Stories - Museum Nord

Discover Museum Nord’s stories. On this page you will find a rich selection of stories from our museums.

Electrification of the Ofotbanen railway

Electrification of the Ofoten Line – In 1923, the Ofoten Line switched from steam locomotives to electrically powered locomotives.

A hero’s saga at sea

The Norwegian lifeboats have a saw and nimbus that is respected. For over 100 years, they have assisted casualties, gone out to sea when others struggled to get to shore, braved storms and storms to save others.

History of Lofoten

Lofoten’s history is a story about fish. The population has harvested resources from the sea all year round, while many have also run small farms. But it is the seasonal fishing for skrei that has had the greatest impact on life here along the coast.

The Quartz at Keiploftet

Perhaps one of the most complete of abandoned mining facilities in Ofoten is the quartz quarry at Keiploftet.

Museum Garden

Melbo Manor’s museum garden was designed in the English landscape style in 1890, and today there is a range of old perennials collected from Vesterålen and Lofoten.

SS Prinsesse Ragnhild, Norwegians and Germans in the same boat

SS Prinsesse Ragnhild became the first ship in ordinary Hurtigruten shipping to be wrecked during World War II

Museum artifacts

You can also explore museum objects from our exhibitions. Below is a selection from some museums. At digitaltmuseum.no there are several museum objects.

Featured exhibits

Boat model of a five-rower

Boat model of a five-rower with hay/stick, ladle, boat hook and 13 oars.

Desk from Fygle

Table with sealable lid, on display at Fygle Museum.

Marine Radar

Marine radar type Furuno 2.3 cm. The instrument is mounted in a wooden rack. Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.

Ship model of DS Lofoten

Ship model 1:16 in glass display case of the Hurtigruten ship DS Lofoten.

Uniform telegraphist

Black uniform jacket and trousers for telegraphist. The uniform is part of the Hurtigruten Museum’s collection.

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Featured Stories

Electrification of the Ofotbanen railway

A hero’s saga at sea

History of Lofoten

The Quartz at Keiploftet

Museum Garden

SS Prinsesse Ragnhild, Norwegians and Germans in the same boat

More stories

A/S Bjørkaasen gruber

Andenes Lighthouse

Boat grave at Lofotr Viking museum

Boathouse at Lofotr Viking museum

Copper mines in Melkedalen

Depopulation of The OUTER SIDE OF LOFOTODDEN

Depth gauge from M/S Skogøy

Fishing and sea capture in the viking age

Gold and precious glassware

Have you planted the potato?

House on the rock

Hundholmen Granite Quarry

Life in Rombaksbotn

LKAB’s digging bar

Opening of the Ofotbanen railway

Copy of the tapestry fragments from the Oseberg ship grave

Sinklia in Ballangen

Ski train

Skrei Fisheries in Lofoten

SKREI Stories: A HISTORY OF CONNECTEDNESS

Stories from Lofoten War Memorial Museum

The Chieftain’s port – Innerpollen, Lofotr Viking Museum

The feldspar at Hundholmen

The last classic Hurtigruten ship

The locomotive Ofoten

The Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement, a Rescuer Is Honored

The Norddalsbrua

The Ofotbanen Railway

Water Tower at Rombak

Different interpretation proposals on The Chieftain’s Reconstruction

The chieftain’s house at borg

Factory ship Hamburg

Lofoten Raid

This is where Northern Norway’s first workers’ struggle was fought

URSA in Svolvær

A piece of frozen time

A rare photo from 1945

The herring girl’s strike at Melbu harbour

Museum artifacts

Featured exhibits

Boat model of a five-rower

Desk from Fygle

Marine Radar

Ship model of DS Lofoten

Uniform telegraphist

More exhibits

Alarm horn

Carbide lantern

Narvik Municipal Photo Collection

17 May 1904

Casting model

Catheter from Fygle

Leather case

Millstone

Mining hammer

Neptune Herring Oil Factory from the Seaside

Ole W. Lund

Perssons Café

Playful children, the Monument of Freedom, the 4th Corner

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