Vågan () is a

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. It is part of the traditional district of

Lofoten Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. T ...

. The

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of the municipality is the

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Svolvær (Norwegian language, Norwegian, ), , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It is located on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, alon ...

. Some of the villages in Vågan include Digermulen,

Gimsøysand Gimsøysand or Gimsøy is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern shore of the island of Gimsøya, southeast of the villages of Saupstad and Vinje. Gimsøy Church is located in th ...

Gravermarka Gravermarka is a small village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the western side of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village of Sydalen lies about southeast of the village. Gravermar ...

, Henningsvær, Hopen,

Kabelvåg , , or is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Kabelvåg lies about to the southwest of the town of Svolvær, the administrat ...

, Kleppstad, Laupstad, Liland,

Skrova Skrova is a small island group and village area in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Village The fishing village of Skrova lies on the northern part of the island group. It exists mostly on the island of ''Heimskrova'', but also i ...

, Straumnes, and

Sydalen Sydalen is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the west coast of the island of Austvågøya, about north of the Gimsøystraumen Bridge on the European route E10 European route E10 is the second sho ...

. The municipality is the 209th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Vågan is the 117th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,793. The municipality's

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is and its population has increased by 6.2% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Vågan was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). In 1856, the northwestern part of Vågan Municipality (population: 987) was separated to form the new Gimsøy Municipality. On 1 July 1918, the town of

(population: 2,429) was separated to form its own municipality. This left Vågan with 3,399 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, Gimsøy Municipality (population: 1,551), the town of

(population: 3,952), and Vågan Municipality (population: 4,820) were merged to form the new, larger Vågan Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the

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) is named after the old ''Vågan'' farm () since the first

Vågan Church Vågan Church (; nickname: ''Lofoten Cathedral'') is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kabelvåg on the island of Austvågøya. It is the church for the Vå ...

was built there. The name is the

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form of which means "

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" or "

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". The island of

Austvågøya Austvågøya is the northeasternmost and largest of the larger islands in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located between the Vestfjorden and the Norwegian Sea. The island of Vestvågøya lies to the southwest and the ...

() was named after this important site too (which later led the neighboring island to be named

Vestvågøya Vestvågøya (or less-commonly: ''Vest-Vågøy'') is an island in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located within Vestvågøy Municipality. The island lies between the islands of Austvågøya and Gimsøya to t ...

). On 21 December 1917, a royal resolution enacted the 1917 Norwegian language reforms. Prior to this change, the name was spelled ''Vaagan'' with the

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" aa", and after this reform, the name was spelled ''Vågan'', using the letter å instead.

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 30 March 1973. The official

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is ''" Azure, a cod

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"'' (). This means the arms have a blue

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(background) and the

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is a

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. The cod has a

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which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color in the field and the code were chosen because

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is the main source of income for the municipality. The arms were designed by Hallvard Traetteberg, basing them off the old arms for the town of

which was merged into Vågan in 1964.

Churches

The

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has five parishes () within Vågan Municipality. It is part of the

Lofoten prosti Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. There are two towns, ...

(

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) in the

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Geography

The main population centres are the town of

and the villages of

and Henningsvær, located on the largest island,

(although Svolvær and Henningsvær are partly located on smaller islands adjacent to the main island). All three have a picturesque situation under the rugged Lofoten mountains, facing the rough body of water called

Vestfjorden Vestfjorden (; sometimes shortened to ''Vestfjord'' in English) is a long fjord or oceanic sea in Nordland county, Norway. The name literally means "the west fjord", although it is called a fjord, it could best be described as a firth or an op ...

. Vågan municipality includes over half of Austvågøya island, all of the islands of Gimsøya,

, Stormolla, Litlmolla, numerous other tiny islets, plus the southwestern tip of the island of

Hinnøya Hinnøya ( Norwegian; ) is the fourth-largest island in Norway, and the largest outside the Svalbard archipelago. The lies just off the western coast of Northern Norway. The island sits on the border of Nordland and Troms counties. The western ...

. The Moholmen Lighthouse and Skrova Lighthouse are both located in the Vestfjorden. The highest point in the municipality is the tall mountain Higravtindan. Other mountains include

Svolværgeita Geita or Svolværgeita () is a tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet (Nordland), Fløyfjellet on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The high Fløyfjellet is located on the edge of the town of Svol ...

