Konrad Mägi arrived in Norway in the summer of 1908. He wanted to leave and return to Paris the very same autumn, but lacked the necessary finances. Hence, he was forced to live in Norway for more than two years. Some of the places he stayed at are known from Oslo’s address books, but identifying his painting sites is more complicated. It is known, however, that in the summer of 1910 he travelled to Eidskog county to the east of Oslo and stayed in the small town of Skotterud. 

On 9 June 1910 he wrote from there: “I reached the countryside today. Nature does not offer much, the air is somewhat sharp, but at least the lodgings are cheap.” Why Mägi chose Skotterud is not known. The Norwegian painter Erik Werenskiold was from Eidskog county and it is not impossible that the two artists crossed paths.

Mägi worked in Skotterud, where among other things he painted the local Lutheran church.