Hafrsfjord
Sign in to saveHafrsfjord is a fjord in the Stavanger Peninsula in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord forms the border between Stavanger Municipality and Sola Municipality. On the west side of the fjord is the large village of Tananger, on the south is the village of Solakrossen, and on the east end of the fjord is the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger. The Møllebukta bay area, located on the innermost part of the fjord, is the site of a popular beach and the Sverd i Fjell statues. The only bridge over the fjord is the Hafrsfjord Bridge which runs between Kvernevik in Stavanger Municipality and
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- Hafrsfjord
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- Hafrsfjorden
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- Rogaland county, Norway
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- Norway
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- Fjord
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- Stavanger
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Hafrsfjord is a fjord in the Stavanger Peninsula in Rogaland county, Norway. The long fjord forms the border between Stavanger Municipality and Sola Municipality. On the west side of the fjord is the large village of Tananger, on the south is the village of Solakrossen, and on the east end of the fjord is the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger. The Møllebukta bay area, located on the innermost part of the fjord, is the site of a popular beach and the Sverd i Fjell statues. The only bridge over the fjord is the Hafrsfjord Bridge which runs between Kvernevik in Stavanger Municipality and Jåsund in the village of Tananger in Sola Municipality.
Hafrsfjord is also the name of a neighbourhood (delområde) in the borough of Madla in the city of Stavanger. It has a population of 4,003, distributed on an area of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hafrsfjord” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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