Our story

About Nordpix

Mission

Nordpix is a curated visual media licensing platform built for the Nordic region and hosted entirely in Europe. We exist to give Nordic photographers a fair deal and buyers a trustworthy, GDPR-native alternative to American stock platforms.

What is Nordic photography?

Nordic photography is the visual tradition of the five Nordic countries — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. It is shaped by long winters, low northern light, dramatic coastlines, vast wilderness and the architectural restraint of Scandinavian design. The result is a distinct aesthetic: cold colour palettes, expansive negative space, and a quiet, naturalistic mood.

The Nordpix library covers the full range of subjects within Nordic and Scandinavian photography:

  • Fjord and coastal landscapes — Nærøyfjord, Geirangerfjord, the Lofoten Islands, Vesterålen, the Faroe-facing Atlantic coast and the Norwegian Sea.
  • Northern Lights and aurora photography — aurora borealis captured over Tromsø, Senja, Svalbard, Finnish Lapland and Iceland.
  • Arctic and mountain photography — Svalbard wildlife, Jotunheimen, Sarek National Park, Dovrefjell and the Kebnekaise range.
  • Forests, lakes and rural landscapes — Finnish lake district, the Swedish boreal forest, Danish beech woods and Norwegian highlands.
  • Scandinavian cities and architecture — Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Reykjavík, including Nordic minimalist interiors and contemporary buildings.
  • Aerial and drone footage — 4K drone stills and video clips across all five Nordic countries.

Every photo and clip on Nordpix is shot by a verified photographer based in the Nordic region, then hand-curated for technical quality and licensing clarity. Buyers can license individual images under Editorial, Commercial or Print & Wall Art tiers — directly from the photographer, with a fair royalty split.

Why we exist

The major stock photo platforms — Getty Images, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock — pay photographers between 15% and 45% of each sale, run on US infrastructure, and apply US privacy law by default.

Nordic photographers deserve better. Nordpix pays 60% royalty on every sale, stores all data on Hetzner servers in Germany, and is GDPR-compliant from day one — not as an afterthought.

We also curate. Every photographer is reviewed before their work goes live. This isn't a platform of tens of millions of mediocre images — it's a library of quality photography from five countries.

For photographers

You keep 60% of every license sold. No exclusivity required. No lock-in. Upload once, earn indefinitely. Payments are processed in EUR via Mollie, with automatic invoicing.

Your work appears on your public photographer profile, in project collections, and in search results. Every page is server-rendered for SEO so your work gets discovered organically. Ready to apply? Sell your Nordic photography.

For buyers

Three clear license tiers — Editorial (€45), Commercial (€120), Print & Wall Art (€85) — with unambiguous usage rights and EUR invoices. No subscription traps. Pay per image, rights are yours forever.

Original files are delivered via a time-limited secure download link after purchase. Watermarked previews are shown publicly; originals are never accessible without a valid license. Browse Nordic stock photos to get started.

Explore the Nordpix library

The best way to understand Nordpix is to browse it. The library is organised so you can find Nordic and Scandinavian photography by keyword, country, subject or photographer.

Infrastructure

Nordpix runs on a Hetzner VPS in Germany. Media files are stored in Hetzner Object Storage (S3-compatible) in the EU. Authentication is handled by FjordID, a self-hosted Keycloak instance. Payments via Mollie, which is headquartered in the Netherlands.

No data leaves the European Union.

Frequently asked questions

What is Nordpix?
Nordpix is a curated stock photography licensing platform focused on the Nordic region — Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Photographers upload their work and buyers can license images for editorial, commercial or print use.
Is Nordpix GDPR compliant?
Yes. All data is hosted on Hetzner infrastructure in Germany. No data is transferred outside the European Union. Nordpix is GDPR-native — compliance is built into the architecture, not added as an afterthought.
How does photo licensing work on Nordpix?
Choose a photo, select a license tier (Editorial €45, Commercial €120, or Print & Wall Art €85), and complete payment via Mollie. You receive an EUR invoice and a secure download link to the full-resolution original.
Who can sell photos on Nordpix?
Photographers based in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland. All contributors are reviewed before their work goes live. Submit your portfolio to photographers@nordpix.eu.
How is Nordpix different from Getty Images or Shutterstock?
Nordpix pays photographers 60% royalty versus Getty Images's 15–45% and Shutterstock's 15–40%. All data stays in the EU, we curate for quality rather than volume, and licensing is transparent with clear EUR pricing.
Where can I license Nordic photography online?
Nordpix is a dedicated marketplace for Nordic and Scandinavian photography — fjords, Northern Lights, Arctic wildlife, Lofoten coastlines, Scandinavian cities and Lapland wilderness. Every contributor is a verified photographer based in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland. License individual photos and drone footage at nordpix.eu under Editorial, Commercial or Print & Wall Art tiers.
Is Nordpix the same as Nord Photo or Nordphoto?
Nordpix is the project's full name and the canonical domain is nordpix.eu. Some users search for variants such as Nord Photo, Nordphoto or Nordic Photo — these all refer to the same Nordic photography licensing platform.