Harald Natvig

Natvig graduated in 1898 and worked as a municipal doctor in Lyngør, Kristiansund, and Flakstad. From 1905, Natvig ran his own medical practice in Bergen, and from 1908 in Oslo. During the 1912–1913 First Balkan War, he worked as a surgeon in a Serbian field hospital. In the 1918 Finnish Civil War, Natvig led a Norwegian Red Cross ambulance on the White side.^[2] In late 1918, Natvig published a book of his photographs on the Finnish Civil War.^[3] Especially those taken in the Battle of Länkipohja have become famous.

He participated in shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won the gold medals both in team 100 meter running deer, single shots and team 100 meter running deer, double shots. He won the individual bronze medal in 100 meter running deer, single shot. At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, he won the gold medal in team 100 meter running deer, single shots, and the silver medal in team 100 meter running deer, double shots.^[4]

Natvig's images of the Finnish Civil War featured in his book Fra den finske frihedskrig 1918: Vestarméen, which he published in late 1918. Following the Battle of Länkipohja, Natvig also took a series of photographs of the execution of 13 surrendered Red Guard fighters, who were found and shot on 17 March. A series of images showing the Red Guard fighters being executed, including one showing them being hit by bullets, are some of the best-known images of the Finnish Civil War.^[5]