Ramberg, Flakstad

The beach at Ramberg

Ramberg' is the administrative centre of Flakstad municipality, in the Lofoten islands, Nordland, Norway. It is located on the island Flakstadøya and has approximately 350 inhabitants,.

There is a library, a small shopping centre, a post-office, a petrol station, a cinema, a youth club, a pub and a bank, the primary school, including 7th-10th class and the police station for Flakstad and Moskenes. Ramberg is also famous for the beach with white sand.

There is a troll at Ramberg: Rambergmannen, or Per Grå, it can be seen when driving in the direction of Vestvågøy. The tale tells that the reason that he looks so sad is that he never got married. He was old and rich, but lonely, and one day he came to Ramberg. There he met a beautiful girl and fell in love with her. He proposed to her, but she did not accept, and the poor troll got so sad that he sat down by the mountain and stayed there until the sun came up and turned him into stone. He still stands here today. and looks at all the pretty girls at Ramberg. We say that the rocks which are falling down are his tears.

The local church: it is known there has always been a church in Flakstad since 1430 and the current one is the second one at this place. The timber used for the church comes from Russia - the people of Flakstad exchanged fish for timber during the Pomor trade. This is why the steeple has a Russian-orthodox look.