Svein ÅgeSvein Åge MathisenBorne in Larvik 20 November 1960 Solveig MathisenBorne in Cape Town 20 October 1961 Father: Åge Oskar Mathisen. Norwegian seaman. Twice married and…
As a young boy we were forced into the Roman Catholic system, catechism on saturday mornings and church every sunday. Catechism at the monastery some saturdays, was…
Destructive The government started building a new highway just up the road from us, through the boundary dividing the whites from the coloureds. During construction…
In my teens there was suddenly also other denominations, completely different than what we were used to. And we were allowed to go with friends…
After my grandfathers funeral, and coming back to this place that had so many ghosts. Life seemed meaningless, my glory days were over. Started school…
Leaving my family in South Africa to the promised land, as I was told. The journey went deeper into darkness. The best times were while…
Muizenberg was a special time in my life, deep roots to my past. We stayed in a brown house right on the vlei, so it…
It’s july 1978 and I’m leaving home for the army. Took the train into town and met up at the Cape Town castle. Suddenly I…
One Friday evening just after I had come home from the army, I was walking along the road on my way to make a score…
After nineteen years, along comes my father with promises of a new life and a family in Norway. All I had to do was get…
It was my first week in Fredrikstad, sitting in a bar with some other sailors. One Norwegian guy asks where I was from, so I tell…
Rotterdam 1982 Had an apartment in Fredrikstad with my girlfriend whom I had gotten together with again. The first salary was supposed to be sent…
Cádiz on the border to Gibraltar, one of my favorite places where I spent some time in the early eighties. Loved the atmosphere of the…
Remember watching the news here in Europe, there was so much propaganda that I didn’t know what was truth or lies. They said a bloodbath…
In 1987 went back home to South Africa after been away for about four years. Had been working in a factory in Fredrikstad my girlfriend…
Spent over five years at sea, on many kinds of ships. Travelled most of the world except the far east and Australia. Been to many…
After a few years at sea, while onboard ship in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac. Here the waters of the Caribbean are so clear even…
Its 1982 and my life was crushed, a relationship gone terribly wrong. I was in a mess in a strange land and no one to…
It was to be my last trip to sea, had just boarded ‘ MS Vikara’ in Sweden. Life was in a terrible state, so it…
Returned to Norway and my girlfriend Catharina, who was now five months pregnant. Got my old job back and tried to make the best of…
I got hold of this house through a friend of mine named Joy , a girl from Cape Town working in the local bank. Joy…