Saltdal Folk Museum
On Saltdal Folk Museum you can wander into the atmosphere of the 19th century, from Skippergården's chandeliers to Myrlandstua's mine. Among the log houses, gunners, Nordland boats, schools and furniture, you will arrive at a bygone era that still exists.
The main building of the farm is Skippergården, which was the headquarters of the Ellingsen merchant family from 1751 to 1899. In our café and museum shop you can enjoy our popular sweltering with møsbrømkrem, while our guides tell you stories about the yachting trade, the grocery store, the liquor trade, the rise and fall of the Ellingsen family.
Also read about the Blood Road Museum which is located in the same place.
Opening hours
Saltdal Folk Museum has been open during the summer season 2026 and will reopen with regular opening hours in the summer of 2027. More information will be available in the spring.
Would you like to visit us in the meantime? You can book a tour even though we don't have fixed opening hours now — read more here.
Practical information
Entrance tickets are purchased upon arrival at the museum. Expected visit time is approx. 1 hour. Photography is permitted without the use of flash.
Prices
Adults NOK 90, students/honors NOK 70.
Children under 18 have free entry.
Groups (min. 10 paying) NOK 70 per person.
Special prices apply for visits outside of regular opening hours.
Facilities
Free parking. Toilet in the skipper's yard. Café and museum shop in the summer season. The houses on the Folk Museum has not undergone adaptations for disabilities.
Address
The museum located at Saltnes, 2 km north of Rognan center.
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Booking
Would you like to book a tour at Saltdal Folk Museum Please contact us in good time. Fill out the form by clicking the button below for booking inquiries and practical clarifications.
History of the museum
Saltnes is the place where the river from the small valley meets the fjord and the big world. This meant that during the 17th century Saltnes became the center of the village with a church, market, grocery store and jetty.
To Saltnes, Sami people came all the way from Arvidsjaur in Sweden with silver, reindeer hides, meat and fists. The mountain people returned with flour, tobacco, spirits and coffee. The village's farmers also came here to trade flour, salt, spices, tobacco, spirits, rope and tools for the winter Lofoten fishing.
The only buildings left from Saltnes' heyday are Skippergården and the nearest storehouse. The other houses were taken from the shore at Rognan, mountain farms to the east, hamlets to the south and a school building from Dverset along the Saltenfjord to the west.
From 1751-1899, Saltnes, with its farm, servants and shipping, was run by the Ellingsen family, one of Nordland's richest merchant families. In May 1899, the farm was sold to the Ludvig Johansen Breimo family and his wife Aldis. Saltdal The municipality took over the Saltnes mill in 1975 and from 1977 the place has been Folk Museum and museum.
