GLAM/Newsletter/April 2016/Contents/Norway report

This Month in GLAM – Volume VI, Issue IV, April 2016

Norway report

Photographic portraits

Wikimedia Norge has run a project to increase the number of photographic portraits.

Governor's speech to the Norwegian central bank

Governor Øystein Olsen held the annual address to the Supervisory Council of the central bank and invited guests. Wikimedia Norge were present with a photographer and the result was 194 images of politicians and other official persons from Norwegian institutions.

Prime minister Erna Solberg
Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende
Anita Krohn Traaseth
Olav Thon
Kristin Skogen Lund

Collaborating with artists

We have collaborated with music venues, festivals, artists and promoters to get photo permits and access to artists while in Norway. The response has been incredible well, and in less than a year several hundred images of artists has been added til Commons. The artists are often of international interest, and the result of the project have reach far outside of the Norwegian community. The project will continue in the summer with many of the outdoor music festivals.

Folk vocalist Ingvild Koksvik (Norway)
Jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stańko (Poland)
Vieux Farka Touré (Mali), the king of desert blues
Comedian Sam Simmons (Australia)
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet (Poland)
Spiritual jazz from vocalist Simin Tander (Afghanistan / Germany)
Bettye LaVette (USA)
Adrien Moignard (France), Jon Larsen (Norway) and Olli Soikkeli (Finland) at the Django festival