A Finnish specialist living in the Lofoten Islands who works at a local monitoring station with field and resonance measurements.

Born

1992.

Character

Analytical, calm, and loyal.

Oskari moved from Finland to Norway in 2019. He first lived in Oslo, then moved to the Lofoten Islands fairly soon afterward for his current job. At the monitoring station, he usually works alone, tracking environmental fields, coherence, phase differences, and regional resonance behavior as part of a wider observation network.

Aija Lumén and Oskari have known each other since their student days. Their long friendship has endured even as life took them in different directions and eventually to different countries.

A couple of years before the events of the Connection, Oskari met Sigrid Nilsen after the Oslo HiFi Show. They discovered they were headed in the same direction and continued the trip together. After that, they met from time to time and often talked about sound, music, and what could be observed around and beneath what is heard.

Oskari drives an old red Volvo 240 Estate that he bought used in 2011. In the Lofoten Islands, his favorite pizzeria is on the waterfront near the harbor and Sigrid’s studio.

Born

1992.

Character

Analytical, calm, and loyal.

Oskari approaches unusual observations first as measurable phenomena. He does not look for mystical explanations: if something happens, it should leave an observable trace. That is exactly why the recurring coherence and resonance anomalies begin to trouble him when their timing coincides with Aija and Sigrid’s evenings at the studio.

When the same structure begins appearing at more than one measurement point, Oskari’s scientific caution becomes personal concern for Aija. He delays the formal handling of the data to protect her from attention arriving too soon. It is not a purely scientific decision, and Oskari knows it.

Aija and Oskari’s friendship goes back many years, and it shows in the direct, unforced way they speak to each other. Oskari’s concern for Aija, however, begins to go beyond ordinary friendship, even though he does not put those feelings into words at this stage.

Oskari and Sigrid share an interest in sound, measurement, and small irregularities. The trio’s everyday life also includes ordinary moments, such as meals at Oskari’s favorite waterfront pizzeria near the harbor and the studio.