Lighthouses of Norway: Northern Nordmøre

The Kingdom of Norway (Norge in Norwegian) is one of the world's most maritime nations. The country is long and narrow, with drowned valleys called fjords that bring the sea far inland in most regions. The mainland coast is estimated to be 2650 km (1650 mi) long and when all the islands and minor indentations are counted the total coastline approaches an astonishing 60,000 km (37,500 mi), long enough the go around the world one and a half times. With such a lengthy and rocky shore it's not surprising that Norway has a large number of lighthouses.

Norway is divided into counties (fylker) and the counties are divided into municipalities (kommuner). This page lists lighthouses of the northern part of Møre og Romsdal County in the central part of the west coast, including the port of Kristiansund. This region comprises the traditional district of Nordmøre, the northern district of the county. Nordmøre has so many lighthouses it needs two pages. This page is for the northern part of the district including in particular the island municiplities of Aure and Smøla. The Southern Nordmøre page includes the area from Tingvoll and Kristiansund southward.

In Norwegian a lighthouse is a fyrtårn (fire tower) or simply a fyr; a fyrlykt is a beacon and a lyktehus is a lantern. Øy is an island, holmen is an islet, skjær is a skerry (a tiny island or rocky reef), sund is a strait (often between an island and the mainland), bukt is a bay, nes is a headland, and havn is a harbor.

Aids to navigation in Norway are maintained by the Kystverket (Coast Directorate), an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. NF numbers are from the Norsk Fyrliste. Admiralty numbers are from volume L of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 115.

General Sources
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
News and photos from the Norwegian Lighthouse Association.
Online List of Lights - Norway - Northwest Coast
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas. Many of the photos for this area are by Michael Boucher, Rainer Arndt, Ronald Wöhrn, or Arno Siering.
Lighthouse Pages from Anke and Jens - Norway
Excellent photos of more than 60 Norwegian lighthouses.
Norway's Fjorden and Lighthouses
Photos taken by Charles W. Bash on a 2010 cruise from Bergen to North Cape.
Leuchttürme an der norwegischen Küste
Photos posted by Bernd Claußen.
Leuchttürme in Norwegen
Photos posted by Andreas Köhler.
Lighthouses in Kristiansund Area
Photos by various photographers available from Wikimedia.
Norwegische Leuchttürme auf historischen Postkarten
Historic postcard images posted by Klaus Huelse.
Liste over Norske Fyr
From Wikipedia, a handy list of Norwegian light stations with their dates of establishment.
Norsk Fyrliste
The official Norwegian light list can be downloaded in .pdf format.
OpenSeaMap
Navigational chart information for this area
Google Maps
Satellite view of the Nordmøre area.


Haugjegla Light, Smøla, July 2018
Google Maps photo by Solvi Nordin
Surnadal Lighthouse
Torvikneset
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 5 m (17 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 6 m (20 ft) square skeletal tower, covered with wood siding, with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; lantern roof painted red. A 2013 photo and a 2008 photo are available and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a headland on the south side of the entrance to the Surnadalsfjord. Accessible by land, but probably on private property. Site status unknown. NF-385800; Admiralty L1084; NGA 6792.

Trøndelag County: Heim Lighthouse
Risholmen
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 6 m (20 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 6.5 m (21 ft) square skeletal tower, covered with wood siding, with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; lantern roof painted red. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Heim is a municipality of Trøndelag County wedged between the Surnadal and Aure municipalities of Møre og Romsdal County. Located on a skerry on the south side of the Arasvikfjord, opposite Ertvågøy. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-388200; Admiralty L1100; NGA 6824.

