Awarded photos 2019

The Nordic Photo Contest For Seafarers 2019 had its final on February 7 2020. 133 seafarers from Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish flag vessels had participated with 1116 photos. That is over 300 pictures more than last year’s contest. Altogether, the local juries sent 75 pictures to the Nordic final at Reykjavík Maritime Museum, Iceland.

The jury consisted of Arngrimur Blöndal, chairman of the photo club Fokus and Kjartan "Golli" Thorbjörnsson, professional photographer. They were unanimous, and succeeded to make their selection within 1 hour and 15 minutes. After calling back the arrangers to the room, they could reveal the winning entries (as shown from left to right).

1.” Isfjell utenfor Hopen” - Andreas Wolden, Able seaman, Kronprins Haakon

2.”Drydock” - Jörgen Språng, Chef, Bit Okland

3.”Transition Piece i soldnedgang” - Håvard Melvær, Captain, Edda Fjord

4.”FP inspection” - Richard Jensen, Mate, National Geographic Explorer

5.”Slaget om gemen” - Dan Deshayes, First engineer, Ternholm

The following entries stood out from the rest, according to the jury, and received their honorary mention:

”Iskaffe” - Jan Richardt, Captain, Nordkap

“I stormvejr” - Guðmundur Guðmundsson, Boatswain, trawler Frosti

“Valhall oljefelt” - Berit Bye, Motorman, NS Fraya

“Nu er vi alle klar” - Hlynur Ágústsson, Able seaman, trawler Þórunn Sveinsdóttir

”Sólberg” - Aron Sveinbjörnsson, Able seaman, trawler Páll Pálsson

Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all the participants!