On 8 May 1945, Norway, together with the rest of Europe, was liberated from the Nazi occupation that had held the country in its grip for five long years. This digital exhibition documents the days of the liberation in 1945 in Narvik, a small town in Northern Norway that was attacked when Germany invaded Norway […]
The temporary exhibition “Stolen Years: Children in the High North during the Second World War” was shown at Narvik War Museum in the period September 8th 2020 – March 18th 2021. The temporary exhibition “Stolen Years: Children in the High North during the Second World War” presents stories of and from children who lived in […]
The temporary exhibition «Sven Hörnell: Photographing Liberation» can be seen at Narvik War Museum until August 31st 2020. In May 1945, the Swedish photographer Sven Hörnell (1919-1992) followed the Norwegian police troops from Sweden to Narvik, and further on to Tromsø. He photographed soldiers, civilians, and prison camps. The current exhibition presents moments from Hörnell’s […]
The temporary exhibition «Under the North Star – Estonian Volunteers in the Battle of Narvik 1940” is displayed at Narvik War Museum from the 13th of September 2018 till the 3rd of March 2019. The exhibition is a result of a cooperation with the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum (Eesti Sõjamuuseum – Kindral […]
A temporary exhibition about ORP Grom is displayed at Narvik War Museum until the 31st of August 2018. The exhibition is a result of a cooperation with the Polish Naval Museum in Gdynia (Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni). The texts in the exhibition are in Norwegian, English and Polish. Items from Narvik War Museum’s collection […]
See the new Narvik War Museum trough a virtual 3D-model
Finally, we are open!
The Concept “Peacefront”: Attack, War and Zona
War and its consequences
