You fly to Evenes from Oslo - there are a few charter flights from elsewhere in Europe too - and then it's a spectacular 2-3 hour drive onto the archipelago. Alternatively, there's a small airport near Svolvaer, the largest town in the islands, but that's two flights from Oslo.
There is, though, a plan to build a larger airport for the Lofotens, which would have direct service from Oslo, and the possibility to take flights from anywhere round Europe (the islands are a significant tourist destination, mostly for Scandinavians, with the midnight sun in summer and the northern lights later in the year, and great walking, pony trekking, sea kayaking, sailing etc). The proposed airport would be on the island of Gimsoy, only five minutes from the links. Clearly, that would have a big impact.
I think the course will be pretty spectacular. It's genuine linksland, mostly (that rock pile isn't, obviously!) and Jeremy's routing looked plenty impressive when I was there last year. Can't wait to go back.
I have some more photos, nd Kevin Murray took some great ones while we were there. I'll try to post later.
Adam