Synnøve’s grandfather, Thoralf, grew up in the small town of Porsgrunn, just 30 miles north of Kragerø. In 2001, he and Synnøve’s grandmother, Patricia, bought a summer house in Kragerø. A few years later, Synnøve’s parents did the same—making it a beloved summer retreat for the whole Karlsen family. Barney first visited Kragerø with Synnøve in 2017, and it didn’t take long for the beautiful coastline to win him over. Since then, we've returned time and again—each visit only deepening our love for this special place. It quickly became clear that Kragerø was the perfect setting for our wedding, and we can’t wait to share it with all of our favorite people next year. The photo on the homepage was taken during our very first trip here together.

Yes, we plan to have welcome drinks on the Friday and a BBQ and Reke (shrimp) party on the Sunday - more details to follow. But for now we would just like to know if we can expect you on the wedding day itself.

As much as we would love for everyone's children to be there, we are limiting the number of children at the wedding to those in our family. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause and hope that arrangements can be made so that you can still join us!

We will be block booking a number of rooms in the following hotels in Kragerø: Tollboden Hotel, Victoria Hotel and the Kragerø Hotel. There is also a wide selection of AirBnBs in the area and the Kragerø Resort is another option slightly further out of town.

Oslo Torp and Oslo Gardermoen.

We aim to update this page with more in-depth information on the wedding weekend when we send out the formal invitations later in the year. That page will include more details on transport, where to stay and a formal RSVP to each event. If you have any further questions please contact either of us directly, but for now please let us know if you think you'll be able to attend by clicking the RSVP button on the home page.

Synnøve: 07710604660 sno.karlsen@gmail.com Barney: 07443 507595 barnabydunn@hotmail.com