Kabelvåg

, , or is a village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Kabelvåg lies about to the southwest of the town of Svolvær, the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality. The village has a population (2023) of 2,291 and a population density of .

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History
Lofotfiske
Notable residents
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thumb|left|Lofoten Museum in Kabelvåg thumb|left|"Finnespollen, Kabelvaag, Nordlands amt" thumb|left|Kabelvåg town square The village was founded as "Vågan" in the early 12th century by King Øystein Magnusson, who built a church and a fishermen's hostel there. According to the Heimskringla, there was something resembling a town there several centuries earlier — the first known town in North Norway, known as "Vågar".