My grandparents were great travelers, and traveled the world by boat. The vessel was the Flavia. This page is titled Norway 1963. I plan to travel to Norway in the future and would like to visit these places if possible.

by widgeamedoo

13 comments

  1. I’m not sure, but could this be Oslo?

    Second and third picture could be taken from Ekeberg? Overlooking the Oslofjord?

  2. Im going to go with drammen but needs a little more confirmation perhaps

  3. First picture is Drammen harbour, the other’s I can’t tell but look very typical for the Oslo fjord area.

  4. 3rd one is from Oslo, looking out over the fjord, maybe from the Ekeberg restaurant. The island in the foreground I think is Bleikøya, with Lindøya directly behind it and Langøyene behind to the left. Second one is almost from the same place, out over the fjord, looking over Sørenga port towards Hovedøya, I think

  5. Second picture is Hovedøya, out in the Oslofjord. Don’t know about the rest, the islands in the third doesn’t look like the other “Oslo islands” though.

  6. Norwegian newpapers in 1963 followed two families of seven from Honningsvåg in Norway, who emigrated from Norway to Australia on the vessel Flavia.

    The ship went via Genova and the Suez canal, but it is not mentioned where in Norway it eventually started.

  7. First and last picture = Drammen 100%. They’re 180° opposite each other.

  8. First picture is somewhere around Rundtom, Drammen: 59.7308638, 10.2252295

    Second picture is at or close to Karlsborg Utsikt, Oslo:
    59.8993657, 10.7592671

    Third picture might be just Karlsborg Utsikt again but a different angle or it might be another vista point, Ekebergskråningen which is a short walk south of Karlsborg Utsikt:
    59.8946971, 10.7605391

    Fourth picture is somewhere around Brakerøya, Drammen: 59.7407289, 10.2464726

  11. First picture is from Drammen, currently there is a small [brewery/pub](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4VCnfKuW61acYH7VA) in the large building behind the ship you see there.

    Not sure about nr 2 and 3 but I’m wondering if nr 4 can be taken from the fjord and up towards Lier/Drammen and the area called “Strøtvet/Toppenhaug” before the apartment blocks were built? The forest area on the bottom right and the area next to the fjord might be old “Lierstranda” before this area was exploited and built up by industry etc. But don’t take nr 4 for all guaranteed.

    Edit – Brain stopped functioning in the heatvawe.

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