Svipper Schedules 2026

Svipper is the public transport brand of Troms county in Arctic Norway — the fjord and island country around Tromsø, Harstad and the Lyngen Alps. Its ferry network is unusual in one important way: roughly half the crossings are free, and half are not.

Free crossings

Seven routes carry no charge at all: 177 Stornes–Bjørnerå, 182 Belvik–Vengsøy, 185 Hansnes–Karlsøy–Vannøy, 186 Hansnes–Reinøy, 188 Mikkelvik–Bromnes, 195 Storstein–Lauksundskaret–Nikkeby and 198 Rotsund–Havnnes–Uløybukt. These serve small island communities where the ferry stands in for a road.

Paying crossings

Six routes charge for vehicles, and they include the ones visitors are most likely to use:

• 190 Lyngseidet–Olderdalen — about 40 minutes across the Lyngenfjord, the busiest route in the network and the way into the Lyngen Alps.
• 191 Breivikeidet–Svensby — 20 minutes, the other Lyngen approach.
• 180 Andenes–Gryllefjord — the summer link between Vesterålen and Senja.
• 170 Revsnes–Flesnes, 175 Stangnes–Sørrollnes and 181 Botnhamn–Brensholmen.

How payment works

Vehicles are registered and charged through AutoPASS. You do not need an agreement or a tag to travel — the system reads the plate — but you do need an AutoPASS ferry agreement to get the discount. Foreign-registered vehicles have their own rules, and Svipper publishes separate price tables for foreign plates on the paying routes.

One route has its own passenger rule. On 180 Andenes–Gryllefjord, from 15 June 2026 passengers aged 30 to 66 must buy their own ticket; children, young adults aged 18–29 and senior-rate passengers travel free. Tickets are sold in the Svipper app, through Entur, or on board.

Other routes

Beyond the ferries, Svipper covers fast boats and buses across Troms, including the Hansnes–Reinskard and Skåningsbukt connections in the Karlsøy archipelago and Bjørnerå–Stornes near Harstad.