, Fløya,

Trakta Litlkorsnestinden, (nicknamed: ''Trakta'', ) is a mountain in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The tall mountain lies on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago, just south of the Trollfjorden. The summit is the mos ...

, and

Vågakallen Vågakallen is a mountain in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It has a height of about , and is located in the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island ...

Climate

Skrova near Svolvær has a temperate climate (marine west coast) in the 1991-2020 period.

Government

Vågan Municipality is responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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and other

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, and municipal

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s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the Salten og Lofoten District Court and the

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Municipal council

The

() of Vågan is made up of 29 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

() of Vågan is the political leader of the municipality and the chairperson of the municipal council. Here is a list of people who have held this position: *1838-1839: Bjørn Ursin Rist *1840-1843: S.L. Hansen *1844-1846: Jens Hasselberg *1846-1850: Georg Ludvig Størmer *1850-1852: W.C. Schmidt *1852-1856: Marcus Normann *1857-1860: Johan Peter Bordewich *1861-1864: Peder Rohde Simonsen *1864-1868: Christoffer Ellingsen *1868-1872: John Steen *1873-1876: Christoffer Ellingsen *1877-1880: Christian Eger *1881-1888: Andreas M. Hansen ( V) *1889-1894: Ole Johan Kaarbø ( H) *1895-1898: Martin Kvam *1899-1904: Peder Schønning *1905-1910: Erik Lund ( H) *1911-1913: Jonas Pedersen ( V) *1914-1914: Anton K. Meyer ( V) *1915-1919: Eyvind Borgen ( H) *1920-1922: Hilmar Christensen *1923-1925: Emil Henriksen ( V) *1926-1931: B. Knaplund *1932-1942: Julius Høy ( V) *1942-1944: David Eilertsen ( NS) *1944-1945: Henrik Grønhaug ( NS) *1945-1945: Halvdan Fjelldal ( V) *1945-1955: Birger Benjaminsen ( Ap) *1956-1965: Egil Wiik ( V) *1966-1967: Torleif Reinholdtsen ( Ap) *1968-1975: Egil Schumacher ( Ap) *1976-1977: Thor Wikan ( H) *1978-1979: Egil Reiertsen ( Ap) *1980-1983: Thor Wikan ( H) *1983–1995: Steinar Molvik ( Ap) *1995-1999: Harald E. Hansen ( Sp) *1999–2011: Hugo Bjørnstad ( Ap) *2011–2019: Eivind Holst ( H) *2019–2023: Frank Johnsen ( Sp) *2023–present: Vidar Thom Benjaminsen ( H)

History and economy

is the oldest

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in Lofoten, where King Øystein built the first fishing shacks in the early 12th century. The Lofoten Cathedral, built in 1898, seats 1,200 people, and used to be filled to the last seat during the Lofoten fishing in the winter. Henningsvær has a picturesque situation on several islands, and is today more important for fishing. Svolvær is the municipal centre, and has an impressive number of artists' studios and galleries. In addition to the cod fisheries, salmon

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and

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are economically important in Vågan.

Transportation

The islands that make up Vågan are connected by several different bridges. The

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highway connects the neighboring

Vestvågøy Municipality Vestvågøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the List of t ...

to Vågan Municipality ( Gimsøya island) by the Sundklakkstraumen Bridge. Gimsøya island then connects to

island by the Gimsøystraumen Bridge. The islands of Henningsvær are connected to Austvågøya by the Henningsvær Bridges. The rest of the small islands are only accessible by boats and ferries. In the town of Svolvær, the Svinøy Bridge connects the main part of town to the island of Svinøya. Svolvær Airport, Helle is located just east of the town of Svolvær.

Sister cities

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Notable people

Eystein I of Norway Eystein Magnusson (, ; – 29 August 1123), also called Eystein I, was King of Norway from 1103 to 1123 together with his half-brothers Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson, although since Olaf died before adulthood, only Eystein and Sigurd w ...

(ca.1088–1123), the King of Norway from 1103 to 1123, who founded the settlement of Vågan *

Paul Egede Paul or Poul Hansen Egede (9 September 1708 – 6 June 1789) was a Denmark–Norway, Dano-Norwegian theologian, missionary, and scholar who was principally concerned with the Church of Denmark, Lutheran mission among the Kalaallit people in Green ...

