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STAVANGER , a seaport of See also:

Norway, See also:

capital of Stavanger amt (See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county), on the See also:

west See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast in 590 N. (that of the See also:

Orkney Islands and See also:

NORTHERN

northern Labrador). Pop. (1900), 30,541. It lies on the See also:

south See also:

side of the Bukken See also:

FJORD, or FIORD

Fjord, and has a picturesque See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour well sheltered by islands. The See also:

TOWN

town is one of the See also:

OLDEST

oldest in Norway, founded in the 8th or 9th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the See also:

PRESENT

present town is See also:

MODERN

modern, though narrow, winding streets and wooden houses give it an See also:

ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance. It became the seat of a bishopric in the 13th century. Though the See also:

bishop's see was removed to See also:

CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND)

Christiansand in 1685, the Romanesque See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

church of St See also:

SWITHUN (or SWITHIN), ST (d. 862)

Swithun, founded by the See also:

ENGLISH

English bishop Reinald in the end of the 1lth century, and rebuilt after being burned down in 1272, remains, and, next to the cathedral of See also:

TRONDHJEM, or THRONDHJEM (sometimes written in the German form Drontheim)

Trondhjem, is the most interesting See also:

stone church in Norway. There is an ornate painted See also:

PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit of carved See also:

wood (1658). The old episcopal See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Kongsgaard is now a Latin school. There are a See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, an interesting museum of antiquities, natural See also:

HISTORY

history and See also:

ART

art; and a picturesque See also:

park (Bjergsted). The See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries of the town and its environs (Sandnaes, &c.) are prosperous, including factories for preserved foods, woollens and linens, See also:

lime, See also:

IODINE (symbol I, atomic weight '26.92)

iodine from seaweed, and domestic commodities.

The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are important—for See also:

HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring, See also:

MACKEREL

mackerel, sprats, See also:

COD

cod, See also:

salmon, lobsters and anchovies. On See also:

RENNES

Rennes See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island in the fjord, over against the town, there is a Cheviot See also:

sheep-breeding See also:

FARM

farm under See also:

government auspices. The imports consist principally of See also:

COAL

coal, See also:

salt, See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

FLOUR

flour, groceries, textiles, wood, and See also:

MINERAL

mineral See also:

OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils. The most important export is See also:

fish, other items being seaweed, See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, preserved foods, See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter and See also:

MARGARINE

margarine and infusorial See also:

earth. Stavanger is the first See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for northward-See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound passenger steamers from See also:

Hull and See also:

Newcastle, and has See also:

REGULAR

regular services from all the See also:

NORWEGIAN

Norwegian coast towns, from See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg, &c. A See also:

RAIL

rail-way runs south along the See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild and desolate coast of Jaederen, one of the few See also:

low and unprotected shores in Norway, the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of many wrecks. Stavanger commands a considerable tourist See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic. It is the starting-point of a favourite tour, embracing the See also:

FINE

fine valley of the See also:

Sand See also:

RIVER

River, the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

Lake Suldal and the See also:

BRATLANDSDAL (i.e. Bratland valley)

Bratlandsdal. The Lyse Fjord, a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Bukken Fjord, is a fine narrow inlet enclosed by precipitous mountains. Stavanger is the birthplace of Kjelland the novelist (1849).

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