LOCATION Norway
ATTRACTION TYPE Museum/gallery
OPENING YEAR 2021*
BUDGET €13,200,000
SUMMARY
The small town of Stokmarknes on the Vesterålen archipelago on Norway’s northwest coast is famous as the headquarters of the Hurtigruten shipping line. Hurtigruten was founded in 1893 to operate voyages along Norway’s western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes, and still does to this day. In 1999, the Hurtigruten Museum became the new home of the old MS Finnmark after the ship ceased operations on this important route. Engineering firm Peab in collaboration with Oslo-based LINK Arkitektur will create a renewed Hurtigruten Museum for the MS Finnmark. Built in 1956, the MS Finnmark has been described as the world’s biggest museum artefact and will be the centrepiece of the new visitor experience. Work has been undertaken to restore the existing buildings on site and a new glass and steel building will house the ship indoors for the first time, protecting it from the harsh elements. Kvorning Design and Bright Norway were selected to create the new exhibition design for the space. Construction on the museum was completed in 2020 but the opening was delayed until August 28 2021. (Updated 1 April 2021)
CONTACTS
Nordnesveien 536
Stokmarknes 8450
Norway
Brynjar Pettersen
Department Director Department Vesterålen/Museum Nord
+47 909 65 302
brynjar.pettersen@museumnord.no
Jarl Holstad
Head of Concept and Exhibition
+47 913 46 657
jarl.holstad@museumnord.no
Lina Vibe
Museum Director/Project Manager
+47 902 19 821
lina.vibe@museumnord.no
+47 46 80 55 55Dronning Eufemias gate 16
0191 Oslo
Norway
Jan Arild Kingswick
CEO
post@hrprosjekt.no
Kvorning Design & Communication
+45 3393 9353Njalsgade 21E, 3. sal, Pakhus 5
Copenhagen South 2300
Denmark
Arne Kvorning
Principal
arne@kvorning.dk
Peab Construction (Norway)
+46 725 33 34 84Strandveien 17
Lysaker 1366
Norway
Kajsa Jacobsson
Press Officer
kajsa.jacobsson@peab.se
Link Arkitektur (Norway)
+47 41 55 98 40Kirkegata 4
Oslo N-0153
Norway
Leif Øie
CEO, Norway
loe@linkarkitektur.no
