Lecture tour in Vesterålen
Published 30 September 2026
Liv Helene Willumsen and Gøril Karlsen have been on a lecture tour in Vesterålen
05 February 2025
On Tuesday 4 February, Ballangen Museum and Ballangen Library invited to an exhibition opening at Ballangen Library!
The opening was marked with a lecture by Tone Elvebakk from Várdobáiki Sami Centre, where she talked about the background to the exhibition, and about the exciting project behind the exhibition. After the lecture, there was a more open conversation between the speaker and the audience.
Áhkánjárgga Sámesearvi /Narvik Sámi Association had activities for children, and there was coffee and something to eat for the audience.
The exhibition Govat ja muitalusat ? Sámi eallin gaskal 1910-1925, Photos and stories ? Sami Life 1910-1925 tells through photographs and stories about what life was like in the Sámi villages in South Troms and Nordre Nordland 100 years ago. The exhibition was produced by Várdobáiki Sami Centre in collaboration with Sortland Museum and Narvik Museum in 2017, as part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Sami national meeting in Trondheim in 1917. Text in Sami and Norwegian.
The exhibition Govat ja muitalusat ? Sámi eallin gaskal 1910-1925, Photos and stories ? Sami Life 1910-1925 is completely free to watch at the library until Thursday 27 February, within the library’s own opening hours.