledningen var verdensutstillingen til minne om Colombus` "oppdagelse" av Amerika 400 år tidligere. Ankomsten ble slått stort opp på forsida av The Chicago Tribune, og seilasen figurerte i amerikanske og norske aviser i ukesvis. Hvordan ...

Perioden 1596-1648 markerer regjeringstiden for kong Christian IV. I første del av hans tid på den dansknorske tronen er det konfliktene i nordområdene som står i fokus for kongens innenriks- og utenrikspolitikk. Ett periodeskille innen denne første halvdel av kongens tid på tronen er 1613 som markerer utgangen på Kalmarkrigen. Fredsslutningene fikk stor betydning for Nord-Norge og for viktigheten ...

Imagine, for a moment, that there are no borders, geopolitical tensions, political conflicts, or stringent visa regimes; a world where trails and paths fork out uninterrupted by states haunted by manifest anxieties over territory, sovereignty, and the reverberations of political cartography. In such a world, it would be possible for you, provided you possess extraordinary stamina, determination, and ...

In this discussion I want to focus the spotlight on what Historia Norwegiae (hereafter H.N.) reports on relations in the Far North, on the Sámi and on the interaction between Norwegians and Sámi, as well as additional peoples further to the east in the North Calotte.2 I shall concentrate on a summary of the peoples who were perceived, to a greater or lesser extent, as standing outside the Norse, ...

The first time I visited the Lenin Mausoleum was on an autumn day in 1971. Leaves blew over Red Square, and down in the sarcophagus Lenin was lying in dim illumination, immaculately dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and a red necktie. Despite his attire he made a dismal impression with his yellow, parchment-like skin. 20 years later Soviet society dissolved, without Lenin being offered a decent ...

The paper dwells upon everyday life, Soviet prisoners of war and Norwegians' memories during the Second World War in northern Norway. Characteristics of the ideological war against the Soviet Union, mistreatment of Soviet prisoners of war, civilian forced labour in northern Norway, Norwegians memories and contact with the Soviet prisoners, the politics of memory and repatriation are demonstrated. ...

A scientific field is a constant process, and, as all processes, it is defined by dialectics, since standpoints are only defined in opposition to something else. Saami archaeology is no exception, and this field emerged precisely because of oppositions, when political conflicts enforced the realization of a lack of consideration of the Saami presence in the prevailing understanding of the past in ...