Veikrysset i havet
Abstract The small island municipality in south-western Norway, Kvitsøy, has long maritime traditions. The Norwegian state has operated both a lighthouse and a maritime pilot station on the islands for over 200 years. In the late 1970s the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) suggested...
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| Language: | Norwegian Bokmål |
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Scandinavian University Press
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Heimen |
| Online Access: | https://www.idunn.no/heimen/2018/01/veikrysset_i_havet |
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| Summary: | Abstract
The small island municipality in south-western Norway, Kvitsøy,
has long maritime traditions. The Norwegian state has operated both
a lighthouse and a maritime pilot station on the islands for over
200 years. In the late 1970s the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA)
suggested closing down the maritime pilot station in Kvitsøy, and
running the maritime pilot service from the mainland instead, due
to cost benefits. Local politicians started to work strategically
towards the government and parliament politicians, in order to get
the Norwegian Coastal Administration to invest in a new maritime
pilot station in Kvitsøy. The majority of parliament politicians
in the early 1980s supported Kvitsøy’s claim, and argued that an
investment in a new pilot station would be in line with the Norwegian regional
policy to secure settlement and jobs in the outskirts of Norway.
The pilot station was finally built in the late 1980s. Later,
in 2003, the pilot station was expanded to house also a Vessel Traffic
Service-station.
The NCA investments in Kvitsøy had little impact on either new
settlements, or local jobs. Only two locals were employed at the
pilot station, and the other employees lived in on the mainland
and did not move to Kvitsøy. The were no locals working on the VTS-station
either, other than one in the administration and one cleaning help.
The Norwegian regional policy has, since early 1990s, become
more fragmented and characterized by local measures. The NCA investments
in Kvitsøy had little or no connection with the superior goals of
the regional policy, and can therefore be considered as a symbolic
political decision. However, the investments have been very important
for Kvitsøy in maintaining its maritime traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 0017-9841 1894-3195 |