Anna Boberg was fascinated by the arctic landscape. From 1901 and onwards, she visited the Lofoten islands off the north-west coast of Norway year after year, often undertaking arduous expeditions to make oil sketches on cardboard. This painting was based on one such sketch of the summer night north of the Arctic Circle. Daylight lingers in the sky above the moun-tains and cabins reflected in the still water. Anna Boberg’s Lofoten paintings won acclaim at ex-hibitions in Europe and the USA.