Cultural Contributors

Cultural Contributors

‍Many cultural contributors within areas such as music, visual arts, literature, photography, film, food, and beverages collaborated with Restauration to help ensure that the national 200th anniversary celebration and the historic voyage received the recognition it deserved.
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Within art, crafts, and photography:

• Traveling art exhibition across the Atlantic Ocean, art exhibitions, and the Restauration branding iron sketch – Ingvar Moi
• The sculpture "Loam Margareth" – Jane Sverdrupsen
• Sketch drawings of Restauration – Jens Flesjå
• Artwork carried aboard during the voyage – Anders Jolma Gusdal
• Tapestry of Restauration – Anne Tidemand-Johannessen Møller
• The Crossings200 jewelry collection – Sylvsmidja Voss
• Commemorative stamps marking 200 years since Norwegian emigration to North America, issued in 2025 as part of the Crossings200 Bicentennial – Posten Norge (English version). Featuring artist and engraver Martin Mörck and photographer Jonas Haarr Friestad
• The Emigrant Bread – Rosenkildehaven Bakery
• The historical musical theatre production "A Place in the World" (Ein plass i verda) – OG Strømme Kulturproduksjoner
• The photography project "A Different Stavanger", including exhibitions and Norwegian-American Stories in 2025 – Lars Idar Waage
• Restauration knives – Gunvald Olufsen
• The America Chest carried aboard during the voyage, cutting boards, and more – Paul Moi
• Sustainable clothing for the sailors – Arak Work and Rehabilitation Center
• Candle making – Ranso AS (providing adapted workplaces and vocational training)
• Printing of certificates of authenticity for original deck planks from Restauration – Norwegian Printing Museum (IDDIS)
• Scale model of Restauration – created by Italian model builder Luigi Tufolo
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Within film and video:

• A documentary film highlighting Restauration's unique place in Norwegian emigration history – GHM Film
• Film recordings for music videos by Slogmåkane, including drone filming – Audun Mjølhus
• Drone filming of Restauration's arrival in Falmouth, England – Tom / Thomas Sewell, AltitudeWorks
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Within literature:

• The children's book "Across the Ocean to America" – Anne Elisebeth Skogen
• Author and lecturer Gunnar Tore Nerheim
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Within music:

• Kaizers Orchestra: Contributed to several Music Video of the Month features, as well as a short U.S. tour in October 2024 and concerts in New York City in October 2025 following Restauration's arrival.
• Tore Pang, Thomas Dybdahl, Izabell, and the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra – the Restauration music video featuring the song "Dra"
• Rita Eriksen, Norwegian singer from Sola
• Randaberg Young Men's Choir, from Randaberg in Rogaland, featuring a Restauration music video
• Mari Hauge, artist and songwriter from Stavanger
• Klang av Oltid, featuring Gaute Vikedal, a Norwegian musician known for his work within contemporary and folk music
• The historical musical theatre production "A Place in the World" (Ein plass i verda) – OG Strømme Kulturproduksjoner
• Stavanger Seamen's Association, including the Shanty Group's concerts alongside the ship and on board Restauration
• "Christmas Eve in the Desert of Sur" – Onkel Tuka, telling the story of the Norwegians who lived on a New York City garbage dump

These artists, together with additional contributors, also participated in the Music Video of the Month series in 2025,
helping to bring the story of Norwegian emigration to wider and younger audiences:

• December: Kaizers Orchestra – featured on DR's major Christmas show with Lucia Song and Funeral Polka
• November: Mari Hauge – Øve havet
• October: Kaizers Orchestra – This Is the Kaizers Family
• September: Thomas Dybdahl, Izabell, Tore Pang, and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra – Dra
• August: Kilevold and others – Dreaming of America
• July: Kaizers Orchestra – Bøn fra helvete
• June: O. G. Strømme and others – Kan henda me to ska ta te Amerika
• May: Rita Eriksen – The Water Is Wide
• April: Randaberg Young Men's Choir – Sorgen og gleden
• March: Slogmåkane – Wellerman
  ‍In addition, Slogmåkane recorded several more music videos aboard Restauration featuring traditional sea shanties:
  - Step it out Mary, - Blow boys blow, - Bully Boys.

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Other contributors and partners (among many more, both large and small):

• The Norwegian Seamen's Church in New York City
• Stavanger Cathedral
• Historical podcasts about Norwegian emigration to North America – Fredrik Kalstveit
• Educational resources and historical outreach developed by teacher education students – University of Stavanger
• The Emigration Bicentennial Crossings200 project organization and the Norwegian Emigration Museum (Anno)
• Renewal of logo design, brand guidelines, and visual identity – Kai Hansen
• Copper ore carried aboard from the Visnes mining area and the Visnes Mining Museum – Aleksander Hauge
• Stavanger Maritime Museum (MUST)
• Stavanger Seamen's Association
• The historic coastal passenger ship MS Sandnes
• Stavanger Heritage Boat Harbor

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