Lofoten War Memorial Museum celebrates anniversary
Published 29 June 2026
Recently, the 30th anniversary of Lofoten War Memorial Museum was marked with coffee and cake in the back room in good company.
Lofoten War Memorial Museum has Norways larges exhibition of uniforms and smaller objects from WW2. The museum shows you a balanced picture from this dramatic period during 1940–1945. The museum has many rare and never before published pictures from the war. Many of the soldiers that took part in the battle around Narvik came from Lofoten. The invaders were the elite specialforces and best trained soldiers in the world – The German alpinhunters – Gebirgsjäger. Norway gave up summer 1940 and was occupied for five years. The worlds first raid was in Lofoten on March 4 1941. English forces came with seven ships and took more than 200 prisoners and 300 civillians with them back to England.
Read more: https://www.lofotenkrigmus.no/
Address
Fiskergata 11,
8300 Svolvær
Opening Hours
16.08.2026 – 31.12.2026
Monday – Sunday
18:30 – 22:15
Closed
December 24th
Visits outside regular opening hours can be arranged by phone: +47 917 30 328.
Admission Prices
Adult – kr 150,-
Child (7-15 years) – kr 50,-
Group pricing available upon request.