There is pretty much something happening on the nature and cultural front every day here at our place… But some events are bigger than others, and you can read more about these here. For other events here and now, check Det skjer i Hemnes (It happens in Hemnes)
September 2026
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Hemnes Art Association, in collaboration with Helgeland Museum, is pleased to present the photo exhibition "An echo from another time", based on the travels of Italian photographer Luca Berti.
Event description
Hemnes Art Association, in collaboration with Helgeland Museum, is pleased to present the photo exhibition "An Echo from Another Time", based on the Italian photographer Luca Berti's travels in Helgeland. The exhibition takes place at the Lapphella Kulturarena on Hemnesberget.
What was originally planned as one photographic journey evolved into three trips in the period 2022–2023. By bicycle, Berti visited 18 municipalities and documented places and people in black and white with an analog large-format camera.
Born in Florence, educated at the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia in Milan and living in Copenhagen, Luca Berti's work combines cultural history with timeless motifs of people, buildings and landscapes.
The exhibition shows 36 of the selected photographs from the project – which has also become a book!
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November 2026
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Experience the real Christmas spirit at Hemnesberget and Lapphella! Here, in cozy surroundings, you can wander around the Christmas market and experience the atmospheric pre-Christmas season with the delicious scents of mulled wine and freshly baked donuts. The Market
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Experience the real Christmas spirit at Hemnesberget and Lapphella! Here, in cozy surroundings, you can wander around the Christmas market and experience the atmospheric pre-Christmas season with the delicious scent of mulled wine and freshly baked donuts. The market is based on old and new traditions, and here you will find exhibitors in, among other things, local food, Christmas baking, Christmas trees and high-quality arts and crafts. In addition to stalls overflowing with goods, and dining in cozy cafes, restaurants and lavvoes, both young and old can enjoy horse and sleigh rides, Christmas workshops, performances and concerts.
Welcome to the Christmas village in Helgeland!
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August 2027
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The Klemetspelet is a large outdoor theatre performance that has been staged every other year since its inception in 2013. When the play is staged again in August 2027, however, it will be
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The Klemetspelet is a large outdoor theatre performance that has been staged every other year since its inception in 2013. When the play is staged again in August 2027, it will have been three years since the last one. But no one has been idle since then, and the audience can expect new surprises!
The play is about the Sami Klemet Person who lived with his family at the top of Leirskardalen, under Klemethelleren – not far from Rabothytta at Okstindan – around the turn of the last century. Klemet was a man who both fascinated and frightened. The play gives a picture of a time and a society that is distant, but also with characteristics of our time. The Klemet play is performed in collaboration with Nordland Teater, Åaerjehlsamien teater and Giron Teater, where both professional and local actors participate. In connection with the play itself, a separate martna is arranged; Jamtjordmartnaden, with a recreation of the old marketplace.
In 2016, Klemetspelet received the American Architecture Prize for its sets, and in 2018, the same sets received the APDC*IDA (Asia Pacific Design Center + International Design Awards) – Excellence Design Awards for Religious and Spiritual Building. NRK TV broadcast the documentary “Bergtatt” about Klemet and Klemetspelet in 2016.