Aure Lighthouses
Lyktlangholmen (Ytre Langholmen) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12.5 m (41 ft); flash every 5 s, white, red or green depending on direction. 8 m (26 ft) octagonal fiberglass tower colored white with two black horizontal bands. No photo available but Google has a satellite view.This light replaced a lantern mounted on a platform supported by four straightpiles; Trabas has Siering's 2012 photo of the previous light. Located on a reef on the south side of the entrance to the Ytrefjord, the beginning of an inside passage to Trondheim. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-400800; Admiralty L1132; NGA 6900.
Hammersundet
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 6.5 m (21 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 6 m (20 ft) lantern mounted on a platform supported by four straightpiles. Lantern painted white with a red roof, piles painted black. Trabas has Siering's 2012 photo (also seen at right) and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a reef at the entrance to a protected sound on the south side of the Ytrefjord, about 6 km (3.5 mi) east of Lyktlangholmen. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-401700; Admiralty L1140; NGA 6916.
Steintangskjerflua
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 5.5 m (18 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 7 m (23 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on tripod piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof, piles painted black. Trabas has Boucher's 2011 photo, Google has a very distant street view from the Sandvika ferry terminal, and Google has a distant satellite view. Located off the northeastern point of Tustna, marking the entrance to the narrow channel separating the islands of Tustna and Stabben. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-402500; Admiralty L1142; NGA 6980.
#Mevikholmen (Torsholmen)
Date unknown. Inactive since about 2014 and since removed. This was a 4.5 m (15 ft) lantern mounted on a stone base. Lantern painted white with a red roof. No closeup photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Google's 2023 street view confirms the removal. Trabas has Siering's 2015 photo of the active light (focal plane 6 m (20 ft); continuous green light) on a white mast with a black top. Located on a skerry guiding vessels through a narrow passage, 400 m (1/4 mi) north of the Sålåsund Bridge joining Tustna and Stabben. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ex-NF-402600; ex-Admiralty L1144; NGA 6992. Active light: NF-402601; Admiralty L1144.1.

Hammersundet Light, Aure, July 2012
photo copyright Arno Siering; used by permission
#Sæterfløa (1)
Date unknown. Inactive since 2016 and since removed. This was a 6 m (20 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on tripod piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof, piles painted black. No photo available. Google's distant satellite view confirms the removal. Google's distant 2023 street view shows the active light (focal plane 5 m (16 ft); green light, 1 s on, 1 s off) on a post. Located near the southern end of the Sålåsund, the narrow channel separating the islands of Tustna and Stabben. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ex-NF-402700; ex-Admiralty L1145; NGA 7000. Active light: NF-402703; Admiralty L1145.3.
Sveholmen
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 7 m (23 ft) square skeletal tower, covered with wood siding, with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; lantern roof painted red. Trabas has Siering's 2015 photo (also seen at right) and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a skerry about 2.5 km (1.5 mi) northwest of Aure. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-388600; Admiralty L1106; NGA 6840.
Araneset
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 8.5 m (28 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting three times every 12 s. 10 m (33 ft) lantern on a platform supported by tripod piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof; piles painted black. Trabas has Siering's 2015 photo and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a skerry off a promontory on the south side of the Trondheimsleia near Vinsternes. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-388800; Admiralty L1108; NGA 6852.
Slyngesten
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11.5 m (38 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 6 m (20 ft) concrete post with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; lantern roof painted red. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a promontory on the south side of the Trondheimsleia opposite the island of Jøsøy. Site status unknown. NF-388900; Admiralty L1109; NGA 6844.

Sveholmen Light, Aure, July 2015
photo copyright Arno Siering; used by permission
Klakksbroren
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 6.5 m (21 ft); white, red or green, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 7 m (23 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on four straight piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof; piles painted black. Trabas has Siering's 2012 photo and Bing has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a skerry in the Trondheimsleia, north of Grisvågøya. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-405400; Admiralty L1164; NGA 7036.
Glomstadholmen
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 5 m (17 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 6 m (20 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on four straight piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof; piles painted black. Trabas has Siering's 2015 photo (also seen at right) and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a promontory on the south side of the Torsetsund, a narrow passage off the Trondheimsleia south of the island of Skardsøy. Site status unknown. NF-389200; Admiralty L1112; NGA 6864.
#Espeneset (Espenes) (1)
Date unknown. Replaced in 2018 and later removed. This was a 6.5 m (21 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; lantern roof painted red. In 2018 this light was moved about 50 m (165 ft) offshore; the new light (focal plane 6 m (20 ft); green flash every 3 s) is on a pole. Google's satellite view confirms the removal. Trabas has Siering's 2015 photo of the previous light. Located at the tip of a sharp promontory on the east side of the Dromnessund, opposite Vihalsen on Skardsøy. Site status unknown. ex-NF-389400. Active light: NF-389303; Admiralty L1114; NGA 6872.

