Anna Karoline is a jekt (a single-masted open cargo sailing ship) often called Nordlandsjekt, built at Brataker in Mosvik Municipality, Norway in 1876.

[9] After the stockfish cargo had been loaded in Bergen the jekt would return with goods that Northern Norway did not produce.

[9] Anna Karoline was built in 1876 for Arnt O. Eggen, Oluf Nøst and Ole Vandsvik.

When Ole Vandsvik was one of the owners Anna Karoline started the new year with a voyage to Lofoten to buy fish.

[10] Anna Karoline is marked by various repairs and changes which makes it possible to study how the vessel has developed.

[10] In 1890 Anna Karoline ran aground at Kirangrunnen and subsequently towed to Trondheim where the outer hull was plained and a smooth carvel skin was added.

[2] After Johan Bjørvik and Ole Schiefloe bought Anna Karoline she was used during the yearly fisheries in Lofoten.

[2] In the spring the vessel sailed south to Bergen or Trondheim, before returning to Lofoten for a new cargo of fish.

[10] In 1908 Anna Karoline's homeport was changed to Namsos after she was bought by Julius Pedersen and manager Schiefloe.

During the winter Anna Karoline was used while fish were salted and for producing cod liver oil, she had similar duties in Finnmark in the spring.

[11] During summer Anna Karoline transported guano and stockfish from Nordland and Troms south to Bergen.

[12] The background for Nordland Museum buying Anna Karoline was that she was seen as a specimen of a historically important vessel type.

The Holvikejekta located at Sandane in western Norway is also ashore and as Anna Karoline she is also clinker built.