NordicPhotos is a collection of seven Nordic image collections, Tiofoto, Mira, Greatshots, IMS, Siluet, Nordic and the
royalty free
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collection, Simply North. Together it is one of the largest image collections of Nordic imagery, with over 5 million images and 300 photographers.
History
NordicPhotos was founded in 2000 by Arnaldur Gauti Johnson, Kjartan Dagbjartsson, Hreinn Ágústsson and Thor Ólafsson with funding from
The Icelandic New Business Venture Fund. In 2003 the company started expanding and has for the past years, strengthened its foundation when
acquiring some of the most well known and respected picture agencies in
Sweden
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. Companies with a history dating back more than 60 years. Today NordicPhotos has established itself as one of the leading picture agencies in the Nordic countries.
NordicPhotos has offices in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
,
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
,
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
,
Sweden
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and
Oslo
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,
Norway
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and represents many image collections in the
Nordic countries
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.
Acquisitions information 2003-2008
* Year 2003 IMS Bildbyrå, Sweden (founded 1946)
* Year 2003
Mira Bildarkiv, Sweden (founded 1978)
* Year 2004
Tiofoto, Sweden (founded 1958)
* Year 2006
Greatshots, Sweden (founded 1992)
* Year 2007
GV-Press, Norway (founded 1988)
* Year 2008
Spegla, Sweden (founded 2006)
* Year 2014
Gagnvirki, Iceland
Few of the professional photographers represented by NordicPhotos
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Hans Hammarskiöld
Hans Arvid Hammarskiöld (17 May 1925 – 12 November 2012) was a Swedish professional photographer. He was active in most genres—for many years he worked as an industrial photographer, but was especially noted for his portraits.
Career
Hammars ...
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Lennart Olsson
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Georg Oddner
Georg Oddner (17 October 1923 – 7 October 2007) was one of Sweden's greatest photographers from the 20th century.
Oddner was a jazz musician and studying advertising in the 1940s when he first came into contact with photography through John ...
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Anders Petersen
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Sten Didrik Bellander
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Harry Dittmer
Harry may refer to:
Television
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), 1987 comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (New Zealand TV series), 2013 crime drama starring Oscar K ...
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Sven Gillsäter
Sven is a Scandinavian masculine first name.
In Old Norse the meaning was "young man" or "servant" and the original Old Norse spelling was ''sveinn''.
Variants such as '' Svend'' are found in Danish and Norwegian. Another variant, ''Svein'' i ...
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Rune Hassner
Rune Hassner (13 August 1928 – 19 July 2003) was a Swedish photographer and film director. He directed around fifty documentaries and two feature films, including '' Myglaren,'' and illustrated numbers of books and articles with his photography ...
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Tore Johnson Tore may refer to:
Places
* Tõre, Estonia, a village
* Tore, Scotland, a village
* Töre, Sweden, a locality
* Töre River, Sweden
* Tore (volcano), Papua New Guinea
People
* Tore (given name), a Scandinavian given name
* Elihan Tore (1885–1976 ...
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Hans Malmberg
Hans Henry Malmberg (20 September 1927 in Solna – 1 September 1977 in Vällingby) was a Swedish photojournalist. He was a member of the photographic collective Tio fotografer (Ten photographers).
Early life and education
Malmberg was born on ...
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Pål-Nils Nilsson
Inge Pål-Nils Nilsson (7 July 1929 – 25 May 2002), was a Swedish photographer and filmmaker active from the 1950s to the 1990s. Early life
Pål-Nils Nilsson was the son of sculptor Robert Nilsson (1894–1984) and celebrated textile artist Bar ...
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Micke Berg
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Nina Korhonen
Nina may refer to:
* Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname
Acronyms
*National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq
*Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology
*No income, ...
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Thorbjörn Larsson
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Tina Miguel
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Conny Ekström
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Theresia Bråkenhielm
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Moa Karlberg
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Richard Yngwe
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See also
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Stock photography
Stock photography is the supply of photographs that are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, ...
References
External links
NordicphotosIMS Vintage PhotosCepic member pageStory from The Icelandic New Business Venture Fund(in Icelandic)
Photography companies of Iceland
Stock photography