queen in the north

Sakrisøy, Norway

Norway is a country where white people clearly are uncomfortable with the rage shown by victims of racism. They want a pat on the back because we do not see police lynch black people in our country. To have an honest discussion about structural racism in Norway would be to tackle the fact that we saw one of the deadliest terrorist attacks by a neo-nazi in modern times. 77 people died, 69 at the summer camp of one of the biggest youth-organizations in Norway. Last year a man killed his adopted sister and attacked a mosque armed. He was overpowered, but when the crown-prince of Norway came to show his support for the mosque the discussion was derailed, because muslim men wanted to greet him by placing their hand on their heart rather than shake his hand. To have an honest discussion about structural racism in Norway, we’d have to have an honest discussion about the normalization of anti-immigrant policies and the increasing radicalization of white people on places like Facebook. 

15 000 showed their support for Black Lives in Oslo on Friday. Our prime minister have shown zero support, other than to the right for us to peacefully assemble under the constitution. Zero willingness to have a discussion about the issues that needs to be addressed. She is a smart woman. She also knows her constituents are conservative and mostly white.  Minorities are silenced daily, hourly by “aren’t you lucky to be living in Norway”? If our prime minister had an ounce of a spine she would dare to talk about racism and classism in Norway, a system she has contributed to for years with her conservative and anti-immigrant government. Remember that the next time she is lauded internationally. 

Pics from the protest in Oslo. 

Beautiful Norway by :

Black Beach / Black Sand

I C E L A N D

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin djúpt í míni sál í míni sál Í hjartanum logar brennandi bál brennandi bál

Trøllabundin eri eg eri eg Galdramaður festi meg festi meg Trøllabundin inn í hjartarót í hjartarót Eyga mítt festist har ið galdramaður stóð

English translation:

Spellbound am I, am I The wizard has enchanted me, enchanted me Spellbound deep in my soul, in my soul In my heart burns a smouldering fire, smouldering fire

Photography by Ben Simon Rehn

“Art of Nature” is a series of artistic photos of glaciers, glacial streams, and nature, captured in Iceland and Greenland 2018-2019.

Ben Simon is a German freelance photographer living in Reykjavik, Iceland. 

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