{"id":5056,"date":"2020-03-31T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&#038;p=5056"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:04:24","slug":"nordlands-coast-is-a-fairytale-of-passion-love-and-rage","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/nordlands-coast-is-a-fairytale-of-passion-love-and-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordland&#8217;s coast is a fairytale of passion, love and rage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tThe mountains that line the coast of Nordland feature very strange shapes. This is because they are actually trolls that have been turned to stone. Here is the true story of the drama of passion and jealousy that played out in the region.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Far north in H\u00e5logaland, two old men once sat on opposite sides of Vestfjorden and stared furiously across the water at each other. They hated each other, because they both wanted to be the leader of the pack. They also had very different dispositions as one was a mountain man, and the other a mariner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">V\u00e5gakallen is the Lofoten Patriarch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To the west, it was V\u00e5gakallen \u2013 the Old Man of V\u00e5ga \u2013 who sat on his throne, a thousand metres above the sea at Henningsv\u00e6r. His kingdom comprised the entire mountain world of Lofoten as well as Vestfjorden and its millions of cod. For millennia, he had looked out over the mountains and the sea, defying storms, breakers and Thor\u2019s hammer \u2013 and taking whatever he wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/586821619-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1703\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/586821619-2048x1363.jpg\" alt=\"The sunlit Seven Sisters in the background \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/586821619-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"The sunlit Seven Sisters in the background \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/570030969.jpg\" data-size=\"531x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/570030969.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00e5gakallen seen from Henningsv\u00e6r \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/570030969.jpg\" data-caption=\"V\u00e5gakallen seen from Henningsv\u00e6r \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/779970692-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"1706x2560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/779970692-768x1152.jpg\" alt=\"Torghatten was a giant&#039;s hat hit by an arrow \u00a9 Ronny Lien\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/779970692-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Torghatten was a giant&#039;s hat hit by an arrow \u00a9 Ronny Lien\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/009890_Simon-Fossheim-fossheim_helgeland-Reiseliv-2.jpg\" data-size=\"550x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/009890_Simon-Fossheim-fossheim_helgeland-Reiseliv-2.jpg\" alt=\"Hestmannen, the unruly sun, on his horse, riding south for the fair maiden \u00a9 Simon Fossheim\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/009890_Simon-Fossheim-fossheim_helgeland-Reiseliv-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"Hestmannen, the unruly sun, on his horse, riding south for the fair maiden \u00a9 Simon Fossheim\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: The sunlit Seven Sisters in the background \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: V\u00e5gakallen seen from Henningsv\u00e6r \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Torghatten was a giant&#039;s hat hit by an arrow \u00a9 Ronny Lien<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: Hestmannen, the unruly sun, on his horse, riding south for the fair maiden \u00a9 Simon Fossheim<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Landegom\u00f8ya is the maiden in love with V\u00e5gakallen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Across Vestfjorden, on the island of Landego, sat Landegom\u00f8ya \u2013 the Maiden of Landego \u2013 and gazed longingly towards V\u00e5gakallen. He was her secret lover and she was with child by him \u2013 even though she was, in a sense, engaged to Bl\u00e5mannen, the Blue Man, north of Sulithjelma. Landegom\u00f8ya was head-over-heels in love with V\u00e5gakallen. In the morning she saw his purple cloak, and in the evening the sun glinted off the golden crown on his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hestmannen was an uncontrollable youth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The V\u00e5gakallen had just one son. He was known as Hestmannen (the Horseman) because he was always riding. He was a wild, uncontrollable youth. After a row with his father, he ran away from home and settled in Svolv\u00e6rfjellet with Svolv\u00e6rgeita, the Svolv\u00e6r Goat. Hestmannen soon outgrew his father in every respect, and it was seriously inadvisable to approach him while he was in one of his wild moods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suliskongen is the old man with riches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the east sat Suliskongen (the King of Sulis) and guarded his realm. He was king of the mighty mountain plains and the wilderness of lakes and forests along the mountain border with Sweden and again he chuckled secretively to himself because only he knew that the mountains beneath his feet concealed untold riches of copper ore and other precious metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In spite of everything, the two old men \u2013 V\u00e5gakallen and Suliskongen \u2013 agreed on one thing: there was no controlling the youth of today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Seven daughters live happily in the sunshine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Suliskongen had seven daughters, who made his life unbearable on a daily basis. Finally, he decided that there was nothing to be done with them except to pack them off to Landego with Landegom\u00f8ya as their governess. He then engaged Lekam\u00f8ya \u2013 the Leka Maid \u2013 a very respectable nanny from the south, to look after the frisky girls. On Landego, the seven daughters lived quietly and happily in the sunshine, and during the long winter nights, the Northern Lights blazed in the sky above this idyllic tableau.