Paul Stang (1888-1923) was a self-taught photographer who, camera in hand, documented the establishment of aluminium production in the small village of Stongfjorden, Norway.
Paul was fond of nature and disliked the development of industry in Stongfjorden. Even so he, like many others in Stongfjorden, found work at the aluminium factory - A/S Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker.
However, Paul retained an active interest in the farm work carried out on his father's farm Stang - an interest which is documented in this collection.
Paul also photographed the people of Stongfjorden and all sorts of leisure activities. These fascinating photographs below were taken by Paul Stang from circa 1910s.
Paul was fond of nature and disliked the development of industry in Stongfjorden. Even so he, like many others in Stongfjorden, found work at the aluminium factory - A/S Stangfjorden Elektrokemiske Fabriker.
However, Paul retained an active interest in the farm work carried out on his father's farm Stang - an interest which is documented in this collection.
Paul also photographed the people of Stongfjorden and all sorts of leisure activities. These fascinating photographs below were taken by Paul Stang from circa 1910s.
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| 7th of May celebrations in Stongfjorden |
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| A family portrait - even the family dog is posing |
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| A group of people playing the game "slå på ring" |
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| A portrait of two of Paul Stang's sisters - Jørgina Stang with the guitar and Marie Stang with the fiddle |
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| Hay-making in Stongfjorden |
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| Johannes and Anna Grimelid at their wedding day. Anna is wearing her "bunad" (national costume) and a traditional bridal crown. |
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| Group portrait at Lushågen, ca. 1910 |
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| Farm work, Yndestad, 1916 |
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| Coffee in the garden, ca. 1910 |
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| Brother and sisters Paul, Amalie and Jørgina Stang hiking in the mountains together with an unidentified woman, ca. 1910 |
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| A group of people having a picnic at a mountain farm in the Stongfjorden area, ca. 1910 |
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| The cows are being milked at one of the farms in Stongfjorden, ca. 1910 |
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| Picnic at mountain farm, ca. 1910 |
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| Olivia "Linken" Hiorth and her daughters, ca. 1910 |
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| Group portrait of the amateur actors performing in the play "Elskhug og giftarmål", ca. 1910 |
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| Group portrait from a mountain farm in the Stongfjorden area, ca. 1910 |
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| Ovidia and Hans Dørhellen, ca. 1910 |
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| Gudrun Friborg Waagen from Bergen, ca. 1910 |
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| Group photo by the dam, ca. 1910 |
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| Dancing at Lushågen, ca. 1910 |
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| A woman and man at work cutting stones for the foundation wall in the background, ca. 1910 |
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| Women and children outside a small farm house at Stang, ca. 1910 |
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| Three women, ca. 1910 |
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| Playing a game of "slå på ring" at Folkefjellet, ca. 1910 |
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| Jakob Osland worked for a few years at the iodine factory which was opened in 1897, ca. 1910 |
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| 17th of May celebrations in Stongfjorden in the early 1900s |
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