Trollfjord

Trollfjord 1900

Trollfjord now

The Trollfjord is a 2 km long tributary of the Raftsundet that separates the Norwegian archipelagos of Lofoten and Vesterålen each other. The name of the Trollfjord is derived from the trolls, the magical beings of Norse mythology, from.

Location

The confluence of the Trollfjord in the Raftsund is only 100 meters wide. In the further course of the fjord extended up to a maximum width of 800 meters. The south side of the Trollfjord is limited by the 1045-1084 meter high Trolltindan, the 998 meters high and 980 meters high Blåfjell Litlkorsnestinden rise on the north side almost vertically out of the water.

Tourist attraction

The line ships of the Hurtigruten take the Südfahrt on their way from Kirkenes to Bergen by the Raftsund and turn as a special tourist attraction shortly into the Trollfjord. At its widest point, they turn and continue their journey through the Raftsund continued. Other cruise ships make this spectacular maneuvers. Earlier, it was common that large ships on the steep rock walls by painting their ship name and visit date immortalized ( see photo).

Economic use

At the end of the Trollfjord spilled out to 1960 a waterfall in the fjord, whose power, tamed by two thick pipes, since then serves the power generation. The necessary for this small turbine house stands on the banks of the rear Fjord statements at the edge of a mountain meadow. Power lines span from here on the mountain in the direction of Svolvær.

History

1921 Johan Boii describes in his book The Lofoten fishermen (Den siste viking ), the Battle of Trollfjord, the first major battle between well-funded entrepreneurs with their steamboats and poor Lofotfischern to the resources of the sea.

At the confluence of the Trollfjord in the Raftsund pretended to 1880, the steamboats, the entrance to deny the Nordland boats of fishermen access to the fjord and this itself abzufischen with Senknetzen. The fishermen boarded the steam boats and won the freedom of access.

This and similar events were in the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, debated and led to the 1893 ban on fishing with Senknetzen.