Anders Thygesen is Danish, but has lived in Norway since 1992. He founded Kajakkspesialisten in 1996 and has since then worked on building traditional kayaks, teaching others to build traditional kayaks and giving kayak technique courses.

Anders has 3 years' education as an outdoors guide from Telemark Høgskole, and 3 years' education as an arts & crafts teacher. He has been involved with the Norwegian Canoe Association since 1998 as a member of Technical Committee for Sea Kayaking. Among other duties he has been responsible for the sea kayak instructor education programme in the Norwegian Canoe Association.

Anders works all over Norway, and in other countries. He collaborates with private institutions, organizations, unions, schools, clubs etc., or works independently.

Paddle blog

Kayakkspesialisten paddles the entire Norway coast in 2011. Follow the trip and the planning on our blog: Paddle expedition blog.

New kayak type!

The rolling kayak is here! Build it yourself, or order one. More.

Building a Nansen kayak.

About a museum project, concerning this years great Nansen exhibition.More.

New articles

Finally all articles and texts have been translated into english. Now you can read about kayaking with children, dressing for sea kayaking and more!