Deposited data in 2021

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A feature film from Svalbard

Hans Petter Moland

A feature film from Svalbard

The renowned Norwegian Director, Hans Petter Moland has chosen to deposit a classic Norwegian film Zero Kelvin (Kjรฆrlighetens Kjรธtere), filmed...

Hans Petter Moland
Art from South-East Asia

Artemis Art Gallery

Art from South-East Asia

Representing the first Malaysian contribution, this deposit celebrates South-East Asian's vibrant art culture as seen through the eyes of emerging...

Artemis Art Gallery
Digital art

Guttormsgaards Archive

Digital art

Led by art historian Ellef Prestsรฆter, and working with US artist Sean Snyder, Guttormsgaards Arkiv is depositing a special digital...

Guttormsgaards Archive
Durga Saptashati Manuscripts

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)

Durga Saptashati Manuscripts

Facilitated by Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) and the Ministry of Culture in India, the Durga Saptashati Manuscripts...

Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA)
Global photographic collection

Progettali

Global photographic collection

A unique historic photographic collection is being deposited by Progettali, a private photographic archive. The collection features photos from Europe...

Progettali
Hungarian cultural heritage

National Library of Hungary

Hungarian cultural heritage

Representing the first Hungarian deposit, The National Library of Hungary deposited a selection of manuscripts representing different eras, along with...

National Library of Hungary
Icelandic and Nordic manuscripts

The Saga Heritage Foundation

Icelandic and Nordic manuscripts

The Saga Heritage Foundation has chosen to deposit the Flateyjarbok from 1387, one of the most important Icelandic and Nordic...

The Saga Heritage Foundation
National symbols of Kazakhstan

Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway

National symbols of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Norway, Yerkin Akhinzhanov, followed by a Kazakh delegation, made a deposit containing digitised versions of the national...

Embassy of Kazakhstan in Norway
Nobel Prize winner

Wislawa Szymborska Foundation

Nobel Prize winner

AWA welcomes Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska. The Arctic World Archive is proud to have received the works of Nobel...

Wislawa Szymborska Foundation
Norewegian Cannes Film Festival winner

Oslo Pictures

Norewegian Cannes Film Festival winner

The Norwegian film producer Oslo Pictures is depositing the new movie "Verdens verste menneske". English title is "The Worst Person...

Oslo Pictures
Norway in WWII

Norwegian Armed Forces Museum

Norway in WWII

The Norwegian Armed Forces Museum made its second deposit with a collection of photographs from Luftfartsmuseet, Forsvarsmuseet and Hjemmefrontsmuseet. These...

Norwegian Armed Forces Museum
Norwegian industry history

Tronrud Engineering

Norwegian industry history

Tronrud Engineering, one of the great stories of Norwegian industrial development, is depositing its core corporate history, centred around a...

Tronrud Engineering
Saskatchewan Doukhobor cultural heritage

Spirit Wrestler Productions

Saskatchewan Doukhobor cultural heritage

The Doukhobours or Dukhobors (Spirit-Warriors/Wrestlers) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin, The Doukhobor community, among the first...

Spirit Wrestler Productions
The fossil Britney

Natural History Museum of Norway

The fossil Britney

Making its second AWA deposit, the Natural History Museum chose to preserve a 'local' - the data from Ophthalmothule Cryostea,...

Natural History Museum of Norway
UNESCO World Heritage - Brihadishvara Temple

Sapio Analytics

UNESCO World Heritage - Brihadishvara Temple

After the initiation of preservation of paintings on the UNESCO world heritage site, Ajanta Caves, more restored artworks from ancient...

Sapio Analytics

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