Me in Torshavn, Faroe Island

The Faroe Island parliament is the red building in the background. We are leaving the harbour, for a sailing trip around the island. August 2005. 

My family in national costumes from Hallingdal, Norway

This is the national costumes from Hallingdal, the mountain walley between Bergen and Oslo. It is a strong costume tradition in Hallingdal, dating long back. When I grew up in the 1950-ies, old women used a traditional dress on a daily basis. What you see in the photo, is the grand galla dress. It is generously decorated with silver buttons and chains. A silver knife goes with the dress.

From left: Me, my wife Eva, my daugther Kjersti and son Kjetil. We are in the middle of a 17th May celebration on the city square of Bergen, "Torgalmenningen".

Severin Otto Oss from Drammen

Mr Severin Otto Aass (to the left) emigrated from Drammen, Norway in May 1881, to Nihau, Hawaii, where he changed the writing of his name to Otto Oss.

His youngest son Norman Alfred married Anna Juanina Theodora Weiss. The children are June (born in 1921) and Norman Alfred jr (born in 1925). Their younger sister Thora Ann was not yet born, when this picture was shot, probably around 1930.