The king is dead
On Friday the 28th of August His Majesty the King, Harald V died. The day before his death, I was outside the Royal Palace to document people showing their respect.
Category: Photo stories
Oslo Pride Parade 2026
Shooting a parade is hard. That is why I try to shoot around it, not the parade itself.
Boats & Hoes: Skaters sailing down the Akerselva on inflatable boats
A friend told me about a skate crew paddling inflatable boats down the Akerselva. I showed up with a camera and no plan. The photos disappeared into my library. Here is what I found when I went looking.
Two weeks against pretty: the photographs I want to show
I set out to make photographs I didn't want to show anyone. I ended up with photographs I am picking out to print. The first few days followed the manifesto. The rest broke it. That gave me something I didn't expect.
A grand celebration for the men's national football team qualifying for the World Cup
I went to Rådhusplassen on 17 November 2025 to photograph 50 000 people celebrating the first Norwegian men's national football team World Cup qualification since 1998. Not because I care about football, but because I had new equipment to test and a crowd that size is hard to ignore.
HEMA in Oslo: Photos from the Oslo Penguin Cup 2025
I photographed the Oslo Penguin Cup 2025 at Bygdøy in Oslo, a two-day Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) tournament featuring longsword, sabre and rapier. Here are the images that capture the speed, focus and movement of the event.
Street photography at the Royal Palace in Oslo – a mini summer project
This summer I did a simple mini-project of street photography in Oslo. I shot pictures at the Royal Palace, guided by intuition and candid photos.
I developed a forgotten film roll from 2007 – and uncovered memories I didn’t know I had
Tucked away in a drawer for 18 years, a roll of Fuji Reala 100 unexpectedly revealed a lost chapter from my student days in Trondheim. The colours were still intact – and so were the stories. Here's what I found.
I found some old negatives from a film shoot
Recently I found a box with old negatives in my shed. When I moved to Oslo in 2010, we had a break in and the thieves stole all my old negatives. I had several suitcases filled with folders with old negatives in them. It was a big loss for me since I hadn't bothered to digitise all of them.
#Oslove – leftovers after consumption of intoxicants
There are empty nitrous oxide containers all over the city scape here in Oslo. They are left behind after people have finished getting high.