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The Arctic Arts Festival (Norwegian: Festspillene i Nord-Norge) is a festival based in Harstad, Norway. It was first held in 1965, and consists of music, theatre and art performances. The festival lasts one week and is held in June. [1] The Arctic Arts Festival is active throughout the year and has arranged annual festivals in Harstad since 1965.
The hospital in Harstad is part of the University Hospital of North Norway. The most successful local football team is Harstad Idrettslag (a.k.a. HIL), [63] and the most successful basketball team is the Harstad Vikings. [64] Harstad is home port for the Anna Rogde, the world's oldest sailing schooner, also known as the sailing queen of Norway ...
Trondenes Historical Center (Norwegian: Trondenes Historiske Senter) is a museum located in Trondenes, in the town of Harstad, in Troms county, Norway. [1] The museum covers the history of Trondenes and the surrounding areas. The museum displaying more than 2,000 years of history in the region, which was once a Viking Age power centre.
Harstad (Norwegian, pronounced [hɐ̞̂ɻ.ʃt̠ɐ̞] ⓘ) or Hárstták (Northern Sami) [5] [6] is a city [1] in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is also the administrative centre of Harstad Municipality .
It is located on the northern edge of the town of Harstad. It is the main church for the Trondenes parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland . The white, stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1435 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect .
The people of Harstad had to worship in a small chapel in Harstad for some time. After World War II , planning for a new church in Harstad intensified. In 1953, Sigurd Bjørhovde was hired as the architect for the new church, but it did not work out and then the nationally known architect Jan Inge Hovig was given the job.
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Hålogaland or even Mid Hålogaland are frequent terms covering the smaller districts of Ofoten, Lofoten and Vesterålen, as well as the municipalities of Gratangen, Harstad, Ibestad, Kvæfjord, and Tjeldsund of Troms county. The term has also been used in this last sense, minus the Lofoten archipelago.