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The grand opening of the the exhibition ‘Ocean Fishing — Six Trips on the North Atlantic’ was very successful with around sixty people showing up, including the Danish ambassador in Sweden, people from the Icelandic Embassy, and Faroese people living in Sweden. The managing director of the Sjöhistoriska Maritime Museum, Hans-Lennart Ohlsson, was enthusiastic and looking forward to host the exhibition for seven months – with the opportunity to reach out to schools and the general public during the fall.
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The exhibition allows the Sweden-Faroe Society to highlight the conditions under which fishermen at sea are working. “It’s exciting to see the photos and imagine the sound of the engines, the huge gears and the constant movement of the vessels,” said chairman Ms. Nanna Hermansson. “A workplace at sea is something very special and requires a lot of effort from both the skipper and the crew.”
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Me myself, Heri Eysturlíð and his friend Anna Maria, my husband and co-author of ‘Images’ Búi Tyril
Mats Wallenius, chairman for the Nordic Society in Sweden, and Nanna Hermansson, chairman for the Sweden-Faroe Society
Here I am talking with Ellen Nissen and Tom Risdahl Jensen, the Danish ambassador in Sweden
Sören Hallberg, representative of the Sweden-Faroe Society talking with the artist Lena Wellander
My parents Inga and Meinhard drove all the way from Gothenburgh to participate at the grand opening.
The background information posters attracted many people
Visitors viewing photos of harvesting northern shrimp off Greenland
Visitor viewing photos of pelagic trawling for herring, southeast of Iceland.
Faroese Tórálv Christophersen and his Swedish wife, living in Sweden for many years.
The managing director of the Sjöhistoriska Maritime Museum, Hans-Lennart Ohlsson and the chairman of the Sweden-Faroe Society Nanna Hermansson
