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FOUNDER`S CORNER
Kåre Tannvik started out as promising young actor, but soon educated as journalist and documentary filmmaker. He founded Snowhotel Kirkenes in 2005. He started out with a Lavvu (Sami tent), a reindeer and a handful of snow. That was the start of the story which now has become an arctic fairy tale. He is now retired, but is still lurking behind the scenes.
In this blog he will tell you what stirs beneath the snow in the Snowhotel, Kirkenes and northern Norway
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Juhls Silver Gallery
This is one of Northern Norway's most visited sights. Over the years, the place has developed into a gem of personal architecture. What...
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Nov 13, 20232 min read
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Inger Blix Kvammen
Inger Blix Kvammen’s work deals with topics such as migration and cultural exchange across borders, particularly in the context of...
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Nov 13, 20233 min read
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Per Isak Juusu
Per Isak Juusu Snowhotel Art Collection
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Esajas Poggats
Esajas Poggats Snowhotel Art Collection
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Nils Johan Labba
Nils Johan Labba Snowhotel Art Collection
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Magnus Fankki
Magnus Fankki Snowhotel Art Collection
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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Sune Enokson
Sune Enokson Snowhotel Art Collection
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Nov 13, 20231 min read
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John Savio
A tribute to John Savio ,the first recognosed Sami artist The QR code carved in ice not only links you to this article but also...
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Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Per Savio - The Accidental Antarctic Pioneer
Imagine being one of the first humans to sleep on Antarctica ,even though unintentional. This was the fate of Per Savio, a Sami explorer...
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Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Snowblog2
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Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Snowblog
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Mar 2, 20231 min read
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Elisif Wessel
A group of children sit in the snow and smile shyly at the photographer. The photograph is taken in the Eastern Sami (NO: "Skoltesamene")...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
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The future?
When our guests sat together around the fire in the Gabba Restaurant at the Snowhotel and the atmosphere was warm and safe, the same...
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Apr 16, 20201 min read
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Time
Have you also noticed? How much time we`ve suddenly got! All the media implore that we must avoid physical contact, be isolated as much...
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Apr 7, 20201 min read
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Cabin fever
Some advantages we have after all! There has always been tension between centre and periphery: We who live in Kirkenes (5,000...
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Apr 1, 20201 min read
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Silent
I wander around the fairytale land: the snow is white and untouched. The reindeer watch me and wonder - where are you all? In the...
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Mar 26, 20202 min read
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Corona
Isn't it strange; Within a few months, the world has managed to take action on the Corona virus: Airlines are grounding their flights,...
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Mar 24, 20202 min read
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"I must wait for the soul to catch up with me"
Today's blog is about traveling. About why we are traveling. We know that it costs money and eventually that it is not good for climate....
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Feb 26, 20202 min read
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Visit from Trump?
Will we have a visit from Trump? We get many guests and some are more famous than others. In the fall the Prime Minister's Office called...
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Mar 19, 20191 min read
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Gloria Maria
We have some 38.000 visitors to the Snowhotel every year. I do not see them all, I do not know who they all are! But sometimes I am...
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Mar 4, 20192 min read
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