On-call duty Tranøy lighthouse

Tranøy Lighthouse is located on the edge of the world with a view of Lofoten. The world finds Tranøy Lighthouse, and now we need more people who can help create delicious food and accommodation in raw nature.

As a kitchen assistant, you help with all tasks in the kitchen. It’s important for us to deliver good quality food to our guests. The tasks are many, examples are cutting up vegetables, stacking goods in place, running through dishes and cleaning otherwise. As a
kitchen assistant, you’ll work with the head chef and chef throughout the day. You must also be able to help with serving.

As a cleaning assistant, you work with cleaning rooms and washing linen.

If you want to thrive in a kitchen and/or cleaning rooms, in a sometimes hectic environment, work with the rest of the lighthouse team and sometimes independently, and can be available on weekends, weekdays and holidays, we want to hear from you.

Work tasks

• Contribute to the production and preparation of food in the kitchen
• Cleaning of kitchen and equipment
• Other tasks adapted to our needs and your expertise
• Washing of rooms and linen
• Create unforgettable experiences

Qualifications

• Interest in cooking or experience from working in a kitchen
• Interest in cleaning and washing rooms or experience from similar jobs
• Good oral Norwegian or English skills

Personal characteristics

• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment, independently and with the rest of the herd
• Responsible and flexible; sometimes you will be contacted at short notice
• Enjoy providing service and helping others.
• Contribute to a good working environment

Tranøy fyr offers

• Good training
• Salary according to tariff
• A good and inclusive working environment
• Exciting and varied work tasks
• An interesting and popular environment with local, regional, national and international guests

We want to hear from you if you think this could be an exciting job for you, either in the short or longer term.

Send a simple CV and application to: info@tranoyfyr.no

It’s important for us to tell the story of Tranøy lighthouse, life at the lighthouse and the associated activities, including pilotage. This is an important part of our coastal and cultural history that we must preserve and pass on.

It then became necessary to establish a lighthouse to guide ship traffic along the Vestfjord – into the inner basin, and direct ship traffic towards Tjeldsund, Ofoten and Tysfjord. The lighthouse director believed that Stangholmen was an appropriate location for a lighthouse.

A lighthouse apparatus with fixed light was chosen. The appropriation for the construction of the lighthouse was given in the budget for the period 1863-66, with an estimate of 6274 Specidaler.

The owner of Stangholman was willing to sell, but since he could not obtain a title deed, it was decided that the lighthouse service would pay an annual rent of 3 Specidaler. In addition, the lighthouse keepers were given the right to fetch water from Tranøy. A timber lighthouse building was erected, as well as outbuildings with a barn, woodshed and oil shed. A boathouse with a boat lift was built. A 4th order fire apparatus with fixed light was set up. The lighthouse was lit on September 19, 1864.

During a storm in the winter of 1867, a protective wall at the lighthouse was partially torn away by heavy seas. In 1877, there was also a severe storm, where the sea went over the entire Stangholmen island and caused major damage to both the protective wall, where the houses and the cistern were filled with seawater.

In 1903-04, it was proposed to equip Tranøy lighthouse with an indicator. Funding for this was not received until 1909-10. In 1910, a new lantern and a beacon were installed that gave two flashes every six seconds. In 1906, the lighthouse got a water tank in the basement, and a landing quay with a crane in 1908.

In 1933, in consultation with sailing organizations, a list was drawn up of lighthouses where fog signals were to be established. Tranøy was among these lighthouses. A grant of 120. 000 to purchase a diaphone. The 20 meter high iron tower on Moholmen outside Kabelvåg was dismantled and moved to Tranøy where it was erected (total height 28 m). The fire apparatus from 1910 was retained, as well as the installation of the moholmen. At the bottom – on the first floor, an engine room was furnished, on the second and third floors, 3 compressed air tanks were installed, while on the fourth floor the diaphone was installed. The new lighthouse was put into operation. November 01, 1936. This led to an increase in staffing to four men from the previous one. Because of this, three new buildings were built in addition to the tower. A semi-detached house, an outbuilding and a boathouse. There was now a lighthouse keeper, a first officer, a second officer and a relief officer who only worked when the lights were on between 7 August and 30 April. In 1959, the lighthouse was electrified, with a diesel generator as a reserve.

A new second-order lantern with a fixed lens (center section) and a 1000 W lamp were installed. An electrically driven compressor was installed for the fog signal. To get across the strait from Stangholmen to the mainland, a rowing boat had to be used. But that could be cumbersome. In 1969, a 250-meter-long footbridge was built across the narrow strait. A few years later, Tranøy Lighthouse Station was converted into a drying station. In 1983, the fog signal at Tranøy was discontinued and staffing was reduced from four to two. 1986 saw the lighthouse automated and five years later, on June 5, 1991, the last lighthouse keeper went off duty. On July 1, 1993, the adventure of Tranøy Lighthouse as a tourist facility began with the first operators, Stig Lexberg and his family.

Lighthouse keepers
The following lighthouse keepers / lighthouse masters have served at Tranøy Fyrstasjon, length of service stated in brackets

• Andreas Arntsen (1864-1876)
• Knut Olsen (1876-1889)
• A.J. Jensen (1889-1896)
• Jakob A. Larsen (1897-1918)
• Lars Gjertsen (1918-1936)
• Haakon Noer (1936-1943)
• Herman J. Jensen (1943-1953)
• Kristoffer S. Andersen (1953-1967)
• Julius Øksengaard (1967-1969)
• Hans Mydske (1969-1970)
• Rolf G. Kristensen (1970-1979)
• Harald L. Wågø (1979-1984)
• Atle L. Lund (1986- 19??)