Hans Jakob Valderhaug and Eli Husum, the Guide's Norwegian authors, live in Oslo. Both are passionate and highly accomplished skiers and hikers-something that quickly becomes evident from their photographs and from the places they choose to explore.Hans Jakob Valderhaug and Eli Husum, Norwegian Cruising Guide authors, experienced sailors and high-latitude cruisers along the Norwegian coast and SvalbardFor more than forty years, Hans Jakob has cruised the Norwegian coast, from the Swedish border north to Svalbard. Since 2002, he and Eli have shared their accumulated local knowledge through the Norwegian Cruising Guide, contributing not only detailed cruising information but also insight into Norway's culture, landscape and history.Each season, they visit, document and photograph a remarkable number of harbours and anchorages. Their early cruising was done aboard their Hallberg-Rassy 31 Anna, and since 2013 they have continued this work aboard their Koopmans 39, also named Anna, extending both the range and depth of their coverage.