‘My trip to Shetland’: Einar Seim in Foula, Fetlar and Unst

Thursday, June 30th 2016 7:00pm
Archives Searchroom

In May 1934 four Shetlanders visited the island of Kinn in Norway in a yacht. There they met a Norwegian who was keen to visit Shetland.

Einar Seim asked them question after question about the islands west over sea. He had already been in touch with Shetlanders by letter about linguistic matters; now he wanted to see the land that he had heard about. On the day of the yachtsmen’s departure he rushed down to the harbour to ask if he could accompany them back home.

Seim visited Foula and Fair Isle. He came back to Shetland on two further occasions. He kept a detailed diary and took photographs of what he saw here. Now Magnus Torvanger has edited Einar Seim's Shetland journals, and he will speak about them and the remarkable man who wrote them.

Location: Archives Searchroom

Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.

Numbers for this event are limited, so booking is recommended. Book online at www.thelittleboxoffice.com/smaa or telephone 01595 741562.

Category: Lectures