Boat building , repair and refurbishment

Boat building , repair and refurbishment

To build wooden boats was a skill lots of people knew in the old days, and everybody who owned a wooden boat had to know a little bit about how to repair it and mend it. Now this commom knowledge is gone bacause the use of the boats are gone. Yngve Ingebrigtsen was one of the last students that learnt how to build wooden boats. But he has never built boats in his occupation. He has worked in the workshop in Sørvågen mainly mending boats and refurbished them. But to do that you have to know how they are built. He has dream though of one day building his own boat. He knows exactly how it should be. There is an oral tradtion that is connected to the wooden boat that the fishermen have learned by experience. This is very valuable knowledge that is not written down. Learning by doing.

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Båtbygging, reparasjon og restaurering

30/09/2025

BÅTBYGGER - PLUS SKOLEN

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Boatbuilding and fisheries has a long tradition i Norway. These craftmanship traditions are closely connected to oral traditions and to eachother.

Julie Therese Sæther

You have to have deep knowledge of the material and know which material to choose and how to make it function in the best possible way. You also have to know of the oral traditions among the fishermen and their experience with the boats.

There is one school in Fredrikstad that has the boat building education. But to learn it proparly you have to do it, you have to be an apprentice (lærling).

There are only men working at the workshop in Sørvågen, and there are mostly fishermen i Norway, but a few women choose this occupation to.

The practice is very important and have a high standing in the fishermen community. The practice is a kulturbærer - culture carrier.

The oldest boat in Øksnes is from the Ironage. That boat is somewhat of a hybrid. It has been sown and klink built. That means that both sami traditions and the norse tradition is used on the same boat. Øksnes has been a sami hub for a long time, you can also find the sami presence in the the names of places, such as Navarsborr.

Norsk fartøyvernsenter and Riksantikvaren

For example Saltdal and Beiarn and Namdalen. It is places that has forest.

Sea-level rise

Use of modern materials

Outbreak of war or armed conflict

Misappropriation

Aged practitioners,Diminishing youth interest

Insufficient financial resources

Educational standardisation

Rural-urban migration

Rapid sociocultural change

Loss of knowledge

People in Øksnes municipality has traditionally been fishermen and farmers. Øksnes is based in the north of Langøya. There has been several small fishingvillages and today the main village is Myre. The base for the community is still fisheries.

Hammer, sander and plane

The practice contributes to community develpoment because its a workplace for people that live in the area.

Refurbishment of old objects and reuse of material is sustainable (bærekraftig)

Yes it contributes to the ecomony of Øksnes municiplality, by paying taxes and creating jobs for locals.

Decent Work and Economic Growth,Industry Innovation and Infrastructure,Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sørvågen, Øksnes municipality, Vesterålen

endangered

MN_CP_09