{"id":6144,"date":"2020-05-08T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/?post_type=artikler&#038;p=6144"},"modified":"2025-09-01T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T11:20:25","slug":"lofoten-stockfish-museum-in-a-reveals-how-stockfish-became-such-a-craze","status":"publish","type":"artikler","link":"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/en\/artikkel\/lofoten-stockfish-museum-in-a-reveals-how-stockfish-became-such-a-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"Lofoten Stockfish Museum in \u00c5 reveals how stockfish became such a craze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-ingress\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vnn__ingress\">\n\t\t\t\tStockfish is Norway&#8217;s oldest export product, and at the Lofoten Stockfish Museum in \u00c5, you can follow the cod from the ocean to the Italian dinner table.\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We slammed on the brakes on the way into \u00c5 in Lofoten. Why? Because we saw si vende stoccafisso written on a sign on a garage door; it means &#8216;stockfish sold here&#8217; in Italian. What was this? We had to go and see, and what we found was the Lofoten Stockfish Museum, which tells the story of how Lofoten Arctic Cod becomes dried stockfish, Norway&#8217;s oldest export product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-stockfish-is-as-protected-as-champagne\">Stockfish is as protected as Champagne <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stockfish is Arctic cod that is caught during the Lofoten fishery. It is then hung on huge frames to dry. In Lofoten, the winter climate is absolutely perfect \u2014 not so cold that the fish freezes solid, and not so mild that it rots. Only here can you get such top quality. The stockfish is then exported to Italy. Now it has become a protected brand in the EU, similar to Roquefort and Chablis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-faq\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tPractical information on the t\u00f8rrfisk museum in \u00c5\n\t\t\t<\/h3><div class=\"t2-accordion wp-block-t2-accordion\" data-allow-multiple=\"1\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"where-is-the-museum?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere is the museum?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel\" aria-labelledby=\"where-is-the-museum?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\tThe museum is found around 30 seconds before you turn in to  \u00c5 centre, down by the sea. \u00c5 is the outsermost fishing village  that can be accessed on the main E10 route through Lofoten.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"t2-accordion-item wp-block-t2-accordion-item\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"t2-accordion-title\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"t2-accordion-trigger\" id=\"when-can-i-visit-the-stockfish-museum-in-\u00e5?\" aria-controls=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWhen can I visit the stockfish museum in \u00c5?\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-closed-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevrondown\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12 14.9c-.1 0-.3 0-.4-.1-.1 0-.2-.1-.3-.2L6.7 10c-.2-.1-.3-.4-.3-.6 0-.3.1-.5.3-.7.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3s.5.1.7.3l3.9 3.9 3.9-3.9c.2-.2.4-.3.7-.3.3 0 .5.1.7.3.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7l-4.6 4.6c-.1.1-.2.2-.3.2H12z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t2-accordion-icon is-open-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\" class=\"t2-icon t2-icon-chevronup\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.7 14.7c-.2-.2-.3-.4-.3-.7s.1-.5.3-.7l4.6-4.6c.1-.1.2-.2.3-.2.1 0 .2-.1.4-.1.1 0 .3 0 .4.1.1 0 .2.1.3.2l4.6 4.6c.2.2.3.4.3.7s-.1.5-.3.7c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3L12 10.8l-3.9 3.9c-.2.2-.4.3-.7.3s-.5-.1-.7-.3z\" fill=\"currentColor\" \/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t2-accordion-item__inner-container is-layout-flow\" id=\"accordion-panel-1\" aria-labelledby=\"when-can-i-visit-the-stockfish-museum-in-\u00e5?\" role=\"region\" hidden>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\tThe museum is open all year round with longer opening hours during the summer months. There are regular tours, which we strongly recommend. Steinar has extensive experience from fierce negotiations with Italian fish buyers, so the knowledge of the field is great.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-3\">\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\/05\/76f94cca51fbb7a71ccc3235ce3d7c65.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/76f94cca51fbb7a71ccc3235ce3d7c65.jpg\" alt=\"The Stockfish Museum at \u00c5 in Lofoten \u00a9 Lofoten T\u00f8rrfiskmuseum\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/76f94cca51fbb7a71ccc3235ce3d7c65.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Stockfish Museum at \u00c5 in Lofoten \u00a9 Lofoten T\u00f8rrfiskmuseum\" \/>\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\/05\/1036d2da5323710b2dd1c20ecb68bb99.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\/2020\/05\/1036d2da5323710b2dd1c20ecb68bb99-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Inne p\u00e5 t\u00f8rrfiskmuseet \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/1036d2da5323710b2dd1c20ecb68bb99.jpg\" data-caption=\"Inne p\u00e5 t\u00f8rrfiskmuseet \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" \/>\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\/05\/af2a2b456119c9b9aef48ecfa3b69c46.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/af2a2b456119c9b9aef48ecfa3b69c46-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Knut Hansvold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/af2a2b456119c9b9aef48ecfa3b69c46.jpg\" data-caption=\"Knut Hansvold\" \/>\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 Stockfish Museum at \u00c5 in Lofoten \u00a9 Lofoten T\u00f8rrfiskmuseum<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Inne p\u00e5 t\u00f8rrfiskmuseet \u00a9 Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-process-isn-t-a-simple-one\">The process isn&#8217;t a simple one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lofoten Stockfish Museum is an old fish landing station that shows the entire process, from when the fish is brought ashore until it is finally packaged into 25 or 50 kilo (55 or 110 pound) bundles, ready for export. We see the lifting baskets with which the fish are hoisted up out of the boats and into the landing station, the weighing scales that can take up to 100 kilos (220 pounds) of fish, and the wheelbarrows that are used to transport the fish around the facility. The fish are tied together in pairs with little loops of twine, and we also see how the cod heads are threaded onto ropes for drying, and how the cod tongues are cut out by boys and girls as an extra source of income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sorting-of-the-fish-is-meticulous\">Sorting