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Danish Originals S2 E7: Finn-Olaf Jones

In this episode of the art and business podcast Danish Originals, Danish-American mountaineer and writer Finn-Olaf Jones describes growing up in Stevns, Denmark and Wayzata, Minnesota, surrounded by his American father’s library and Danish art collection by Skagen Painters.

Danish Originals

From his home in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, Danish-American mountaineer and writer Finn-Olaf Jones describes growing up in Stevns, Denmark and Wayzata, Minnesota, surrounded by his American father’s library and Danish art collection by Skagen Painters.

Finn-Olaf talks about his latest project of completing the Seven Summits, as he reached the peaks of the highest mountains on each of the seven traditional continents.

Finn-Olaf selects and discusses a work by C.W. Eckersberg from the SMK collection.

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