The National Museum in Oslo calls Hannah Ryggen an "eternal activist" who, with her textile art, "fought against war, abuse of power and social injustice". This is Fishing in the Sea of Debt (1933) which depicts the devastating impact of debt and economic hardship on individuals and families, particularly the fishing community of Ørlandet, during the 1930s economic depression. A rich woman enjoys lunch, a banker sits with his fishing line on the surface of the sea which drags down a father and his drowning children, and a doctor takes the last coin of a dead man who lies on the ground nearby. A bleak but true impression of contemporary life for many Norwegians.