This page features a beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat family and talks about the parents. Helmi very kindly sent me some fantastic pictures some time ago now. I confess that I had forgotten about them. How could I have done that?! I must have been sidetracked. Anyway, I downloaded the latest version of Picasa from the internet. Picasa and Picasa Web Albums are simply awesome. What a combination! Helmi Flick photographs and Google technology. Picasa made the collage and the video on this page. I wouldn’t have done this but for Picasa scanning through the hard drive and finding photographs that I thought were not there.
The Norwegian Forest Cat is one of my favorites. This is partly because I lived with one many years ago. Actually, she was a Norwegian Forest Cat mix but very definitely Norwegian Forest Cat, nonetheless. Such athletism. What a climber! And how courageous. I adore these photographs. If you live with an NFC, can we hear from you? Try this input form. Gloria Stephens also says, in her fine book, that they are dependable and sensible. I wish all people were the same. The history of this distinguished cat breed took a massive turn towards celebrity in the 1930s when what was an “ordinary” moggie cat companion to Norwegians began the long journey to a finely developed show cat. The 1930s was the decade when this cat breed was shown at cat shows for the first time and who could resist developing the breed. So, what about this gorgeous Norwegian Forest Cat family? Well, Helmi Flick tells the story on her blog ![]() 2005-2006 TICA International # 4 Norwegian Forest Cat Kitten This photo (left) of RW QGC/CH HattKatts Guri of ForestKatz is copyright Helmi Flick – please respect it – thank you. Guri is a Red Classic Tabby & White Now what about the Norwegian Forest Cat Family, as I called it, in the collage and video above? Well, you won’t be surprised to know that the father is the king himself, Guri. While the mother is RW SGC NorseStar Berit of ForestKatz (she’s the cat in the small picture above and to the right and in the video – first frame). What parents! Helmi says that Donna Armel calls the kittens her, “Angel Litter”. Their names are in the video as captions. The super six are: Ariel, Calli, Faith, Gabriel, Grace and Kadi. And the picture of the cats gazing at and trying to catch the bubble (bottom right in the collage) illustrated a profile of this breed that was published in Cat Fancy magazine. You can’t get better than that. The Flicks are very careful in selecting the correct background. The background can make or beak a picture and on this occasion it is called “Green Felt”. Just in case anyone wants to line up the Flicks for a photo session. Oh, and that bubble that graces the Cat Fancy photo was added in post processing, something Helmi is also skilled at. Guri is a red classic tabby and white; the associations allow all traditional colors and divisions. Also NorseStar Berit of ForestKatz is a brown classic tabby & white. I try and summarise the breed standards of the major associations while showing more of Helmi’s photographs (and those of some other fine amateur photographers) in a large slide show on this page: Norwegian Forest Cat Picture [link]. Then there is lots more reading and viewing: Norwegian Forest Cat [link] – this takes you to a big page on this cat breed. This Norwegian Forest Cat family is stunning.
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Great to hear from you. I envy you. They are wonderful cats.
I have two Norwegians and I love them to death. They are my life. One is 9 and one is 11 and doing very well and healthy.. thank you for loving them too.
I rescued a cat from a sanctuary as a kitten, his name is Biscuit. He is mostly all black, but does have white and silver in his very large bushy tail and belly. His muzzle is more pointed than i’ve seen on a cat like this, you usually see this kind of muzzle on one of the hairless cats, but i’m not certain what breed he is. He is gorgeous. He feels like silk, never felt a cat as soft as him before and i have 4 other soft cats. I think he is Norwegian, but not sure. Can I send a picture of him to you and you take a look?
Hi Cheryl. I decided to remove the standard uploader because a lot of people used it for spam. You can email me with the pictures and story if you wish. My email address is mjbmeister [at] gmail.com – just change [at] for @ and make it a normal email address. I’ll then I’ll either email you back or publish the pictures and story on the site. Nice to hear from you.
Is there somewhere/somehow I could post photos of my cats? I think they may be Norwegian Forest Cats by their appearance but they are both rescues from the local SPCA. I’d like to get the opinion of someone familiar with the breed.