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22 unusual facts about Stavanger


Air Anglia

The addition of further Fokker "Friendship" turboprops to the airline's fleet over the coming years led to the introduction of year-round scheduled services from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Humberside and Leeds/Bradford to Amsterdam, as well as from Edinburgh via Leeds to Paris Orly and from Aberdeen to Stavanger and Bergen.

Ane Stangeland Horpestad

Ane Stangeland Horpestad (born 2 June 1980 in Stavanger) as Ane Stangeland, is a woman footballer from South-West Norway who has captained the Norwegian national team for three seasons and plays for Klepp in the top Norwegian league, the Toppserien, as a central defender.

Another Place

Another Place was first exhibited on the beach of Cuxhaven, Germany, in 1997 and after that in Stavanger in Norway and De Panne in Belgium.

Clifton, Texas

The founder of Norse was Ole Canuteson (Ole Knudsen) from the Stavanger region of Norway.

Cranfills Gap, Texas

The founder of Norse was Ole Canuteson (Ole Knudsen) from the Stavanger region of Norway.

Eight Songs for a Mad King

The British baritone Richard Suart has performed the piece in GelsenkirchenMilanHelsinkiStrasbourgStavanger and Paris; in 1987 The Musical Times described Suart's take as "compelling from start to finish".

Ella Hval

Ella Hval (born Ella Signe Quist Kristoffersen) (7 January 1904, Kristiania – 17 December 1994, Stavanger) was a Norwegian actress.

Eye Emma Jedi

The following fall the band did several live performances in cities across Norway, including Stavanger, Bergen and Oslo.

Hjalmar August Schiøtz

Hjalmar August Schiøtz (February 9, 1850 – December 8, 1927) was a Norwegian ophthalmologist born in Stavanger.

Inge Valen

Inge Magnar Valen (born 9 January 1951) is a former Norwegian footballer from Stavanger.

Kannik ungdomsskole

Kannik ungdomsskole is a youth school located in Stavanger, Norway.

Karl Axel Lind

AGM of Norske Naturterapeuters Hovedorganisasjon, Stavanger, Norway, 2004.

Lise Stauri

She was born in Stavanger as a daughter of Unitarian priest and school manager Rasmus Høie (1833–1909) and Lise Tjøstheim (1846–1891); through her sister she was a sister-in-law of Oddmund Vik.

Network Norway

2008 saw the commercial launch of their GSM-900 network, which covers the greater Oslo area, as well as the cities of Stavanger and Trondheim.

Nils Peter Thesen

The family emigrated from Stavanger, Norway to Knysna, South Africa in 1869, and founded the company Thesen and Company.

Peder Valentin Rosenkilde

His house in Stavanger, built in 1811, was the largest private living house in Stavanger at the time.

Reichskommissariat Norwegen

It was also agreed that mines would be laid in Norwegian waters and that the mining should be followed by the landing of troops at four Norwegian ports: Narvik, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger.

Rhys Weston

His only match with the Stavanger-based club lasted just twelve minutes, as Weston dislocated his shoulder and was taken off.

Roxar AS

Roxar is headquartered in Stavanger, Norway and operates in 19 countries with around 900 employees.

Thomas Scheen Falck

He was born in Stavanger as a son of ship-owner and consul Hans Lindahl Falck (1863–1937) and Karen Johanne Poulsson (1866–1952).

Thora Neels-Hansson

Thora Elisabeth Neels-Hansson (also known as Nøste Schwab) was a Norwegian actress, born in Stavanger, Norway, on 29 November 1918.

Tour des Fjords

Tour des Fjords (earlier known as Rogaland Grand Prix) is a road bicycle race held annually near Stavanger, in the region of Rogaland, Norway.


Andrew Lawrenceson Smith

Andrew Lawrenceson Smith also known as Anders Lauritzen Smith (born in Braco ca. 1620, dead ca. 1694 in Stavanger) was a Scottish craftsman, woodcutter and painter.

Anna Spafford

Tveit, Odd Karsten, Annas hus, En beretning fra Stavanger til Jerusalem, Cappelen forlag, Oslo (2000) ISBN 82-02-18591-2

Campus Kristiania

In addition to Oslo, Campus Kristiania offers education in Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Tønsberg and Drammen and has approximately 70000 students.

Hoskuld Hoskuldsson

Since he became the Bishop of Stavanger, Hoskuld was a member of the Riksråd National Council and participated in meetings in Oslo and Copenhagen.