of the fish is meticulous <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The dried fish loft is on the second floor. This is where the fish is stored in May and June, after it has fully dried out. Fish that have been damaged by frost or maggots, or fish that have gone sour are rejected. The sorters then spend the summer sorting every single dried fish according to its quality. There are (14) 16 different qualities on the Italian market. Buyers then come from Italy throughout the summer to purchase the fish, which involves some hard bargaining. Finally, the fish are packed into breathable jute sacks or 25 kilo cartons and shipped to Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-northern-italy-and-southern-italy-have-different-stockfish-tastes\">Northern Italy and southern Italy have different stockfish tastes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When the cod comes down to Lofoten in January, it is nice and plump after gorging on food. So cod that is caught in West Lofoten is round and fat. During the winter, the cod then swims further into the Lofoten area and many are caught in March in East Lofoten. However, the cod does not eat during the spawning season, which means that it becomes leaner, so the cod caught in the eastern area is a slimmer variety. In northern Italy, in places like Veneto and Liguria, they prefer the slim variety, while those in the south, in places like Campania, prefer the nice round quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-vnn-gallery gallery-count-3\">\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\/05\/61117d183848138801459816d9844447.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">01<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/61117d183848138801459816d9844447.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Si vende stoccafisso&quot;: Det er en n\u00e6r forbindelse mellom Lofoten og Italia  \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/61117d183848138801459816d9844447.jpg\" data-caption=\"&quot;Si vende stoccafisso&quot;: Det er en n\u00e6r forbindelse mellom Lofoten og Italia  \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" \/>\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\/05\/590aba9d85987fb24d39900e09139eb6.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\/2020\/05\/590aba9d85987fb24d39900e09139eb6-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Heads after the removal of the tongue \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/590aba9d85987fb24d39900e09139eb6.jpg\" data-caption=\"Heads after the removal of the tongue \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" \/>\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\/05\/b1ed1708c257a47455f5b3c7c5acd13e.jpg\" data-size=\"1200x800\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"block-gallery-count\">03<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/b1ed1708c257a47455f5b3c7c5acd13e-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Valuable and sought after in Italy \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/b1ed1708c257a47455f5b3c7c5acd13e.jpg\" data-caption=\"Valuable and sought after in Italy \u00a9 Knut Hansvold\" \/>\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: &quot;Si vende stoccafisso&quot;: Det er en n\u00e6r forbindelse mellom Lofoten og Italia  \u00a9 Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><figcaption>02: Heads after the removal of the tongue \u00a9 Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><figcaption>03: Valuable and sought after in Italy \u00a9 Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-italy-found-stockfish-by-accident\">Italy found stockfish by accident<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Reformation, stockfish from Lofoten was sold in the big cities in Northern Europe, and was popular during fasting periods. The Italians got a taste for stockfish purely by chance. In 1432, the Venetian sailor Pietro Querin, on his way to Bruges in Belgium, became stranded on R\u00f8st after his ship ran aground in a mighty storm. After a winter on R\u00f8st, he went back to Venice with the first stockfish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-croatia-and-west-africa-are-steadily-incresing-their-stockfish-interest\">Croatia and West Africa are steadily incresing their stockfish interest <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The vast majority of the stockfish currently goes to Italy. Its gastronomic near-relation Croatia also buys stockfish. West Africa, particularly Nigeria, has been an important buyer at times, but then stockfish went from being a cheap food to a luxury, and it became too expensive for the less affluent Africans. For many years, only dried heads were sent to Africa, where they were ground up and used for chicken feed or soup stock. Now Africa has had a period of economic growth, and stockfish is being sold there again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-klippfisk-and-salted-fish-brought-us-the-dish-bacalao\">Klippfisk and salted fish brought us the dish bacalao<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Klippfisk, or salt cod, is cod that has been salted before being laid out on cliffs to dry (although nowadays it is dried indoors in huge drying plants, in \u00c5lesund). This product is best known from the northern part of Western Norway, but is also produced in Lofoten. Salted fish is cod to which large quantities of salt have been added, but which does not go through a drying process. Some klippfisk and salted fish are exported to Italy (baccal\u00e1), but much more goes to Portugal and Brazil (bacalhau) and to Spain, Mexico and the Dominican Republic (bacalao).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a2b3fc1bb53c3e1435557e155bd6a7c9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a2b3fc1bb53c3e1435557e155bd6a7c9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a2b3fc1bb53c3e1435557e155bd6a7c9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a2b3fc1bb53c3e1435557e155bd6a7c9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nordnorge.com\/content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a2b3fc1bb53c3e1435557e155bd6a7c9.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Knut Hansvold<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-visiting-the-norwegian-stockfish-museum\">Visiting the Norwegian Stockfish Museum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum is open throughout the summer season. Its hosts are Steinar Larsen and Elin Graner. Steinar, who speaks fluent Italian, is an old hand at the tough bartering business, and they both know more or less everything there is to know about stockfish production. You won&#8217;t regret it if you make the effort to join one of the numerous guided tours that the museum puts on in the summer season. \u00c5 is at the end of the E10, near the western tip of Lofoten, and you can get there by bus from the airports at Leknes and Svolv\u00e6r, as well as by ferry from Bod\u00f8 to Moskenes. 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