The boat is called Lykken (Happiness). It was build as a fishingboat in 1939.

The boat is called Lykken (Happiness). It was build as a fishingboat in 1939.

The boat is called Lykken (Happiness). It was build as a fishingboat in 1939. It is 11,44 m long (37 fots krysser) It is a covered boat, that means if the water comes over it, it will not take in water. The bridge (styrhuset) is in the back of the boat. Under deck there is a cargoroom in the middle of the boat and cabins in front. During WWII the boat was used in sending refugees out of Norway.

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1939

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Norwegian

Physical Object

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Wooden boat (fiskeskøyte)

30/09/2025

Historie: M/KR Lykken – Øksnes kystlag Lykken - Norsk fartøyvern MK «Lykken» – Wikipedia

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The boat is made of wood and metal

Cultural

woodwork,metalwork

Hammers, planes og sanders.

Sørvågen, Alsvåg, Øksnes municipality

The wood is from the forests of Namdalens.

The boat is kravell built, that means that the planks lie on top of eachother in opposed to klink built where the plank lie over eachother. They have hemp in between the planks to make the hull tighter.

The function of the object is as a fishingboat.

The purpose of production is to use it in fisheries.

A boat is a very large unit and it takes time to build it, and every object is unike. On the other there has been produced a lot of these boat, but I dont think you can call it massproduction.

The boat is closely connected to cultural practices and local customs in the north norwegian fisheries. This boat also is special as it was in the resistence during WWII. And it refused to sink. Every fisherman has a close realtionship with their boats. Now the era of the wooden boats in fisheries are over and one can get emotional over how good those boats were.

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