NORDIC PHOTO COMPETITION 2024
Sweden again took first place in the Nordic Photo Competition for Seafarers
Swedish ship's cook Jörgen Språng took this year's winning photo, a picture of his colleague Conrado taken from an unconventional angle.
Throughout the year, the national organizers (in Denmark, SEA HEALTH & WELFARE) receive photos from seafarers on board Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic ships. Once the national competitions have been held, the 15 best images from each country go on to the Nordic Seafarer Photo Competition. In 2024, 143 seafarer photographers submitted a total of 859 images.
The Nordic competition is held in turn in the Nordic countries, and this year, Iceland hosted the competition. The organizing country provides competent judges, and this year they were Þórhallur Jónsson, a professional photographer in Akureyri, and Sigfús Ólafur Helgason, a former fisherman, and enthusiastic photographer with a special interest in the history of fishing vessels in Iceland.
There are prizes for 1st to 5th place, and we thank this year's sponsors: Ulykkesforsikringsforbundet for Dansk Søfart, Denmark, Sjöfartstidningen, Sweden, Sjøfartsdirektoratet, Norway, Félag skipstjórnarmanna, which publishes the magazine Sjómannablaðið Víkingur in Iceland, and Finnlines, Finland.
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