Beate Heide our final resident of 2021 will soon be arriving in Longyearbyen

Beate Heide is a Norwegian writer and storyteller working in fiction and non-fiction. Having been on residencies in both Iceland and Greenland, Beate finds inspiration from the places she visits, the nature she encounters and from local stories:

”I have been fascinated by the Arctic from the age of nine when I met Hilmar Nøis, one of the old-time hunters in Spitsbergen, who lived in Villa Fredheim. Between 1909 and 1963 he had 35 hunting winters on Svalbard. He gave his belongings to a museum in Andenes, my hometown. Hearing him talk about the light, the snow and the hunting opened my mind to the cold north.”

Beate has been nominated by our key partner Norsk Pen and will stay at Artica until mid December. To keep up to date on all our residents make sure to follow us on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) and check our news page regularly.