Stories
Here you can find some of the stories of Buckie's Danish and Norwegian communities
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MB Andholmen: Buckie, Iceland and special operations
Ankomst: arrivals, escapes and departures
Stefania & Jørgen Aspelund: a death at Seafield Hospital
I Buckie er jeg født: births, marriages and deaths
Sverre Brosvik: shopkeeper turned consul
Livet i Buckie: et glimt: life in Buckie: a glimpse
Buckie v Denmark: the international at Linzee Gordon Park
Peter Christensen: a drowned deckhand
Frank Corneliusson & Naomi Ritchie: stranded Swede & Scottish sweetheart
Gunvor Ellingsen: teacher
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Vera Erikson: the unwelcome 'refugee'
A jilted fiancée: and a lost dinner service
Forbrytelse og straff: crime and punishment
Foreningen af Danske Fiskere i Storbritannien: the Danish Fishing Association
Peder Godø: skipper of the Jaabek (Jåbæk)
Hans Majestet Kong Haakon VII: His Majesty King Haakon VII
Magne Hansen: chief engineer and valued technician
The Brothers Hitsøy: seven brothers escape on one boat
Einar Leofred Holm: a Norwegian sailor passing through Buckie
Thor Iversen og Fiskerikontoret: Buckie's Divisional Fisheries Office
Olav Huldal: I have done well in Scotland
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The Jørgensens: escape from Låman
Konrad Henrikson Sandøy Kjempenes: 31 Mill Crescent
The Lambrechts family: from Solund to the Sloch
Fred Langnes: this is my home now
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Johannes Larsen and Catherine Thomson: a Scots bride goes to Esbjerg
Rasmus Thorsted Lauersen: who made Buckie his home
Håkon Lønøy: and his Post Office savings
Provost William Merson: civic head of a welcoming town
Frank Mohn: from Buckie Slip to multi-millionaire industrialist
Naturalised Citizens: the Norwegians and Danes who became Scots
Norwegian School in Scotland: Drumtochty Castle
MB Nordlys: the escaping British consul and the special forces hero
Nygaardsvolds takknemlighet: a Prime Minister's thanks
Gustav Puntervold: a dutiful and conscientious consul
Aud Oline Ramstad: Buckie's little Norwegian girl
Royal Norwegian Slip and Repair Shops: Lukk døren
Svend Pedersen Ruby: from Fjaltring to Buckie
Harry Rødseth: a lifelong link with Buckie
Scandinavian Products Limited: the store and two brawling Danes
Scandinavian Reading Room in Buckie: the news from home
Sjømmanskirken i Buckie: Norwegian Seamen's Mission in Buckie
Solveig Solberg: a wee girl
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Alice Smith: organist at Sjømannskirken
Mary Smith: and the spare room
Henry Spetalen: from factory ship to farmyard to Buckie slip
Freden tok kjærestene: the peace took their sweethearts
Mr Tuxworth: the Swedish Consul
Uncomfortable histories: difficult heritage
Unknown faces: ukjente ansikter
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Borghild Walderhaug and Uncle Olav Langedal: and the picture of Hitler
Jacob Worm-Müller: the visiting professor