Trygvi

Every year we have a few bottle fed/ orphaned lambs on the farm, this years bottle fed from our own farm is Trygvi - born in pouring rain by a first time mother who wouldn’t feed him, so I found him up the mountain very weak, cold and wet, for a while I really didn’t think he was going to make it through the day. However he pulled through, even after a few other incidents of bloat, weak stomach and getting attacked by a ram. HOWEVER come October we have to cut our number of sheep down to half due to legal and financial reasons and at the moment Trygvi is one of the ones we normally wouldn’t keep because he is a ram lamb, has crocked horns, still being very small and weak and is in no way breeding material and keeping a ram lamb on a farm with these traits is asking for trouble. BUT he is so cute and adorable, loves to be loved and I ´m in love 💔
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His story and personality is very much like our star Elias’s ❤️
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I hate October, this is the month I really wish I wasn’t a farmer because having to produce meat and deciding who gets to continue it’s life on the farm and who doesn’t is the hardest thing ever. And before you judge me and say that I don’t have to do it like this, there really isn’t a way out, Faroese law and my right to farm depends on this - I am only allowed to keep 68 sheep in the winter period, if I keep more I could potentially loose my farm. So we have learned to make the best out of a bad situation and pride our selves in raising sheep who live there very best life on the farm, they are loved, well fed and taken care of since animal welfare is our number one priority.
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I’ve made a deal with myself and my husband that in order for a ram lamb to stay on the farm, it has to eighter be a breeder or pay its own bills another way.

The pictures are all taken and edited by Harriet Olafsdóttir.

All posters will be printed and shipped from The Faroe Islands.

Showing the beauty of The Faroe Islands through my creativity has always been a dream of mine.

Living in this place surrounded by harsh seas, strong winds and dark winters photography started as a way to look for beauty in everything. Growing up in a small town as a farmers daughter, animals have always been close to my heart. Through this series I want to show the natural beauty and soul of these majestic creatures.