(1708 in Kabelvåg – 1789), a Dano-Norwegian theologian, scholar, and Lutheran missionionary to the

Kalaallit Kalaallit are a Greenlandic Inuit ethnic group, being the largest group in Greenland, concentrated in the west. It is also a contemporary term in the Greenlandic language for the Indigenous of Greenland ().Hessel, 8 The Kalaallit (singular: ) a ...

people in Greenland * Niels Rasch Egede (1710 in Vågan – 1782), a Danish-Norwegian merchant and Lutheran missionary in Greenland * Gunnar Berg (1863 on Svinøya – 1893), a painter who painted the everyday life of local fishermen in Lofoten * Martin Hoff Ekroll (1865 in Skroven – 1916), a merchant, mountaineer, and Arctic explorer *

Erna Schøyen Erna Kamilla Schøyen (born Erna Kamille Berg, March 1, 1887 – December 21, 1968) was a Norwegians, Norwegian actress. Career Schøyen trained as an actress at the National Theatre (Oslo), National Theatre from 1905 to 1906, and she had her de ...

(born 1887 in Kabelvåg – 1968), a Norwegian actress *

Gisken Wildenvey Gisken Wildenvey (23 March 1892 – 14 January 1985) was a Norwegian novelist and author of short stories. Jonette Pauline Andreassen was born on the island of Austvågøya in Vågan Municipality in Lofoten, Norway. She was the daughter of ...

(1892 at Austvågøy – 1985), a novelist and author of short stories * Soffi Schønning (1895 in Kabelvåg – 1994), a Norwegian operatic soprano * Ellen Einan (1931 in Svolvær – 2013), a Norwegian poet and illustrator * Dagfinn Bakke (1933–2019 in Svolvær), a Norwegian painter, illustrator, and printmaker * Hans Christian Alsvik (1936 in Svolvær – 2011), a Norwegian television presenter * Jack Berntsen (1940–2010), a philologist, songwriter, and folk singer; lived in Svolvær from 1968 * Inger Johanne Grytting (born 1949 in Svolvær), an artist, lives and works in

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* Maryon Eilertsen (1950 in Svolvær – 2015), a Norwegian actress and theatre director *

Kari Bremnes Kari Bremnes (born 9 December 1956) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She got an MA in language, literature, history and theatre studies from the University of Oslo, and worked as a journalist for several years before deciding to dedicate h ...

(born 1956 in Svolvær), a Norwegian singer and songwriter * Marit Andreassen (born 1966 in Svolvær), a Norwegian actress. Retrieved 17 January 2021. *

Maria Strømme Maria Strømme, (born 7 April 1970 in Svolvær) is a Norwegian physicist who lives and works in Sweden. Career She became a professor in nanotechnology at Uppsala University in 2004. She became Sweden's youngest professor in a technical subject ...

(born 1970 in Svolvær) a physicist and academic who lives and works in Sweden

Sport

Terje Hanssen Terje Hanssen (born 20 September 1948 in Kabelvåg, Lofoten) is a former Norwegian biathlete. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he finished fifth with the Norwegian relay team. He won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1974 Biathlon ...

(born 1948 in Kabelvåg), a former biathlete who competed at the

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* Ørjan Løvdal (born 1962 in Svolvær), a Norwegian ice hockey player and coach * Cato André Hansen (born 1972 in Strauman), a football coach and former player with 234 caps for

FK Bodø/Glimt Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt (), also referred to as Bodø/Glimt or its former name Glimt, is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality, Nordland county, Norway. The club currently plays in Eliteserien ...

Stig Johansen Stig Johansen (born 13 June 1972) is a former Norwegian football striker. He made his debut for Bodø/Glimt in 1993 and played 70 games before he was signed by English Premiership side Southampton, in 1997. His spell at the English side was spe ...

(born 1972 in Kabelvåg), a former footballer with 305 club caps and 3 for

Gallery

File:Austnesfjorden_20170720_174113.jpg, Austnesfjorden File:Lofoten-4.jpg, Henningsvær. File:Vagakallen wiki.jpg,

towers over Henningsvær, seen from Kabelvåg. File:Vågan kirke-Kabelvåg.jpg, Kabelvåg landscape with the Vågan Church; early June 2009.

References

External links

Municipal fact sheet
from

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Lofoten Golf Links
Golf court at Gimsøy in Vågan
Laukvikøyene nature reserve, a wetland area with rich bird life

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