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/882563621.jpg\" data-size=\"901x600\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/882563621.jpg\" alt=\"R\u00f8d\u00f8yl\u00f8va is like a sfinx along the shipping line, looking like a lion from a distance \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/882563621.jpg\" data-caption=\"R\u00f8d\u00f8yl\u00f8va is like a sfinx along the shipping line, looking like a lion from a distance \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/90929162-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/90929162-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"The uncontrollable Hestmannen \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/90929162-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"The uncontrollable Hestmannen \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/803258941-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1704\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/803258941-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"Tr\u00e6na on a summer&#039;s day \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/803258941-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tr\u00e6na on a summer&#039;s day \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/128791795.jpg\" data-size=\"800x533\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/128791795-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00e5gakallen (the Old Man of V\u00e5ga) \u00a9 Roger Johansen\/NordNorsk Reiseliv\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/128791795.jpg\" data-caption=\"V\u00e5gakallen (the Old Man of V\u00e5ga) \u00a9 Roger Johansen\/NordNorsk Reiseliv\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: R\u00f8d\u00f8yl\u00f8va is like a sfinx along the shipping line, looking like a lion from a distance \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: The uncontrollable Hestmannen \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Tr\u00e6na on a summer&#039;s day \u00a9 Terje Rakke\/Nordic Life<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: V\u00e5gakallen (the Old Man of V\u00e5ga) \u00a9 Roger Johansen\/NordNorsk Reiseliv<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uncontrollable passion drove Hestmannen to the Seven Sisters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But then one night in May, Hestmannen was sitting on his mountain at Svolv\u00e6r, gazing out over Vestfjorden to Landego. He spotted Lekam\u00f8ya and the seven sisters bathing in the surf under the bright spring sky. Hestmannen was instantly consumed with wild passion. Fully armoured, he leapt onto his horse, slung a cloak over his shoulders and galloped the 150 km across Vestfjorden. The plume on his helmet was tossed by the wind as he raced south, and the plankton in the water blazed like sparks from his horse\u2019s hooves. Even worse was the fire in the Hestmannen\u2019s eye, but Lekam\u00f8ya had spotted the approaching sorcery. She immediately realised that resistance would be futile and that prayers for mercy would fall on deaf ears, so she gathered the seven sisters to her and they fled south as fast as their legs could carry them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R\u00f8d\u00f8yl\u00f8va \u2013 the R\u00f8d\u00f8y Lion \u2013 lay wakeful in its lair, listening in amazement to the strange noise and confusion heading its way from the north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Seven Sisters prepared themselves for the handsome Hestmannen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Suliskongen\u2019s daughters soon realised that it was both foolish and conceited to flee in this manner. Moreover, Hestmannen was a particularly manly and handsome gentleman! So one by one, they cast off their cloaks, which fell into the sea and formed the island of D\u00f8nna. The seven sisters then lined up and made themselves as inviting as they possibly could: first Botnkrona \u2013 the youngest and slimmest \u2013 then Grytfoten, Skjeringen and the Twins, then Kvasstinden and, farthest to the south, Breitinden, the eldest. Breitinden was actually carrying an illegitimate child, but that did not keep the adventurousness from all their eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lekam\u00f8ya tried to escape but was chased by an arrow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the seven sisters could have saved themselves the trouble. Hestmannen did not so much as look at them \u2013 he only had eyes for Lekam\u00f8ya. She continued to flee southwards, and when she reached Tj\u00f8tta she cast away her baking tray, rolling pin and spatula before hastening on with giant strides.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hestmannen realised that he could never catch up with her, he was overcome by furious rage. He drew back his mighty bow and sent an arrow speeding towards Lekam\u00f8ya.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-4\">\n\t\t<ul><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oppinordland.jpg\" data-size=\"1438x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oppinordland.jpg\" alt=\"The Midnight sun at Lovund \u00a9 Oppinordland\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Oppinordland.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Midnight sun at Lovund \u00a9 Oppinordland\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/000747_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_-1.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">02<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/000747_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hauklandstranda, seen from mount Mannen, Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y. Photo: B\u00e5rd L\u00f8ken \/ nordnorge.com\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/000747_Baard-Loeken_www.nordnorge.com_-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Hauklandstranda, seen from mount Mannen, Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y. Photo: B\u00e5rd L\u00f8ken \/ nordnorge.com\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/002393_Ernst-Furuhatt_www.nordnorge.com_-scaled.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x1593\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/002393_Ernst-Furuhatt_www.nordnorge.com_-768x478.jpg\" alt=\"Modern day use of Nordland boats for personal use \u00a9 Ernst Furuhatt\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/002393_Ernst-Furuhatt_www.nordnorge.com_-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Modern day use of Nordland boats for personal use \u00a9 Ernst Furuhatt\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tr\u00e6na-Foto-Hans-Petter-S\u00f8rensen_.jpg\" data-size=\"1202x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">04<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tr\u00e6na-Foto-Hans-Petter-S\u00f8rensen_.jpg\" alt=\"Tr\u00e6na \u00a9 Hans Petter S\u00f8rensen\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Tr\u00e6na-Foto-Hans-Petter-S\u00f8rensen_.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tr\u00e6na \u00a9 Hans Petter S\u00f8rensen\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vnn-gallery-figcaptions\"><figcaption>01: The Midnight sun at Lovund \u00a9 Oppinordland<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Hauklandstranda, seen from mount Mannen, Vestv\u00e5g\u00f8y. Photo: B\u00e5rd L\u00f8ken \/ nordnorge.com<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Modern day use of Nordland boats for personal use \u00a9 Ernst Furuhatt<\/figcaption><figcaption>04: Tr\u00e6na \u00a9 Hans Petter S\u00f8rensen<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A giant&#8217;s hat saved Lekam\u00f8ya <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mountains down by Br\u00f8nn\u00f8y, another giant sat watching the performance with immense enjoyment. But when he saw the arrow speeding through the air he hurled his hat into its path. The arrow pierced both sides of the hat, which then sank into the sea. And there it lies to this day \u2013 Torghatten, with a hole right through it. Meanwhile, Lekam\u00f8ya sneaked across the border to North Tr\u00f8ndelag and was saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And then the sun rose turning the trolls into stone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring nights are only short in Nordland, and at that very moment, the sun rose above the coastal horizon. All the trolls were turned to stone where they stood \u2013 and there they will stand until the end of the world. 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