Njord

I was searching for information about this picture, which is also in Watson's book and marked as Njord, but no further explanation is provided.

It was once again Jørgen Metzdorff who was able to help me, as he knew that this picture was printed in the Danish magazine Vor Hunde. Most likely, Njord was one of the Icelandic Sheepdogs that lived in the Copenhagen Zoo. The drawing of Njord closely resembles the dog in the photograph of the dogs in Københavns Zoologiske Have. That photo was taken in 1898/99 and shows some of the last dogs that lived in the zoo. They had a dream to breed and showcase different national dog breeds – Icelandic Sheepdogs, Greenland Dogs, and the Great Dane. The picture hung for a long time in the zoo director’s office.

Jørgen tried to find more information in the zoo’s archives but was unfortunately not lucky in uncovering anything further.

Thus, the mystery of Njord will remain unsolved.