Glomstadholmen Light, Aure, July 2015
photo copyright Arno Siering; used by permission
Rognannes (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 6.5 m (21 ft) octagonal fiberglass tower with lantern. Lighthouse colored white with two black horizontal bands; lantern roof is red. Google has a distant 2019 street view and an indistinct satellite view. Trabas has Boucher's distant 2011 view of the earlier light, a square skeletal tower, covered with wood siding, with lantern and gallery. Located on a point of land at the northeastern corner of Skardsøya, marking the entrance to the Dromnessund from the Trondheimsleia. Site status unknown (the light appears to be on private property). NF-389500; Admiralty L1116; NGA 6876.

Smøla Lighthouses
The Smøla municipality includes the large island of the same name and a large number of associated smaller islands. By the standards of the Norwegian coast Smøla is unusually flat, with no mountains.

Reiråklakken (Reiklakken)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 5.5 m (18 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 5 m (17 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof red. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a skerry off the northeast coast of Smøla. NF-441000; Admiralty L1376; NGA 7648.
Remmingskær (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting once every 6 s. 7 m (23 ft) octagonal fiberglass tower with lantern. Lighthouse colored white with two black horizontal bands; lantern roof is red. Bing has a distant satellite view. This light replaced a lantern and gallery mounted on four straight piles. Trabas has Boucher's distant 2011 view of the previous light. Located on a skerry in open water about 5 km (3 mi) east of the eastern point of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-439000; Admiralty L1374; NGA 7616.
Tyrhaug (Kyrhaug) (2)
1848 (station established 1833). Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting tthree times every 10 s 14 m (46 ft) square cylindrical tower attached to a keeper's house. Lighthouse painted white; lantern painted red. A 2020 photo is at right, Trabas has Wöhrn's 2007 photo, Wikimedia has several photos, Lightphotos.net has Patrick Healy's photo, Bash has a photo, Huelse has a distant postcard view, and Bing has a satellite view. Although owned by the Kystverket the light station was leased in 2000 as a private residence. Located on Ringholmen, a small island off the east end of Edøy, which is an island off the southeast coast of Smøla. Accessible only by boat, but there should be a good view from Edøy. Site open, tower closed. Site manager: private. . ARLHS NOR-257; NF-403400; Admiralty L1152; NGA 7020.
Gjeslingskjær
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting three times every 12 s. 9 m (30 ft) lantern mounted on a platform supportd by piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof. Trabas has Ronald Wöhrn's distant 2014 view and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a skerry off the southwestern coast of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-425000; Admiralty L1316; NGA 7352.
Lyngvær
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 7 m (23 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on a stone cairn. Lantern painted white with a red roof. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on Nordøy, a small island off the southwestern coast of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-425400; Admiralty L1318; NGA 7360.

