Posts by Erling Th. Jakobsen

Friday 11/7 at 4:00-5:30 PM and Saturday 12/7. at 11:00 to 12:30 a.m. a privateer voyage will be arranged with the ships Schooner AIDA, TX 51, Johanna Marie, Tortuga and Prøven. The voyage departs from where the ships are located in Farsund with Torvkaia at 11:00. We sail in a small motorcade from Farsund, via Bjørnsundet, on to Eikvaag Bay where…

Gold diggers are welcome to find their treasures. Inside Sandhaugen on Torvet there is an incredible amount of "gold" hidden. You can keep these, or if you are lucky, exchange them for real Caper week gold coins in the waffle booth in front of Tollboden. These real Caper week gold coins have been taken out of their vault and donated to us by Sparebanken Norge.

This year, many actors have been training and are looking forward to July 12th, when the play will be performed at the harbor and town square. This year, the play is on July 12th and we promise excitement, bangs and shows.

Svein Syvertsen and Samuel Kjørkleiv have done a great deal of work making films of coastal cultural and historical value for our area. Among the films that will be shown between the lectures/during the breaks at Backes Bu during the event in Kaperuka is the story of the boat Lindholmen which sank after a fire off the coast in 1907, and was driven on…

Thursday, July 10th at 11 am, Epoke invites you to a special celebration at the schooner Aida. We celebrate that Epoke is a Flag Expedition (Flag 51) for The Explorers Club, New York. This makes Epoke the first southerners affiliated with the organization since Bernt Balchen became an honorary member in 1950. ( wow ) Epoke at Linda and Håkon Reinertsen is…

Leading politicians from the five largest parties in Agder gather for a Politician Dialogue in Farsund on July 12. The Norwegian Church in Farsund is arranging a "politician dialogue" on the schooner AIDA during this year's pirate week. The bishop of Agder and Telemark, Stein Reinertsen, will lead the conversation during the event. The parish priest in Farsund, Henning Huseby Jansen, makes it clear that this will not be…

Local pirate history is bigger and more unknown than Captain Sabretooth, older and deeper than just the privateering era. Through lectures, Epoke will convey our common local history, which can be directly linked to the greater European political power game and the formation of national borders. How did the Agder coast and Lister become a central piece in this game? In Kaperuka there is a festival within the festival. Coastal cultural and historical stories are presented at Backes bu. We have speakers from home and abroad including the leader…

We are pleased to present Anne-Lise and Bjørn from Ting med Tang in Engelsviken who will come and tell you how to collect seaweed and kelp for your own food. How to collect it correctly, which species are used for what, taste, nutritional content and much more. Anne- and Bjørn are committed to sharing expertise at all levels so that…

Jahn Thore Rygh has put together a unique exhibition about the Norwegian America Line that will be displayed at Havnegaten 29 (Brøvigbygget) in Kaperuka. The exhibition is the result of several years of effort from Jahn-Thore Rygh, who has collected objects, uniforms and memories related to life aboard the America Line's ships - inspired, among other things, by his…

Sudden Circus, a circus company led by Morten Uglebjerg Norli and Anna Nerdrum Bøgwald, is coming to town. At Torvet there will be performances, a circus school and a pop-up circus, all of which are part of the circus company's vision to create magic and joy for people of all ages. Anna and Morten will, together with their friends, perform a heartwarming circus show…