Scandinavia Collection (#21)

A wedding procession on boats, Norway. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian, c1840 (1956). A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

The Harp Player, 1900
The Harp Player. And he gave me a harp of gold to play when I was sorrowful. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1900

The Grandfathers Blessing, mid 19th century (1882). A print from The Magazine of Art Vol V, Cassell, Peter, Galpin and Company, Limited, 1882

Market boats, Helsinki, Finland. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Market boats, Helsinki, Finland. Stereoscopic card detail

Packing prize butter for the European markets, Hasley, Denmark. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Packing prize butter for the European markets, Hasley, Denmark. Stereoscopic card detail

Copenhagen, Denmark. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Copenhagen, Denmark. Stereoscopic card detail

Cityscape, Stockholm, Sweden. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Cityscape, Stockholm, Sweden. Stereoscopic card detail

Man on a cliff overlooking Naeroyfjord, Sogne, Norway. Artist: Bert Underwood
Man on a cliff overlooking Naeroyfjord, Sogne, Norway. Stereoscopic card detail

Council chamber of King Oscar II, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Council chamber of King Oscar II, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. Oscar II was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907. Stereoscopic card detail

Odda, Hardangerfjord, Norway. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Odda, Hardangerfjord, Norway. Stereoscopic card detail

Karl Johans Street and Royal Palace, Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Karl Johans Street and Royal Palace, Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Stereoscopic card detail

A Fire was Always Burning on His Hearth, 1901. From Hans Andersons Fairy Tales. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

The Galoshes of Fortune, 1901. From Hans Andersons Fairy Tales. A print from The Magazine of Art, Cassell and Company, Limited, 1901

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish poet and author of fairy tales, 1875. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen (1805-1875) is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales

Lapp children looking at a globe, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Swedish musician, 1936. Artist: Donald McLeish
Swedish musician, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Scandinavian girl wearing candle headdress on St Lucys Day, 1936. Artist: Fox
Scandinavian girl wearing candle headdress on St Lucys Day, 1936. The Santa Lucia festival, also known as St Lucys Day, is a Christian event based on Viking custom and takes place on December 13

A great Viking, c1920. Artist: Hermanus Koekkoek
A great Viking, 19th century. A Victorian portrait of Rorik or Hrorek (c810-880AD), a Jutish Viking

Naerodal Pass, Norway, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
Naerodal Pass, Norway, 1893. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893)

North Cape, Norway, 1893. Artist: John L Stoddard
North Cape, Norway, 1893. Illustration from Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Cities, Scenes and Paintings, (The Werner Company, Chicago, c1893)

Peasants at the end of the harvest, Sweden, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Peasants at the end of the harvest, Sweden, c1890. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes, (a work on the people and costumes of Norway and Sweden), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

A house in Dalarna, Sweden, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
A house in Dalarna, Sweden, c1890. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes, (a work on the people and costumes of Norway and Sweden), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Postwoman, Sognafjorden, Norway, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Postwoman, Sognafjorden, Norway, c1890. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes, (a work on the people and costumes of Norway and Sweden), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Borgund stave church, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Borgund stave church, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, c1890. Wooden church, probably built at the end of the 12th century. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes

Women and children in national costume, Sognafjorden, Norway, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Women and children in national costume, Sognafjorden, Norway, c1890. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes, (a work on the people and costumes of Norway and Sweden), by L Boulanger

Woman wearing Norwegian national costume, c1890. Artist: L Boulanger
Woman wearing Norwegian national costume, c1890. Illustration from Norvege et Suede, Types et Costumes, (a work on the people and costumes of Norway and Sweden), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Scandinavia, c1906, (1907). From The Worlds History, Volume VI. Edited by Dr. H. F. Helmolt [William Heinemann, London, 1907]

Portrait of Pontus Furstenberg, 1883 (1945). Artist: Ernst Josephson
Portrait of Pontus Furstenberg, 1883 (1945). Furstenberg (1827-1902) was a Swedish Jewish merchant and art collector A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

A Cat and a Chaffinch, 1885 (1945). Artist: Bruno Liljefors
A Cat and a Chaffinch, 1885 (1945). A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

Konstnarens Wife, 1886 (1945). Artist: Sven Richard Bergh
Konstnarens Wife, 1886 (1945). A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

Klas Fahraeus, 1886 (1945). Artist: Karl Nordstrom
Klas Fahraeus, 1886 (1945). Fahraeus was a Swedish writer and art collector. A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

A Premiere, 1888 (1945). Artist: Anders Leonard Zorn
A Premiere, 1888 (1945). A print from Konstnarsforbundets Historia I by Sixten Strombom, Stockholm, 1945

Merok, Geirangerfjord, Norway, 1929

Whaling, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

Whale blubber, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

A whaler, Magdalene Bay, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929

Umberto Nobiles hangar, base of the airship Italia, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbergen, Norway, 1929. Umberto Nobile (1885-1978) was an Italian aeronaut and Arctic explorer

Blue Star Lines cruise ship SS Arandora Star, Kongsfjorden, Spitzbegen, Norway, 1929. The Arandora Star entered service with the Blue Star Line in 1927

Football team, Hammerfest, northern Norway, 20th July 1929
Football team, Hammerfest, northern Norway, 20 July 1929. One of the teams from two ships, the Blue Star Lines cruise ship Arandora Star and the Spark

Football match poster, Hammerfest, northern Norway, 1929. A poster advertising a match between teams from two ships, the Blue Star Lines cruise ship Arandora Star and the Spark

Church, Hammerfest, Finnmark, northern Norway, c1920s-c1930s(?). The town was destroyed by the British in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, by a fire in 1891 and by the Nazis in 1945

Local man with a reindeer, Lyngen, northern Norway, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Local women, Lyngen, northern Norway, c1920s-c1930s(?)

Blue Star Line cruise ship SS Arandora Star, Norway, c1927-c1939. The Arandora Star entered service with the Blue Star Line in 1927. Norway was one of her regular destinations

Bone chessmen of Scandinavian design, 12th or 13th century, (1892). Found on the Isle of Lewis, now in the British Museum

Boat for fourteen pairs of oars, found at Nydam, Jutland, 1892. From Montelius, Early Civilization in Sweden. An illustration from A Short History of the English People, by John Richard Green

Christian IV, King of Denmark, with his eldest son Frederick, (1816). Artist: Robert Dunkarton
Christian IV, King of Denmark, with his eldest son Frederick, (1816). Christian IV (1577-1648) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1588

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