Tyrhaug Light, Smøla, December 2020
Instagram photo by going_on_tour_by_kk
#Skardholmen (Oddeholen)
Date unknown. Inactive since 2022 and since removed. This was a 6 m (20 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof red. No photo available and the light is no longer seen in Google's satellite view. Located on a small island on the south side of the passage leading to Jøstølen on the west coast of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed.ex- NF-429700; ex-Admiralty L1342; NGA 7372.
#Kalvøy
Date unknown. Inactive since 2022 and since removed. This was a 6 m (20 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof red. No photo available and the light is no longer seen in Google's satellite view. Located on Kalvøy, an island about 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Jøstølen. Site status unknown (the island is privately owned). ex-NF-430100; ex-Admiralty L1344.1; NGA 7424.
#Østre Orholmskjær (Range Rear)
Date unknown. Inactive since 2022 and since removed. This was a 9 m (30 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white with a black vertical stripe facing the range line, lantern roof painted red. No photo available. Bing has a distant satellite view but the lighthouse is not seen in Google's satellite view. Located on a skerry on the north side of the passage leading to Jøstølen. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ex-NF-429900; ex-Admiralty L1343.1; NGA 7380.
#Østre Orholmskjær (Range Front) (1)
Date unknown. Inactive since 2020 and since removed. This was a 5 m (17 ft) lantern mounted on a platform supported by piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof. No photo available. The active light (focal plane 5 m (16 ft); red flash every 2 s) is on a post, probably shown in Google's satellite view. . Located on a skerry 219 m (719 ft) west southwest of the front light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ex-NF-429800; ex-Admiralty L1343; NGA 7376. Active light: NF-429704; Admiralty L1343.05.
#Frisholmen (1)
Date unknown. Replaced in 2020 and since removed. This was a 9 m (30 ft) lantern mounted on a platform supported by piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof. No photo available. The lighthouse is no longer seen in Google's satellite view. The new light (focal plane 4 m (13 ft, red light, 2 s on, 2 s off) is much smaller. Located on a skerry about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Dyrnes. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ex-NF-433900. Active light: NF-433902; Admiralty L1351; NGA 7444.
Skalmen
1907. Inactive since 2008. 16 m (52 ft) tower with lantern and gallery attached to a 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house. A photo is at right, the Swedish Lighthouse Society has a 2015 photo of the station, Marinas.com has aerial photos and Bing has a good satellite view of the station. This abandoned historic lighthouse is clearly endangered. In 2005 the Kystverket offered to sell the light station to Smøla Kommune but the town declined the offer due to high estimates of maintenance costs. In 2013 the Lighthouse Association reported that Nils Arve Lie had taken a license from the Kystverket to maintain the station and that he was hoping to start a friends group. This effort had no success. The Kystverket planned to demolish the lighthouse, but there were local efforts to stop them from doing so. In 2023 the Kystverket placed the lighthouse on auction sale, and it sold for £89,000 to Andreas Bjarøy and his wife, Mona Kruse Bjarøyhave. A Tidens Krav article, with a photo of the lighthouse, is about the severe storm of New Year's Day 1992; the island recorded a wind gust of 223 km/h (139 mi/h), the strongest wind ever recorded in Norway. Located on a small island about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Dyrnesvågen, off the northwestern tip of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed (private property). . ARLHS NOR-203; ex-NF-433000; ex-Admiralty L1348; ex-NGA 7428.

Skalmen Light, Smøla, June 2021
Instagram photo by asbis84
Brattværet (Bratvær)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 7.5 m (25 ft) square tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof red. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island about 5 km (3 mi) east of the Skalmen lighthouse. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-433500; Admiralty L1350; NGA 7440.
Singsundet
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 6.5 m (21 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting three times every 12 s. 6.5 m (21 ft) lantern on a platform supported by four piles. Lantern painted white with red roof, piles painted black. Kurth Brekke has a 2014 photo and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on the north side of the entrance to the Singsund, which leads to Veiholmen, the northernmost town in Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-434000; Admiralty L1352; NGA 7452.
** Haugjegla (Hauggjegla, Veiholmen) (2)
1922 (station established 1919). Active; focal plane 26 m (85 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting twice every 8 s. 28 m (92 ft) round cylindrical cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, incorporating keeper's quarters, mounted on a round concrete base. Tower painted red with one white horizontal band; the concrete base is white. Solvi Nordin's 2018 photo is at the top of this page, Roy Jøssund has a 2020 photo, Wikimedia has a photo by Kjell Jøran Hansen, Trabas has a 2009 photo by Pauline and Wim de Kleine, Rahul Anantharaman has a good photo, the Lighthouse Association has a page for the lighthouse, Huelse has a historic postcard view, and Bing has a distant satellite view. Automated in 1988, the lighthouse was for a time open for day tours and available for overnight accommodations, but apparently these opportunities no longer exist. Located on a waveswept skerry about 1 km (0.6 mi) north of Veiholmen on the north side of Smøla. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower open to guided tours. Site manager: unknown. . ARLHS NOR-109; NF-435000; Admiralty L1362; NGA 7488.
Innveien
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 6 m (20 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting once every 6 s. 6 m (20 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on four straight piles. Lantern painted white with a red roof; piles painted black. No closeup photo available but Google has a distant satellite view and the light is barely visible a little above center in Tormod Hammersvik's 2022 drone view. Located on Sondre Leiskjær, a skerry about 2 km (1.25 mi) east of Veiholmen. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. NF-435200; Admiralty L1364; NGA 7512.

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Posted June 19, 2006. Checked and revised September 2, 2025. Lighthouses: 28. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.