Olav Beddari has lived his life by a changing border. His neighbor Finland became Russia after the war, and he has personally felt the consequences of a changing political climate.
Neeta is a professional craftswoman, but her arts and crafts are much more than the creation of beautiful objects. It is also a tool for reclaiming Inari Sámi identity.
In the seaside village of Bugøynes in Eastern Finnmark a small segment of the 200 inhabitants speak an ancient Finnish dialect passed down through generations.
Oxana Karcha (31) did what many other young people from the north do: she left Murmansk and moved to Moscow. There, she had a good job, but missed family and friends. When she got the chance to work in Shtokman Development AG in Murmansk, the choice was simple, though her employer in Moscow promised both a new apartment and a higher salary.
“What I dream about…? Well, not so much about work and what I want to be, anyway. I dream about moving from here, for a while, having my own place, doing what I want, not needing to clean up the house every Saturday morning. Meet Kajsa Törmä from Kiruna.
Tatiana Kulbakina is a 24 year old with a strong voice and presence in the Murmansk community. -I want a nuclear-free and fossil fuel-free development with values of freedom, equality, solidarity, self-organization, she says.
Johs Kalvemo is perfectly happy in a state of undress. A man who might well be a fish in his next life, he doesn’t mind in the slightest walking around clad in nothing more than a swimsuit. No one could accuse him of being self-important – but perhaps nudity is part of the image?
She has invited North Koreans to conduct Norwegian soldiers, hosted a symphony concert without conductor, and given us all another spectacular Barents Spektakel. Meet Luba Kuzovnikova and her visions.
“For me there are no borders”, says Johs Kalvemo, the journalists in NRK Sami Radio that once by accident swam naked over the border to Russia in the Pasvik River.
