Lauvøylandet

Lauvøylandet is a small island outside Sandnessjøen in northern Norway. The island is often called called Rødøya, but that is not correct. Rødyøa is a island much further north. The location of the the famous rock carving lies in a area called "Røøya" and therefore people may have presumed it to be local dialect for "Rødøya" (Red-island).It is most famous for having a 4000 year old rock carving portraying a man skiing. This is the oldest picture in the world of someone using skis.

External links

* [http://home.monet.no/~mindland/bilder/Norge2.gifMap]
* [http://www.saugen.no/images/Tur%20til%20Scotland%2006/Lofotenwebb/Skiloeper%20Roedoey.jpgPicture of the "Skiløper"]