Stories
Here you can find some of the stories of Buckie's Danish and Norwegian communities

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