Working on shifts

When the boats got engines, and when electricity and running water
became temptations of the main land, people started moving away
from insular life. In the 1950s the last inhabitants on the islands were
offered compensation from the state if they moved to the mainland.
So they brought with them the wood from their old houses and other
belongings and moved to re-establish in other places.

The lighthouse keepers on Little island – Litløya were the only persons
left in this magnificent place on the edge of the open sea. Wife and children
also moved in order to attend school for instance. As most lighthouses
along the Norwegian coast, Little island – Litløya turned into a pure working
place, were the lighthouse keepers came to work in shifts.

In 1959 Little island Lighthouse got an electrical bulb with electricity from
a diesel generator. A 1000 W bulb made it the second strongest lighthouse in Norway.