cover image: Missionaries onboard a passenger boat, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 1928

Missionaries onboard a passenger boat, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 1928

1928

"M. Berg, Mlle Kolnes (maintenant Mme Ringstad), Mlle Killie M. et Mme Helle à leur arrivée à Majunga 1928" ("Mr. Berg, Miss Kolnes (married Mrs. Ringstad), Miss Killie, Mr. and Mrs. Helle at their arrival to Majunga 1928"). Selma Kolnes is sister to Racin Kolnes. They are all wearing tropical helmets. -- Magne Birger Berg was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1951. He married Anna 1912-1990, maiden name Oekland, in Tananarive, Madagascar on December 1, 1931. Nils Helle was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1948. He married Margit, 1905-2000, maiden name Nome, in Paris, France on April 2, 1928. Selma Marie Kolnes was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1948. She married Sivert Anderson Ringstad, 1889-1970, a missionary in Madagascar from 1920-1948, in Antsirabe, Madagascar on May 27, 1932.
helmets norwegian missionary society group portraits helle, nils, 1901-1960 kolnes, selma, 1899-1951 berg, magne birger, 1898-1967

Authors

Fagereng, Edvin

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9038
Dates
1928
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 6.8 x 10.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar Majunga (Mahajanga)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m9038 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-A155-2044
Rights
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f8d3d40a4659a803bbfb3ef9b6a1d1dc

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