Ingrid Vetlesen

She attended Toneheim Folkehøgskole in 2000 together with Erlend Tvinnereim, Marit Tøndel Bodsberg, Audun Iversen, Lina Johnson, Kjetil Støa, Nina Sæterhaug among others, where her formal musical studies continued, and now she is a graduate of Tromsø musikkonservatorium, University of Tromsø 2003, Stavanger Musikkonservatorium, University of Stavanger 2005, and The Royal Danish Opera Academy.

Jæren

The petroleum industry around Stavanger is an important part of economy of Jæren, with the headquarters of the country's largest oil company Statoil being located on Jæren, as well regional offices of international companies like ExxonMobil, Eni, Shell, ConocoPhilips, BP, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes and several others.

Jonas Reckermann

This includes the 2009 FIVB World Championship, held from 26 June to 5 July in Stavanger, where they beat top- seeded HarleyAlison in the final and former FIVB world champions and gold medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics RogersDalhausser in the semi final.

Julius Brink

This includes the 2009 FIVB World Championship, held from 26 June to 5 July in Stavanger, Norway, beating top seeded Harley/Alison in the final and former FIVB world champions and gold medalist of the 2008 Summer Olympics Rogers/Dalhausser in the semi final.

Lars Hertervig

Lars Hertervig was born in 1830 at Borgøy, in the municipality Tysvær in Norway, from which the family name derives, on the west coast of Norway, north of Stavanger.

Lise Stauri

Lise also studied gymnastics in Denmark, finally graduated from Elverum Teachers' Seminary in 1904, worked as a teacher in Vats, Buøy and Stavanger and finished additional teacher courses in Kristiania in 1907.

Mormonism in Norway

Knut Pedersen from Stavanger and Erik Hogan from Telemark were some of the many Norwegian members that migrated west to the Utah Territory after the death of Joseph Smith Jr. They were met in the mountains by a group heading east who had been called to open the Scandinavian Mission: Erastus Snow, the Swede John E. Forsgren, and the Dane Peter O. Hansen.

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

The Norwegian national final to select their entry, the Melodi Grand Prix 1986, was held on 22 March at the Stavanger Forum convention center in Stavanger, and was hosted by actor Jarl Goli.

Seven juries decided the winner: four regional juries (Oslo, Lillehammer, Trondheim and Vadsø), the studio audience in Stavanger, a jury composed of newspaper, radio and television journalists, and the inhabitants of the Statfjord A oil rig in the North Sea.

Orthodoxy in Norway

There are several affiliate or mission communities in Bergen and Stavanger as well as a chapel in Bygstad and St. George's chapel at Neiden.

Øystein Bonvik

His previous positions include head of public relations at Coca-Cola Norway, communication consultant at JKL Oslo and Burson-Marsteller as well as media relations officer at NATO headquarters in Stavanger.

Pål Jackman

Jackman studied television and direction at the University College in Stavanger, and has also enjoyed significant success with his Gypsy-inspired orchestra Wunderkammer.

Reidar Kvammen

He was imprisoned in August 1943 and held in prison in Stavanger, then in Grini concentration camp from August to December 1943, then in Stutthof concentration camp until the end of the war.

SeisQuaRe

Seisquare has worked over different countries from offices in Paris, Pau, Stavanger and Rio.

Songa Offshore

Songa Offshore SE is a Norwegian-Cypriot offshore drilling contractor founded in 2005 with offices in Cyprus, Stavanger, Oslo, Houston, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

Stord Airport, Sørstokken

In early 1992, Air Stord started a route to Stavanger, which corresponded with the morning departures to London and Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.

Strand, Norway

Holtaheia was the mountain behind Holta farm where 34 school boys, 2 teachers and 3 crew died, when the Cunard Viking flight 'Papa Mike' crashed into the mountain, en route to Stavanger.

Swing ride

In Kongeparken located 10 km outside the fourth largest city in Norway, Stavanger is the home of a Wellenflieger named "Spinnvidle" and has been in operation since 2012.

Tony Knapp

Since then Knapp has coached lower division clubs around Stavanger, such as SK Vidar, Djerv 1919, Sandnes Ulf, Staal (from Jørpeland, 2003), Stavanger IF, Hundvåg FK (2004–05) and Lillesand IL (2007-).

Vegard Sletten

After the war, Sletten returned to his old job in Stavanger Aftenblad, but quit after a few months, following a dispute over the appointment of Christian S. Oftedal as editor-in-chief.