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Mosterhamn

Mosterhamn or simply Moster is a village in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the small island of Moster in the southeastern part of Bømlo Municipality. The village lies along the Bømlafjorden. The village has a population (2025) of and a population density of .

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Settlement.official_name: MosterhamnMoster
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Breivika og Mosterhamn på Bømlo.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of the village
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 11
Settlement.mapframe marker: village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Western Norway
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Vestland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sunnhordland
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Bømlo Municipality
Settlement.timezone1: CET

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The village is notable since the Old Moster Church is here and that is the site of the Mostratinget, a thing in the year 998 when Olav Tryggvason is said to have brought Christianity to Norway and made it the national Church of Norway.