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Encyclopedia Britannica



HAUGESUND

This article appears in Volume V13, Page 66 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HAUGESUND , a seaport of Norway in Stavanger amt (county), on the west
coast
 , 34 M. N. by W. of Stavanger. Pop. (1900), 7935 It is an important fishing centre.
Herrings
  are exported to the annual value of Ioo,000 to 2Oo,000, also mackerel and lobsters. 'The
principal
  imports are coal and
salt
 . There are factories for woollen goods and a margarine factory. Haugesund is the reputed death-
place
  of
Harald
  Haarfager, to whom an obelisk of red granite was erected in 1872 on the thousandth anniversary of his victory at the Hafsfjord (near Stavanger) whereby he won the
sovereignty
  of Norway. The memorial stands 1 m.
north
  of the
town
 , on the Haraldshaug, where the hero's supposed tombstone is shown.


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