skrei creating new jobs -

18 December 2025

The establishment of SKREI entails a need for new employees. There are already many employees at Museum Nord’s Vågan department – and now the need is increasing further.

Museum Nord operates and develops a number of museums in Ofoten, Lofoten and Vesterålen. We are organized into 4 departments. One of the departments is Museum Nord dept. Vågan. In Vågan, the following museums are included in Museum Nord: Lofoten War Memorial Museum, Lofoten Museum, Gallery Espolin and Lofoten Aquarium.

What is skrei?

On 30 June 2026, we will open SKREI. At SKREI, the story of the Lofoten fishery – the great winter fishing for skrei – will be told. SKREI will be about both the past, present and future and the dissemination will take place both in modern exhibitions, traditional building environments, at the aquarium and through art.

Otolitten sett fra sjøsiden. Galleri Espolin til venstre, Lofotmuseet til høyre. Lofotakvariet foran. Illustrasjon: LPO arkitekter.

SKREI will consist of the new building Otolitten, the Lofoten Museum, Gallery Espolin and the Lofoten Aquarium. One place will complement the other in relation to the history of the Lofoten fishery, fish, ecology, sustainability, economy, social development – and everything else that SKREI will touch.

expertise in many disciplines

It requires good expertise in many disciplines to succeed in the operation of SKREI. A large number of visitors are expected, all year round. The visitors are diverse; children, adults, school classes, national and international tourists. Everyone should have both learning outcomes and good experiences at SKREI.

Many people may associate museums with the fact that the employees are historians and curators. That is the case – but we must also have various other disciplines. We have skilled people who work with finance, collection management, operations, history, research, development and marketing. We are now strengthening the staff at SKREI with more people who have cutting-edge expertise in their field.

From a ready-to-build pit to something approaching a finished building: The Otolith, 5000 m2. Drone photo: Lofoten Film Collective, others: Museum Nord

It is with pride that we can present the new members of the team

More than 90 people applied for the 5 positions that were recently advertised. The applicants came from all over the country and many were very well qualified.

The new employees at SKREI will start between 1 February and 1 March 2026. The following have been appointed to the positions:

Image: Facsimile from Lofotposten 14.12.2025

Christin Johansen: Booking and event manager. Christin has a background in the tourism industry, comes from a job as assistant manager for the reception at Thon in Svolvær, is a trained chef and has studied experience-based tourism.

Hilde Katrine Olsen: store manager. Hilde comes from Alta Museum, where she has been responsible for the shop and café. Has lived in Lofoten and attended the fisheries trade school at Gravdal. She has extensive experience in grocery. Looking forward to coming back to Lofoten. Hilde is a trained social worker.

Kristoffer Berg Marhaug: operations manager. Kristoffer has a certificate as an industrial mechanic and has run his own craftsman company in recent years. Has been the general manager of Karl Viktor Fisk and Gadus. He has also taught economics and management at Austlofoten vg. school and has an education in special education.

Kristina Lurås Solberg: dissemination manager. Kristina is a trained teacher with teaching experience in German and English, and has worked at the tourist information in Visit Trondheim. She has worked in primary and secondary school since 2017, in recent years at Svolvær school.

Sindre Aalstad Strøm: aquarium manager. Sindre has worked at the Lofoten Aquarium since 2004. He knows the Lofoten Aquarium better than most, has a strong interest in marine life and looks forward to helping take the aquarium further into the future.

We welcome everyone and really look forward to working together!