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News archiveVacant position: Nature Guide (70% temporary position)
3. March 2026
Three-year temporary position as a Nature Guide (70%) – Join the team at Jomfruland National Park Visitor Centre! Kragerø municipality is beautifully located along the coast of Telemark, with a myriad of islands and skerries. The opportunities for outdoor recreation in the archipelago and on the mainland are exceptional. The municipality has just under 10,500…
New Report on Invasive Species on Jomfruland
3. March 2026
In 2024, the Jomfruland National Park Board conducted a survey of invasive species on Jomfruland. The survey was carried out by NIBIO (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research). Read the report Survey of the distribution and spread risk of invasive species on Jomfruland. Invasive species pose a threat to the unique biodiversity on Jomfruland. Parts of…
About the Nationalpark
Jomfruland National Park is a marine national park. A large part of the area of 117,000 acres is sea and seabed. The national park is 27 kilometers long and is located on the outer part of the coast in Kragerø. Parts of Jomfruland and Stråholmen, Stangnes on the mainland and one hundred and sixty islets make up the land area.
Visitor center Jomfruland Nationalpark
Jomfruland is easily accessible by ferry from Kragerø. We recommend walking and taking your time, but you can bring your bike on the ferry or rent one at the tower pier at Jomfruland. There are taxi boats from Kragerø and Valle in Bamble that can take you to any place where they can dock.
If you have your own boat, you can visit the publicly protected outdoor areas. With a small boat or kayak and calm weather, you can dock almost anywhere. By car from the landside, you can visit Stangnes or Portør.
Fakta
Beliggenhet og størrelse
Ligger i Kragerø kommune, Telemark. Totalt areal er ca. 117, hvorav kun ca. 2,4 (2 %) er landareal.
Marin profil
Parken beskytter tareskoger, ålegrasenger, bløtbunn og israndavsetninger (Raet).
Geologi og natur
Jomfruland er kjent for sin 7 km lange rullesteinstrand på yttersiden. Øya har en rik flora, inkludert sjeldne arter som gul hornvalmue, og et variert landskap med løvskog, hasselskog og eikeskog.
Fugleliv
Et svært viktig raste- og hekkeområde for trekkfugler.
Vern og ferdsel
Nasjonalparken er vernet mot inngrep. Det er ilandstigningsforbud i 15 spesifikke fuglereservater mellom 15. april og 15. juli.
Aktiviteter
Området er populært for båtliv, kajakkpadling, fotturer, sykling (på etablerte veier), fugletitting, dykking og fiske.
Kulturminner
Jomfruland fyr (fra 1838 og 1939) ligger i området, og landskapet preges av gamle steingjerder og beiteområder.
The marine national park
The national park stretches from the border with Risør in the south-west to the border with Bamble in the north-east, and covers 117 square kilometers of coastal nature. 98% of the area is sea and seabed, kelp forest and eelgrass meadows. The glacial deposit, the raet, which runs through the entire national park, has created particularly favorable growth conditions for both land and marine plants. This is why Jomfruland and Stråholmen appear to be particularly productive islands, and in the sea there are similarly favorable conditions for a diversity of marine life – a productive sea.
“jomfrulandnasjonalpark.no” is a public website for Jomfruland National Park.
You can read individual decisions under the protection regulations for the national park by going to the Norwegian Environment Agency’s page for environmental decisions.
