I noted two lighthouses ago, when I featured the Eggum lighthouse as the LoTW, in Norway's Lofoten archipelago, that I would return with an unusual one. This is it -- the Vestre Vabeinan lighthouse, or light structure, which is topped with a statue called the Fiskerkona (one of several spellings available, apparently), which means "fishwife" or "fisherman's wife". Basically she's waiting for her fisherman husband to come home from the sea. The statue was sculpted by Per Ung.
It's located in Svolvaer harbor, which is here. Zoom out to get a better idea of where "here" is.
There's not a lot else about this one, despite the unusual aspect of being a statue. So this is what we can gather from the Lighthouse Directory.
"1999. Active; focal plane 11.5 m (38 ft); green light, 1 s on, 1 s off; the structure is also floodlit. This unusual beacon consists of a sculpture by Per Ung called Fiskerkone (The Fisherman's Wife), mounted on a round pedestal with a broadly conical base. The pedestal is white and the base is red."
So, let's see some pictures. There are many available.
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