With about 120,000 people, STAVANGER is Norway's fourth largest city. Its history stretches back into the Middle Ages. Stavanger was once a tranquil coastal market town and then an important fishing port. Towards the end of the 18th Century Stavanger became a leading commercial and industrial town. The herring fisheries and canneries flourished as did the ship building industry. But it was the 1969 discovery of oil off shore that forever changed the now bustling city's fortunes and landscape. Today the oil industry activities play a leading part inside and outside the town.
The ten metre tall Swords in the Rock Monument commemorates the place where Viking King Harald Haarfagre (Fairhair) defeated the last of the Regional Princes in 872. This united 29 small principalities under the one crown and founded the Kingdom of Norway. Harald's quest for power was fuelled when his proposal to Princess Gyda was rejected until he became 'King of all Norway'. He lived to his 80s and was succeeded by his son, the grisly named Eric Bloodaxe!
Stavanger provides access to stunning scenery among the fjords of Norway. A popular hiking tour is to the famous Pulpit Rock.
The ten metre tall Swords in the Rock Monument commemorates the place where Viking King Harald Haarfagre (Fairhair) defeated the last of the Regional Princes in 872. This united 29 small principalities under the one crown and founded the Kingdom of Norway. Harald's quest for power was fuelled when his proposal to Princess Gyda was rejected until he became 'King of all Norway'. He lived to his 80s and was succeeded by his son, the grisly named Eric Bloodaxe!
Stavanger provides access to stunning scenery among the fjords of Norway. A popular hiking tour is to the famous Pulpit Rock.
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