Tuesday, 1 September 2020

The view over to Kronborg castle tonight

 This first September 2020 evening offered this view over to Kronborg

 castle on the Danish side of Öresund.



Monday, 31 August 2020

Schooners and galeases stuck in the ice (1871)

 The winter of 1871 was cold in Denmark. These seven Danish schooners and galeases were stuck in the ice off Aarhus in January that winter. My colorization of an image in the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark archive. The museum gives the names of four of the ships: The galeas Sophie, the 2-masted schooner Thales, the galeas Elisabeth and the 2-masted schooner Kirstine, all from Aarhus.

You can see crew members standing in front of some of the ships.
"A galeas is a type of small trade vessel that was common in the Baltic Sea and North Sea from the 17th to the early 20th centuries"
(Wikipedia).





Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Portrait of a Norwegian lady

 Portrait of a lady by Oslo photographer Gustav Borgen (1865 - 1922). My colorization of an image in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive. The photo is not dated, but I think Borgen shot it ab. 1905 - 1910. Other suggestions are welcome.


Monday, 24 August 2020

Icelandic horses at the Kulla Gunnarstorp manor

 The Icelandic horses at the neighbouring Kulla Gunnarstorp manor enjoy the August summer evening.







Saturday, 15 August 2020

Ready for the garden party *1900)

 Ready for the garden party. Norwegian photographer Gustav Borgen´s (ab.) 1900 photo of Mr. and Mrs. Lundh. My colorization of the original in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive.


Friday, 14 August 2020

Saturday, 8 August 2020

The sunset the other night

 Another nice Öresund sunset the other day here in Hittarp.