Alstahaug is where Petter Dass lived and worked. He was a Lutheran minister and one of Norway's most beloved poets, serving this coastal parish in the late 1600s. His poems and hymns about life along the Helgeland coast are deeply embedded in Norwegian culture.
The modern Petter Dass Museum sits next to the medieval Alstahaug Church where Dass was minister. The museum covers his life, his writing, and the coastal culture he documented. The church itself dates from around 1200 and is worth seeing on its own.
Alstahaug is on the mainland just south of Sandnessjøen.
The modern Petter Dass Museum sits next to the medieval Alstahaug Church where Dass was minister. The museum covers his life, his writing, and the coastal culture he documented. The church itself dates from around 1200 and is worth seeing on its own.
Alstahaug is on the mainland just south of Sandnessjøen.
