FARSUND Coastal cultural history stories at Backes bu Saturday, July 12
at 12.00 - 17.00
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Fyrglede at Backe's bow, Henriette sjæveland
Henriette Skjæveland says she will particularly focus on Katland lighthouse, which she has a close relationship with. Henriette has written the book "Lighthouse Joy" together with Andreassen, who is an illustrator and tattoo artist.
Photo Lists 24
TIME: 1:00 PM -2:00 PM
Klaus Kniphoff and his pirate expedition to Lister county in 1525
Linda & Haakon Reinertsen
The year is 1525. Klaus Kniphof sets sail from the Netherlands with his two ships, Gallion and Flyvende Geist. The course is set for Lista, where he gathers a crew and loads up with weapons and supplies – all ready for a brutal expedition that would go down in history.
Linda & Håkon Reinertsen share this amazing story with us
Time: 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Prof. Dr. Luis Sicking
Clais Kniphof and His Dutch Connections in 1525. Clais Kniphof – admiral, corsair and pirate – between the Netherlands and Norway, 1525
In 1523, Christian II, the last Union King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, left his kingdoms and fled to the Netherlands. During his exile he made several attempts to regain his thrones. In 1525 one of his agents, Clais Kniphof, equipped a ship and received a license from the exiled king to take enemy vessels. This lecture discusses Kniphof's preparations in the Netherlands and his subsequent actions both in ports like Goedereede and at sea on his way to Norway.
Time: 4 – 5 p.m.
Of Pirates, Ravens and the Devil. conflicts, Competition and Criminalization in the North Atlantic (1450-1535)
Dr. Philipp Hoehn (University Halle-Wittenberg/Oxford University
In 1526 near Farsund, a brutal confrontation took place between the Lübeck Bergenfahrer, a corporation of merchants trading with Bergen, and Martin Pechlin, a partisan of the exiled Danish king Christian II. In processions, chronicles and exhibitions of trophies, the Bergenfahrer who returned to Lübeck presented themselves as victorious fighters against pirates.
In my lecture, I will examine why they did this. Drawing on the example of 1526, I will shed light on how maritime communities around 1500 thought about economic competition, fought their opponents and reinvented the Roman concept of piracy in order to criminalise their opponents and justify their own acts of violence.
photo Lister 24 by Linda and Håkon Reinertsen
