Sunday 23 August 2009


Stavanger is an international city. It is also the “oil capital”, with many oil companies based in the region. Several other companies also have employees from quite a range of countries. Well, then it became necessary to have an International School etc. etc.


From what I understand out of the stats from the council, most “foreigners” are from Britain, followed by Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, U.S.A. France, Russia, India and the Netherlands.


Today I want you to meet RAJA, from Aix en Provence in France.

Her husband works as a geologist, and they have been living in Stavanger for three years.

She has been attending a Norwegian course, and I have to say that I was really impressed by how well she speaks the language! She works at the shop “L´Occitane” in central Stavanger.


8 comments:

Unknown said...

I love L'Occitane!

Nori Katayama said...

Nice smile!

Kcalpesh said...

Very expressive eyes. Nice smile too :-) lovely portrait!

VP said...

Great smile, very good portrait. It's a long way from Aix to Stavanger, you have to tell us more of these stories.

Mo said...

Great potrait. Are you doing a series of strangers?

Stefan Jansson said...

Nice to see a portrait every now and then. Hello Raja!

EG CameraGirl said...

I think you captured her lively spirit!

Anonymous said...

I think I have met her there at the shop and she really speaks norwegian well. I too was surprised, even though I didnt know for how long she has been living here. Prejudice I guess..... ;-) Nice pic as well!