A report on Rogaland

County in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast.

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Karmøy

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Map of Karmøy with the urban areas marked

View of the historic Avaldsnes Church

Island pastures and St. Olav's church

Karmsundbridge links Karmøy island to the mainland

Powerlines crossing Karmsund

Christen Schaaning, 1663

Leif Johan Sevland, 2007

Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

Stavanger

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City and municipality in Norway.

City and municipality in Norway.

Stavanger domkirke, the oldest cathedral in Norway.

A German POW clearing mines in Stavanger in August 1945

The oil industry is the backbone of Stavanger's economy.

A beach in Randaberg

Boroughs of Stavanger

City centre Stavanger

Canning factories in the early 20th century

Stavanger Aftenblad

The concrete base for the Troll A platform is cast in Vats, 55 km north of Stavanger

Stavanger Airport, Sola

National road 44

Bus terminal in Sandnes, the neighboring city of Stavanger

Jåttå Upper Secondary School

Norwegian Petroleum Museum

Rogaland Art Museum

Stavanger Oilers has won seven Norwegian championship titles.

P&O MV Britannia cruise ship at berth near Strandkaien, Stavanger

Gamle Stavanger

Henrich Steffens, 1828

It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighbouring Sandnes) and the administrative centre of Rogaland county.

Sandnes

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Map of the Stavanger/Sandnes region

View of the village of Hommersåk

View of the city

Julie Ege, On her Majesty's Secret Service, 1968

Ivar Braut, 2017

Bjarne Berntsen, 2007

Stine Borgli, 2018

Map of Sandnes city center

The bus station, known as Ruten (The Route)

Jæren Tingrett (District Court)

Sandnes sports park from the air

Sandnes by night

A Sandnesgauk. A clay toy originating in Sandnes.

Sandnes is a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway.

Haugesund

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Part of central Haugesund

Karmøy pastures and St. Olav's church at Avaldsnes

Urban area of Haugesund (2005)

MS Draupner, one of the catamaran ferries on the former route Bergen – Haugesund – Stavanger

Turid Birkeland, 1985

Marilyn Monroe sculpture at Haugesund

Christian Grindheim, 2006

The city hall, designed by Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas

Common street in Haugesund

Haugesund from the Risøy bridge

Risøybrua seen from Risøy. Photo: Knut Arne Gjertsen

Haugesund docks, with bridge to Risøy

is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway.

Kopervik

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Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway.

Sola

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Map of Sola and surround municipalities

View of Ølberg at sunset

Beaches of Sola

Sola Church Ruins

Camilla Herrem, 2009

Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway.

Western Norway

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Region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway.

Region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway.

Selje Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located on the island of Selja, formerly known as Selø, in the municipality of Selje, Sogn og Fjordane.

The Barony Rosendal in its garden to the right, the stud farm in red, as seen from Malmangernuten mountain. The barony is often referred to as "The smallest castle in Scandinavia".

Moster gamle kyrkje, built in 995, it is one of the oldest churches in Norway. It is reported by Snorre that Olaf I of Norway had a church built there.

With the exception of Ireland, no single country contributed a larger percentage of its population to the United States than Norway, and Western Norway is not an exception. Famous Americans with ancestry from this part of Norway include Marilyn Monroe, Walter Mondale, Knute Rockne, Michele Bachmann and Knute Nelson.

U.S. postage stamp featuring the ship Viking honoring the 100th anniversary of Norwegian immigration.

Ona is an island situated in Sandøy municipality in the district of Romsdal.

One of the many beaches along the Jæren coastline.

Hurrungane is a large mountainous area.

Preikestolen is a massive cliff 604 metres (1982 ft) above Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag plateau, in Forsand.

Hardangervidda National Park.

The inland valleys used to have reliable snow cover in winter.

A satellite image of southern Norway with snow shown as red highlights the terrain. Especially the fjords Sognefjorden and Hardangerfjorden are clearly visible.

The nature reserve at the island of Herdla has many birds. Some 220 species of birds are registered.

Hardangervidda landscape.

Hardanger is one of Norway's most important sources of fruit and constitutes approximately 40% of the national fruit production, including apple, plum, pear, cherry and redcurrant.

Vøringsfossen waterfall in Eidfjord.

Troll gas field is a natural gas and oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, 100 km North-West of Bergen, 50 km west of the island of Fedje.

A motorvei (highway) in Sandnes.

Strandgaten is a shopping street in Bergen.

Ivar Aasen came from Ørsta, Sunnmøre. He was the father of Nynorsk and price influence on its derivative, Høgnorsk.

Undredal Stave Church

The Male Choir of the University of Bergen, which is a student organisation.

Entrance and sign of the University of Stavanger.

Lefse, a traditional potato flatbread from Western Norway.

Skillingsboller, a traditional roll from Bergen.

Hardingfele, a fiddle from Hardanger.

Urnes stave church is now on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

Brudeferden i Hardanger.

Car ferries are a vital part of the highway infrastructure in coastal regions. Above is "MF Stavangerfjord" which goes between Arsvågen and Mortavika in Rogaland.

MS Midnatsol of The Coastal Express, Hurtigruten

Gulating lagmannsrett cover Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane, but not Møre og Romsdal.

In Sogn og Fjordane policy is little different from in the other counties. A lot of the population votes on the Centre Party. Here is Norwegian sheep and Luster landscape.

View over Aurlandsvangen and Flåm.

Tone Damli Aaberge

Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée

Per Inge Torkelsen

It consists of the counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal.

Sauda

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Part of the inner seaport in the town of Sauda

View of the narrow Sauda fjord

The Workers township, Åbøbyen 2005.

Before The Workers township was built, Åbøbyen 1917.

Industrial museum, Sauda, in winter.

Svandalsfossen waterfall, Sauda

Bjørn Eidsvåg, 2016

Sauda is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

Skudeneshavn

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(also known as Skudeneshamn or simply Skudenes) is a town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

Sokndal

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Village of Åna-Sira

Village of Sogndalsstranda

Landscape in Sokndal

Tellnes opencast Ilmenite mine

Sokndal is the southernmost municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

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