Avaldsnes
Sign in to saveAvaldsnes is a village in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .
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Key facts
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- Avaldsnes
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- Village
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- View of St. Olav’s Church at Avaldsnes Johan Christian Dahl (1820)
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- yes
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- 11
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- village
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- Country
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- Norway
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- Region
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- Western Norway
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Karmøy Municipality
- Population
- +2876
- Area
- +3.13
- Elevation
- +19
- Capital of
- Avaldsnes Municipality
- Image
- Dahl.I.C.1820.jpg
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- History
- Archaeology and excavation
- Storhaug
- Grønhaug
- Flagghaugen
- Mary's Needle
- Nordvegen History Centre
- References
- External links
Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .
Avaldsnes has been described as "Norway's oldest capital" because it was the primary residency of Harald Fairhair who unified Norway into one kingdom. The village was an ancient centre of power on the west coast of Norway and is the site of one of Norway's more important areas of cultural history. The trading port of Notow and the Avaldsnes Church are two notable historic sites in Avaldsnes. The village was the administrative centre of the old Avaldsnes Municipality which existed from 1838 until 1965.