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More personal interests & hobbies

 GENERAL SCIENCE /Natural sciences

* Development

* Innovation

* News of the world

     ARCHAEOLOGY

·       locally we have remains from the stone age,bronze age ….

·       excavated by Erling Johansen, a genius from Kråkerøy

ASTRONOMY

·       where do we come from ?

·       are we alone ?

·       how realistic is it ..............................?

ATHLETICS

·       as a previous high jumper I am still fascinated by …

·       how good are we ?

·       what are the limits of  running /jumping/ throwing ?

BICYCLING

·       I have been bicycling all my life and still is

·       from 1000 to 3000 km per year

*       In 1996 I bicycled from Bodø to Brønnøysund,  following the coast-road

·       excellent way to keep you in activity

·       including mountain biking

BOTANY

·       important for me to get knowledge of hosts for fungi , like the sclerotinaceous

·       moss-habitants for fungi

·       arctic-alpine plants

*       bryology

BUTTERFLIES   Lepidoptera

·       fascinating creatures  !

·       the beauty

CHINESE QIGONG THERAPY

·       breath-techniques to improve your energy and peaceful mind

·       to learn breathing correctly  and ……

CHINESE HERBAL MEDICINE

·       use of herbs dates back to 3000 BC

·       long experience and  proved useful

 COMICS

·       still much pleasure in comics, relaxing ..

·       the Phantom, Tin-Tin, Donald Duck , Billy…

 ECOLOGY

·       the environment we live in

·       avoid damage of biotops that houses vulnerable species

·       become concious of spoiling and wast

ECOSOPHY  / PHILOSOPHICAL ECOLOGY

·       the deep-ecology movement  by philosopher Arne Næss

·       take care of the globe

MARTIAL ARTS

·       archery

·       karate

·       bushido, aikido

·       kenjutsu  & iai-do

MOUNTAINEERING

·       the challenge of reaching a mountain top, high or low

*       In 1997 I was on top of Besshø , 2258 m asl , and Folarskarnuten , 1933 m ,highest peak in Hallingskarvet

*       In 2002 I was twice on top of Teide, 3718 m asl, the highest peak in Spain !

·       the satisfaction and pleasure to view the panorama  

   MODEL RAILWAY

•  A forgotten hobby, but absolutely fascinating ,

•  .....and I have the stuff !!

MOVIES

·     ever since my childhood I have been regularly on cinema

·    favorite actors: Sean Connory, Sophia Loren, Jamie Lee Curtis, Wesley Snipes, Christopher Lambert, Nicolas Cage, Charles Bronson, Kirk Douglas, Russel Crowe,Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones,  Harrison Ford, Steven Segal, Jet Li,

*  The last movies I saw : DaVinci code, Firewall, Mission Impossible III; "V" for Vendetta, The New World, Inside man, Lord of war,  A beautiful mind, Unleashed, National treasure, Heroes,  The Interpreter, Zatoichi, Million Dollar Baby,  Kingdom of Heaven, Finding Neverland,   Lost in translation, The last Samurai, Kill Bill, Så som I himmelen,City of God,Road to Perdition,  Apocalypse Now ,  The Mission, Traffic, Dead or Alive, Hidden Dragon,  Samurai Fiction, American Beauty, Never cry wolf, Blind fury,  .

MUSIC

·       electronic (Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream,Helge Krabye, Klaus Schulze)

*       audiovisual music

·      jazz-rock  (Joe Zawinul, Jan Garbarek, Nils Petter Molvær, Øystein Sevåg, Weather report,Pat Metheny, Youssou  N'Dour,Vangelis, Al Jarreau, Dave Brubeck   )

·       ethnic ( African, Chinese, South-American, ......)

·       classic  (Bach, Vivaldi ....)

 PHOTOGRAPHY

·       extensive collection of slides: mushrooms, minerals, people

·       electronic photos

·       collection of Scanning electrone micrography ,fungi/minerals

  TRAVELING /HIKING

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SAMURAI HISTORY  

·       Samurai swords

·       Iai-do = the quick-drawing sword

·       Kenjutsu = swording techniques

 TAOISM

·       the path

·       not a religion, not a philosophy

ZEN-BUDDHISM

·       Daisetz Suzuki , the greatest in the 20th Century

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ICE-bathing

Regular training during the winter to take a short swim  in the ice-water,

 - keep your blood-flow in action !