The Lofoten Islands are an archipelago off the north-western coast of Norway, north of the Arctic Circle on the 67th and 68th parallel.
Lofoten stretches out into the sea in a south-westerly direction like a mountain wall. Between the mainland and this “Lofoten Wall” lies the Vestfjord. Lofoten consists of mountains and peaks, open waters and sheltered coves, beaches and extensive areas of virgin countryside.

The winter cod fishing season is still of crucial importance to human settlement in the Lofoten Islands. Fishermen from all over northern Norway take part in the Lofoten Fishery. The fishery is based on the Norwegian-Arctic cod that spawn in the Vestfjord from January to April. Sea farming is also of considerable importance in Lofoten.

In more recent years, tourism has become an increasingly important industry in the region with a total of 220,000 visitors a year.

In Lofoten you will find a wide range of public and private services, shops and cultural activities.

The temperate waters of the Gulf Stream make the climate in Lofoten milder than that of other parts of the world that are situated so far north, such as Alaska and Greenland.

See www.lofoten.com for further information about the Lofoten Islands.