THE FISKARKONA STATUE IN FOSNAVÅG TOWN CENTRE

The statue of the Fiskarkona is located on the furthest point towards the sea in Forsnavåg town centre. The statue is a well-known photographic point and meeting place for local residents. The sea gives and the sea takes. Living conditions for people along the coast were tough. The men fought with the forces of nature out at sea, while the women had their battles at home. They ran the family, garden and the local community, while worrying about their men at sea. In the 1990s, Fiskarkvinnelaget in Herøy wanted to honour the fishwives and a statue was raised at the quayside in Fosnavåg. It commemorates all the fishwives and coastal woman who stood by the sea waiting for their loved ones with a baby in her arms and a second child tugging at their skirt. The people of Herøy have also experienced tragedies at sea more recently and that's when this statue became place to light candles and come together in the footsteps of those who had experienced similar tragedies