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Christmas greetings from Where no one should believe that anyone could live 2020
Oddvar Berntsen is the hermit of Kirkefjorden, the only remaining resident of this town at the far south edge of beautiful, wild Lofoten.
Femundshytta, or Femund Lodge, is a monolithic but very old settlement which lies 10 kilometers from the nearest road. Klas and Milda are the only two isolated humans living in this outback.
Jenny grew up in wealthy Westport in Connecticut, USA. She’s never owned a computer, a car or a television. But every evening she sits in front of her loom weaving, and she goes out to milk the cow from the lantern-light. Jenny Endresen lives on the remote mountain farm Moslid in Telemark, southern Norway, without any electricity or roads. She lives as farmers did a hundred years ago. The purpose is to be self-sufficient and avoid contributing to the mechanical system destroying the earth.
Knut Kastnes realized his dreams of becoming a farmer when he acquired the remote Sæterstad farm in Hattfjelldal. He moved into a semi-derelict house, then Siri from Trondheim came aa a milkmaid. They would come to share both work and life.
Kirsten Lundsgaardvig, an internationally acclaimed Danish artist, is now a naturalized Norwegian. She lives in Homevassevje in West Agder county, in a preserved old farmhouse which previously served as housing for thirteen workers.
Severin Rønes is a 25 year old man living in a solitary beach farm by a fjord. He's happy as a farmer and hunter on Rønes, the land of his ancestors.
Magne Sylvarnes thinks he was created to run a farm in the steep slopes of his homeplace, but the slopes were not created for modern farming. Here, only horses, trail strings and self-rescue are useful.
Bente Aust spent all her youth longing away from Langfjordnes. But the farther she was away from her hometown by the Tanafjord, the stronger her longing was. Now she stretches the boundaries of what can be done in a place like this.
In a small cabin without electricity and water, Trond Henning Monan manages himself. The young man has lived a wandering life, but in the forest outside Kristiansand he has found peace and meaning.
For over ten years, the artist Agnes Tiffon has had Flørli by the Lysefjord for herself and fell in love with the peace and isolation. But then Hessel Haker comes and wants to turn Flørli on its head.
Norvald Bukkestein is a natural product, shaped by a long and occasionally lonely life on the small and roadless family farm by the Veafjord. Time seems to have passed from both him and the farm, but then someone gets to use the knowledge this life has given him.
Lisa Romsdal Kristensen and her husband Steinar chose to carry on the family traditions at Jotkajavvri, but what about the future? Life on the Finnmarksvidda, for example, has no appeal to the next generation.
Daniel Storeide (27) got a heavy burden in his hands when his parents passed away and left him a roadless ruin of a restaurant by the Hjørundfjord. Together with the cohabitant Ivonne Eikremsæter, he is in the process of finding out whether living in Trandal is life-making or not.
Twice, strong central powers have managed to drive Ingebjørg Gamst away from Vorterøy in the Lyngenfjord. Every time she has returned at the first opportunity, and this time she stays there for good. "I did not come to Vorterøy to die, I came to live", says Ingebjørg.
Kaia and Bjørnar Aarstrand were told that it was crazy to put kids to birth on the roadless Aursletta, in the end of Vistenfjorden. Now son number five is on his way.
When Dag Fagermyr's girlfriend in primary school revealed that she did not want to live up in the forest hills at Fagermyr in Tvedestrand, he left her at once. For Dag has always known that it was up here he was going to live.
In search of his own kingdom, the Swede Gunnar Bengtsson came to Svinøya on the Namdal coast over 40 years ago. The first thing he did was to change the island into the unrecognizable. Now he hopes to change her back while there is still strength in him.
When the Nærøyfjord ended up on UNESCO's World Heritage List, Arild Dyrdal saw it as a calling. Therefore, he moved back to his father's farm to use what he had of working capacity to be a world heritage gardener.
Svein and Synnøve were well grown before they started life together on Tussøy. Thus, they have limited time to bring all their dreams to life, and a very stubborn flock of sheep does not make it easier.
For over 50 years, the wooden ferry Skjæløy has been the link in the archipelago outside Helgeroa and the livelihood of the few who live on Stokkøya. But now the ferry has been moored at the quay with a sailing ban for two years. The Johansen family is willing to sacrifice everything to get her in traffic.
After a heavy brain haemorrhage, Karin Vinkenes could no longer function in a modern society with noise on all sides. The solution was to retreat to the quietest place she knew of and start again.
In a small house, far inside Grue Finnskog, Jan Storberget has long been an important bearer of forest Finnish traditions, even though until now he has been ashamed of the same traditions.
Without even a bridge to the mainland or scheduled traffic, Ole Kristoffer Vågen runs a dairy farm on the island of Skorpo in the Hardangerfjord. It is cumbersome on the verge of the impossible, but still he equips the farm for the next generation and well so.
For 19 years, Einar and Illona Røe have lived separately to fulfill the dream of creating a livelihood in Sandøybotn on the outer side of Sørøya, at the same time as the sons get a regular schooling. But now the reunion is approaching for the couple.
Childhood friends Reidar and Frank have escaped from everything and everyone to an isolated lighthouse in Lofoten. When Frank gets cancer, the new life is put to the test.
Marit Karlsen was a complete city woman. Now she lives in a roadless, waterless and without electricity cabin. In the middle of the forest and without neighbors, she must learn to fend for herself.
Samuel and Pernille live on the abandoned finn-farm Embretsæter. One thing is to live a settler life when they are two. Something else happens when they are three.
The fish buyer Jon and the retired teacher Johanne have developed a friendship that allows them to cope completely on the outer edge of the map of Norway.
The weather-hardened Annsteinsundet is not really a place for sick people, but Roger Eidshaug does not care. For where the heart is weak, the will is all the stronger. He has even made a living in a place no one thought was possible.
Few people in Norway lives as isolated as Per Edvard Johnsen. He lives almost exclusively on what the Finnmark plateau gives him: fish, reindeer and cloudberries.
The dilapidated hill farm in Valdres is considered uninhabitable for people. Here, Tor Evert Johansen is fighting to create a warm and mouse-free home for Christmas.
Hovden residents take a hovercraft, snowmobile, ATV and bus to school. It goes well until the ice expels them from home just before Christmas.
Aud did not think anything bad could happen to her on Herøya. That was wrong. Now she stacks herself on her feet att. It hurts, and goes slowly, but Aud must cope.
At Presteroi 1000 masl Nils feels well - with aure fishing, reindeer hunting and poetry. But far away from the plateau are the many who need Nils no.
When life and football career collapsed in Oslo, Kathrine was rescued by her parents - and an island. On Lille Kalvøya she got a future. But then came the corona.
Elfrid chose to live out in the sea, even after her husband died. Oddvar and Jostein also moved to the windswept Rott. Together, the three are less alone.
