Nordic Wikimedia/Yearbook 2011/Page 09 Photo uploading events

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The biggest photo contest in the world

During September, 2011, the international photo competetition Wiki Loves Monuments was held in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The goal was to get the public to photograph culturally significant monuments and publish the photos under a free license, so that they would be available for anyone to use. The contest started out in the Netherlands, and in 2011 it became an international success. Around 170,000 photos were uploaded, out of which more than 7,000 photoes were uploaded from Scandinavia (753 from Denmark, 1,212 from Norway and 5,134 from Sweden). National jurys nominated ten photos each for the international finale. Norwegian user Erlend Bjørvedt was awarded the fourth prize for his photo of the old coal births at Svalbard. The Norwegian winner was able to bring home a Canon 60D as his first prize, awarded at the Wikipedia Academy in Oslo.

Wiki Loves Monuments photos

Bornholm, Denmark: Årsdale Mill from 1877 at Svaneke, by User:Akoopal, winner of the Danish competetition
Langeland, Denmark: Hagbølle dolmen and tumulus from the Stone Age, by User:Praeceptor, second prize in the Danish competition
Frederiksberg, Denmark: Frederiksberg Palace, by User:Daniel Stello, third prize in the Danish competition
Bjugn, Norway: Vallersund mansion by User:Marius Meyer, winner of the Norwegian competition
Svalbard, Norway: Cemetary for the 29 dead from the February 1920 mine blast in Mine No 1 at Longyearbyen, by User:Bjoertvedt, third prize in the Norwegian competetition
Åre, Sweden: Villa Jamtbol by User:Ulff, Winner of the Swedish competition
Anundshög in Sweden: Ship setting by User:Archid, winner in the category Ancient monuments in the Swedish Competetition
Nacka, Sweden: Carl Milles´ sculpture God at the Celestial Arc, by User:Evunji, winner in the category Miscellenous in the Swedish Competition

Photo safaris

other promotional activities for the uploading of photos to Wikimedia Commons

Other events for the promotion of new photos for the Wikimedia Commons media data base were photo safaris arranged by Wikimedia Sweden (koll: även i andra länder, Wiki Takes Nationalmuset in Danmark). During 2011 photo safaris were arranged in the provinces of Dalarna in January 2011 (204 photos uploaded) and in Uppland in June (499 photos uploaded). The latter event included geotagging for Open Street Map Project and was sponsored by the Cloudberry Project (Föreningen för fri kultur och programvara, The Association for Free Culture and Free Software).

The Cloudberry Photo Safari

The Cloudberry Photo Safari set out in the coastal area of Roslagen to the north of Stockholm in a weekend in May, 2011. Eight volonteers participated.