Finn Olav Olsen at Kårøya in 2011

Finn Olav Olsen was running Kårøya guesthouses and Seabird Safari alongside his parents Kari and Roar Olsen, in 2010.  Today Finn Olav is married with 2 children, working at the airport and during the summer he runs the particularly comfy seabird safari Day at Sea. Finn Olav is also an excellent drawer and photographer.

The Kårøya buildings has since been sold in the summer of 2021. I wanted to post this interview because Finn Olav speaks of the cultural history of Kårøya and his upbringing there in the 70s. Also we discuss the decline of the seabird population and what he thinks will happen. So did his premonitions come true?

Spring-summer at Nesset

The eastern shore of Skomvær

A symphony of Seabirds in Ellevsnyken

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The Kittiwakes of Kårøya

1.Ebb and flow through seaweed

Eiders by night in Keila

The Guillemots and Kittiwakes of Gjellfruvær

Summer rain in Midnightsun

The Ocean´s Eye

The Kittiwakes of Visheller cave (this colony does no longer exist)

Puffins wheeling and swarming

A raft of seabirds

The European Storm Petrels of Skomvær

The birdcliffs of Vedøy