Skudeneshavn
Sign in to saveAlso known as Skudeneshamn
(also known as simply Skudenes) is a town in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy at the entrance to the Boknafjorden and Karmsundet strait. The town is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was an independent municipality due to its status as a ladested from 1858 until 1965.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skudeneshavn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town/City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Skudesneshavn - no-nb digifoto 20150317 00101 NB MIT FNR 10393.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skudeneshavn in July 1951
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- town
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Western Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Rogaland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Haugaland
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Karmøy Municipality
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Skudeneshavn
- Demonym
- skudnesbu
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Karmøy Municipality
- Population
- 3360
- Area
- 2.54
- Elevation
- 4
- Image
- Aerial view of Skudeneshavn, Norway julesvernex2.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Skudeneshavn
- postal code
- 4280
- located in/on physical feature
- Karmøy
- native label
- Skudeneshavn
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Municipal self-government (1858-1964)
- Municipal council
- Attractions
- Skudefestival
- See also
- References
- External links
(also known as simply Skudenes) is a town in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy at the entrance to the Boknafjorden and Karmsundet strait. The town is part of the traditional district of Haugaland. The town was an independent municipality due to its status as a ladested from 1858 until 1965.
The town has a population (2025) of and a population density of . In 1990, Skudeneshavn won second prize in NORTRA's competition for Norway's Best Preserved Small Town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skudeneshavn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations