Archive for the 'Bilder' Category

Archaeological excavation in 1891 of a Stone Age settlement in a cave at the island of Stora Karlsö in the Baltic Sea. Photo: Hjalmar Stolpe

We are proud to tell that the photographs of the Swedish National Heritage Board on Flickr Commons now have been viewed more than three million times. This striking number was reached and passed this week and is surely worthy of some attention.

Our participation on The Commons on Flickr has allowed so many people from all over the world to view, use and interact on the images we show as samples from our collections. So far, we have created 22 sets with different kinds of images from Sweden and other European countries and lately also with photos of old drawings, watercolours and prints. Helpful and clever members of the Flickr community have in comments provided new and useful information to 10 % of the images (which we have added to the information in our photo database online, Kulturmiljöbild). It’s always very encouraging to read all the kind and cheerful approval of the images and to view the many comparative photographs that have been posted.

A big ‘Thank You’ to all you viewers and Flickr members who have taken your time to view and interact on our photostream on Flickr Commons since the start in March 2009! We are so pleased to share the Swedish cultural heritage with you. :)

Crossing between Götgatan and Ringvägen streets at Skanstull in the southern part of Stockholm city. Photo: Fredrik Bruno, 1943

Identified by a Flickr community member: The church of St-Jean in Fribourg, at Planche-Supérieure, Fribourg, Switzerland. Photo: Berit Wallenberg, 1936

Remix Photo by Maja Larsson (CC by-nc-sa). Original photos by unknown photographer (Swedish National Heritage Board) and by Dolan Halbrook. (Click on the photo above to view the photo on Flickr, with links to the originals.)

On March 17th, the Swedish National Heritage Board celebrates three rewarding and exciting years on The Commons on Flickr, showing and sharing photos with no known copyright restrictions from our collections.

Our presence on The Commons has largely responded to the expectations we had in the beginning. Here is what we wrote on this blog on March 17th 2009.

What happened since?

Let the facts speak:

• More than 1 980 000 views on our account on Flickr Commons.
• More than 3 750 Flickr contacts, from more than 70 countries worldwide.
• A clear effect of more visitors to our photo database Kulturmiljöbild through the persistent links.
• 9 % of the photos we show on Flickr Commons have been provided with new information, thanks to attentive and devoted Flickr Community members. This user generated knowledge has helped to improve the information in our photo database.
• The photos have been commented on, tagged, shown in groups and galleries on Flickr and marked as favourites. They have been used in media, on websites and blogs, and spread through social media. They have also served for fun and creativity being remixed.

Slottsgatan Street in Malmö, Skåne, Sweden. The street was identified by a Flickr member who also posted a recent comparative photo in a comment. Photo: Unknown (Click on the photo above to view the photo on Flickr Commons, with comments.)

Gustaf, Carin and Lilly in Järvsö, Hälsingland, Sweden. From our latest collection with colour photos by Fredrik Bruno, from the 1940s in Sweden and Norway.

Winter in Humlegården park in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Carl Curman

Some gratifying examples of media effects:

• The Norwegian media ABC Nyheter wrote a number of articles helping to locate 16 photos from Norway by Carl Curman.
• A discussion on German Wikipedia helped to locate two photos from Germany by Carl Curman. This and this. The quest was also on Flickr’s German blog and on Twitter.
• The Spanish media El Pais wrote an article about the Spanish photos from 1878 by Carl Curman.

A big and warm Thank You to all you who have made our Flickr Commons experience so successful and fun! See you on The Commons! :)

One of Sweden’s oldest rune stones in Krogsta, Uppland. Photo: Erik Brate

>> Anna Boman works with Flickr Commons at the Swedish National Heritage Board

Skanstull in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Fredrik Bruno, 1943

The 1940:s in Sweden and Norway – in colour! The Swedish National Heritage Board presents a new collection on Flickr Commons with photos by Fredrik Daniel Bruno (1882-1971), who was a town engineer in Hudiksvall in the northern part of central Sweden. He was also a diligent amateur photographer.

Fredrik Bruno took colour photos on travels around Sweden and Norway in the 1940:s and early 1950s, loading his camera with either Kodachrome or Agfacolor diapositive film. Most of the travels in Sweden were probably official and related to his profession. His field of interest as a town engineer is well reflected in the frequent motifs of towns and cities, buildings and public parks. Sweden’s two largest cities Stockholm, the capital, and Göteborg (Gothenburg) are well represented. Some photos are from the Swedish countryside and some are from Norway. The Norwegian photos, all from 1948, show towns and landscapes. They seem to be from a private holiday trip.

Röros, Norway. Photo: Fredrik Bruno, 1948

The new collection “Fredrik Bruno” is arranged in two sets, “Sweden” and “Norway”. Most of the photos are from the 1940:s, a few are from the early 1950:s.

Some of the photos from Sweden will be linked in the description field to a recent photo in our photo database, showing exactly the same view in 2010-2011. These photos are taken within a project at the Swedish National Heritage Board, where selected views catched by Fredrik Bruno have been photographed anew to illustrate change (or lack of change) over time, mostly in the urban environment.

Join us on a colourful trip around Sweden and Norway! Hope you’ll enjoy – we really look forward to share these photos with you, and we hope to see comparative photos in the comments. :)

Stigbergskajen quay in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden. Photo: Fredrik Bruno, 1944

>> Anna Boman works with Flickr Commons at the Swedish National Heritage Board