All eight volumes of the official sea manual "Den norske los" can be downloaded free of charge from Kartverket
"Den norske los" is the official sea manual of the Norwegian Kartverket. The current version can be downloaded free of charge
The manual "Den norske los" is primarily intended for commercial shipping and contains fairway and harbour descriptions for the entire Norwegian coast and the Svalbard and Jan Mayen archipelagos. However, the detailed charts and sailing instructions are also a good navigational aid for leisure skippers.
In the course of a fundamental revision of the manual, the Norwegian Hydrographic Institute has now decided to release the current edition. Until the new edition has been finalised, the manual can be downloaded free of charge as a PDF file.
Here are the links to the eight volumes. Section 7, Spitsbergen and Jan Mayen, is also available in English, the other books are published in Norwegian only:
- Den norske los, bind 1st Alminnelige opplysninger (PDF - 27 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 2A. Svenskegrensen - Langesund (PDF - 39.5 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 2B. Langesund - Jærens rev (PDF - 53.6 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 3. Jærens rev - Stad (PDF - 40.2 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 4th Stad - Rørvik (PDF - 99.6 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 5. Rørvik - Lødingen og Andenes (PDF - 91.5 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 6. Lødingen og Andenes - Grense Jakobselv (PDF - 42.1 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 7. Svalbard og Jan Mayen (bokmål) (PDF - 67.6 MB)
- Den norske los, bind 7. Svalbard og Jan Mayen (engelsk) (PDF - 51.4 MB)
Hauke Schmidt
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