Lindesnes Lighthouse
The lighthouse is the starting point
for finding the way
through geography
back in history
and into the future
The lighthouse is the starting point
for finding the way
through geography
back in history
and into the future
The Lighthouse Station
- The first lighthouse beam at Lindesnes was lit in 1656
- This was the first lighthouse in Norway
- The lighthouse is located at Norway's southernmost mainland point
- From 1920 to 1987, the foghorn was in operation
- Two lighthouse keepers still work here, the only ones in the country
All
skumring, blått, skyer, fyrtårn
Oversikt, fyrtårn, kullbluss, skyer
skyer, blå himmel, fyrtårn
Welcome to guiding at the south cape of Norway: https://www.visitsorlandet.com/digital-omvisning-paa-lindesnes-fyr/
Lindesnes Lighthouse Museum Foundation
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Founded by the Norwegian Coastal Administration, Lindesnes Municipality, and Vest-Agder County Council in 1992
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The purpose is to preserve the lighthouse station as a protected cultural heritage site
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The museum conveys lighthouse history and coastal culture
- The Coastal Administration's agency museum was established in 2008
- Consists of Lindesnes Lighthouse Museum, Tungenes Lighthouse, Dalsfjord Lighthouse Museum, Lofoten Museum, and the Museums for Reconstruction and Coastal Culture in Finnmark
- Norway's longest museum...
- Documentation and dissemination about pilot services, lighthouse and buoy services, port management, modern traffic monitoring, and acute pollution
- Link to the other four and the Coastal Administration
- https://www.jaermuseet.no/vitengarden
- https://www.kystmuseene.no/
- http://www.sunnmore.museum.no/
- https://www.museumnord.no/lofotmuseet/
- The task of the agency museums is to contribute to documentation, preservation, research, and dissemination within the entire scope of the agency's activities
- Coastal Administration Museums https://www.kystverket.no/Kystkultur/Kystverkmusea/
International Cooperation
Lindesnes Lighthouse Museum participates, together with Museum Vest and the Polish Maritime Museum in Gdansk, in an EEA project aimed at restoring the large Port Crane in Gdansk from 1444. The Lighthouse Museum's part of the project is the production of a film that will tell about the trade between Bergen and Gdansk throughout history. You can read more about the project here: https://nmm.pl/en/crane-project/
- In 1998, Vest-Agder County Council decided that Lindesnes Lighthouse should be the county's millennium site
- From 1920 to 1987, the foghorn was in operation
- Lindesnes Lighthouse has had two types of foghorns
Siren 1920 – 1954
Diaphone 1954 – today - The millennium site was opened in 2004
- The millennium sites shall be based on historical and cultural values, draw inspiration from other cultures, and represent values for the future.
- Nes Ironworks was chosen as Aust-Agder county's millennium site
M/S Gamle Oksøy
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Former lighthouse supply ship - active from 1962 to 1996
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Status as a preservation-worthy ship
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Used for various expeditions at home and abroad
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The boat has its own friends' association
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Length: 41.42 meters
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Width: 7.42 meters
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Tonnage: 330 GRT
Algeringen Lindesnes
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Info about macroalgae for food
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Lighthouse Garden underwater
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SeaweedFestival
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Research report NIFES https://lindesnesfyr.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/FYRET_algerapport.pdf
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Preliminary project Norges Vel - wild harvesting of macroalgae for food
