Roald Synnevaag Country: Norway I started taking photographs in 1978 and joined Bekkalokket Photo Club in Bergen, Norway, the same year. After having achieved good results in Bekkalokket's competitions for many years, in 1987 I started taking part in the national competitions. I am currently ranked as number 4 in the national competitions, which have been held annually since 1930.  I started participating in FIAP approved competitions in 1990 and had my first photo accepted in Latvia that year. I held my first separate exhibition in 2005, and since 2009, I have a permanent exhibition at a public service office in Bergen. My pictures have been accepted/awarded in 100 different countries all over the world, with a total of 1000 different images.  I have been an elected representative for Bekkalokket Photo Club for 25 years. I was one of the founders of Stella Polaris Photogroup in 2014, that is an club for photograpers in Scandinaia.  In 1993, I was elected to be a member of the board in NSFF- Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography), and all in all in NSFF I have served 24 years as representative, so far 17 years as secretary, 4 years as vice-president and 7 years as president. In addition, I have been NSFF's web editor for 7 years, and I have been in charge of collecting historical materials and scanning/editing our photo collection of approximately 12.000 photos from 1930 to 2005.

In 2007 I was appointed as honorary member of NSFF, and in 2012 In 2007 I was appointed an honorary president of NSFF. In 2015 I was one of the founders in the Nordic Society of Photography, and have been secretrary there since then. From 2015 to 2018 I was engaged in FIAP Federation International De L`art Photographique as Director of FIAP Magazine Service. From 2018 engaged as PSA Liaison Officer and Membership director in Photographic Society of America 2018-2020. 
I am now secretary in NSFF- Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography), secretary in NFFF - Nordic Society of Photography.

1995 EsNSFF Eksellense Service - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography) 
1995 AFIAP Artist – Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
1997 ANSFF Artist - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
1997 ENSFF Eksellense - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi. 
1997 HonENSFF Honorær Eksellense - Norsk Selskap for Fotografi 
2002 Honorary member of Bekkalokket Fotoklubb 
2003 EFIAP Eksellense - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2007 Honorary member of Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography) 
2011 EFIAP-B Excellence Bronze - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2012 Honorary president of Norsk Selskap For Fotografi (Norwegian Society of Photography) 
2014 EFIAP-S Excellence Silver - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2014 MFIAP Master of Photography - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2014 PPSA Proficiency – Photographic Society of America 
2015 EFIAP-G Excellence Gold - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2015 ENSFF-B Eksellense Bronse - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
2015 EPSA Excellence – Photographic Society of America 
2016 EFIAP-P Excellence Platinum - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2016 ENSFF-S Eksellense Sølv - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
2017 ENSFF-G Eksellense Gull - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
2017 BPSA Bronze – Photographic Society of America (portfolio 10 photographs) 
2017 MPSA Master of Photography – Photographic Society of America 
2017 SPSA Silver – Photographic Society of America (portfolio 15 photographs) 
2017 EsFIAP Eksellense Service Rendered to FIAP - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2018 GPSA Gold – Photographic Society of America (portfolio 20 photographs) 
2018 ENSFF-P Eksellense platina - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
2018 MNSFF Master of Photography - Norsk Selskap For Fotografi 
2018 HonENFFF Honorary Excellence Nordic Society Of Photography 
2018 NSMiF-B Nordisk Stormester i Fotografi- Bronze (Nordic Grandmaster in Photography – Bronze) 
2019 NSMiF-S Nordisk Stormester i Fotografi- Silver (Nordic Grandmaster in Photography – Silver) 
2019 MPSA 2 Master of Photography 2 – Photographic Society of America 
2020 NSMiF-G Nordisk Stormester i Fotografi- Gold (Nordic Grandmaster in Photography – Gold) 
2020 EFIAP-d1 Excellence Diamond 1 - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2020 Eksellense Silver - Suomen Kameraseurojen Lutto (Assosiasjon of Finnish camera clubs) 
2021 GMPSA Grand Master of Photography – Photographic Society of America 
2021 EFIAP-d2 Excellence Diamond 1 - Federation Internationale De L'art Photographique 
2021 Crown 1 Global Photographers Union 
2021 Crown 2 Global Photographers Union 
2020 Artist- A.CPE Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society 
202 Excellence service- ES.CPE Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society 
2021 Honorary- HON.CPE Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society 

Global Photographers Union 
Crown 1 
Crown 2
 
Photographic Society of America 
Projected Image Divisjon Color 6st galaxy 
Projected Image Divisjon Monochrome 3rd galaxy 
Nature Division 2nd galaxy 
Photo Travel Division 4th galaxy 
Pictorial Print Divisjon Large Monochrome 5th star 
Pictorial Print Divisjon Small Monochrome 3rd star 
Pictorial Print Divisjon Large Color 5th star 
Pictorial Print Divisjon Small Color 3rd star 
Photojournalism Division 1st galaxy 
3D division 3rd star