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'''Kabelvåg''' is a [[village]] in the municipality of [[Vågan]] in [[Nordland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located on the southern shore of the island of [[Austvågøya]] in the [[Lofoten]] [[archipelago]]. Kabelvåg lies about {{convert|5|km}} to the southwest of the town of [[Svolvær]], the [[administrative centre]] of Vågan municipality. The {{convert|1.
[[File:Kabelvåg Lofotmuseet.jpg|thumb|left|Lofoten Museum in Kabelvåg]]
[[File:Kabelvag Lofoten 2009 2.JPG|thumb|left|The centre of Kabelvåg]]
[[File:Lofotakvariet entrance 2004.jpg|thumb|left|The entrance to the Lofoten aquarium]]
The village was founded as ''"Vågan"'' in the early 12th century by King [[Øystein Magnusson]], who built a [[church (building)|church]] and a fishermen's hostel there. According to the [[Heimskringla]], there was something resembling a town there several centuries earlier — the first known town in [[North Norway]], known as ''"Vågar"''.
There are several attractions in Kabelvåg: the Lofoten Museum, [http://www.lofotakvariet.no/location.htm Lofoten Aquarium], and Espolin Gallery. [[Vågan Church]] (also known as the Lofoten Cathedral) is located in Kabelvåg. The [[European route E10]] highway runs through the village.
==History==
The oldest traces of settlement in Kabelvåg are from the later [[stone age]]. Though there are traces of human activity as far back as the earlier stone age. While modern day Vågan municipality was generally evenly populated in the stone age there are only sparse traces of settlements in the area now known as Kabelvåg during the [[Iron age]].
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== Lofotfiske ==
The Lofoten is the [[Spawn (biology)|spawning]] grounds for the [[Atlantic cod|Northern Atlantic Cod]]. When spawning season does come, it creates an extreme increase in the activity of the fishing industry. A result of the "Lofotfiske" event, there becames a great need for storage as the fish are processed and cured in large amounts. This led to the drying and salting of fish. Due to the special weather of the Lofoten islands, it is an ideal place to make the product known as [[Dried fish|tørrfisk]] ({{lang-en|dried fish}}).
During the Middle Ages, this dried fish became a very important commodity in the [[Catholic countries]] of [[Southern Europe]], and the backbone of the local economy. According to historians, [[dried cod]] from Nordland in the 13th century accounted for 80% of all of Norway's exports.
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