A rather big steamboat in the fjord, surrounded by tall, green mountains. The steamboat is "Hohenzollern", the imperial yacht of German emperor William II. The fjord is most likely Ese fjord in Western Norway.
Normann was the first artist from Northern Norway to establish himself as a painter and was well known for his picturesque paintings of Norwegian fjords. He has been given much credit for the Norwegian efforts to become a major tourist attraction.