The 5 Best Art Galleries in Vagan, Northern Norway

Gallery Lofoten has Norway’s largest collection of paintings from Northern Norway dating back to the turn of the last century – a period by many called the golden age of North Norwegian painting. On the gallery’s ground floor you find a collection of paintings by renowned artists like Otto Sinding, Gunnar Berg, Even Ulving, Adelsteen Normann, Einar Berger, Ole Juul, Thorolf Holmboe and others. The gallery’s first floor is divided into two sections – one exhibiting watercolours by Lars Lerin and one exhibiting pictures and ceramic works by Her Majesty Queen Sonja. In the gallery shop you find a selection of art books, postcards, and posters by the exhibition’s artists. In our café you may enjoy a glass of wine and a cheese platter from the local cheese producer Aalan Farm.

The Gallery Dagfinn Bakke has exhibitions that include watercolours and prints by Dagfinn Bakke, and sculptures and prints by other well-known Norwegian artists. The Gallery is situated in the centre of Svolvaer. Free entrance.

The gallery displays Ola Strand's own pictures and various graphic techniques. Lofoten has inspired Ola ever since he started painting in the beginning of the 1960s. Location: By the E10 Highway at orsnes, approximately 10 kilometres west of Svolvaer.

The KaviarFactory is an international venue for contemporary art. Located in Henningsvær, in the middle of the archipelago of Lofoten, Norway, it takes advantage of its off-the-grid location and aims to offer experiences and confrontations that never previously has been available to such regions.