Skudeneshavn

Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshamn
Skudeneshavn in July 1951
Skudeneshavn in July 1951
Skudeneshavn is located in Rogaland
Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshavn
Location of the town
Skudeneshavn is located in Norway
Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshavn (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°09′00″N 5°15′24″E / 59.1501°N 5.2566°E / 59.1501; 5.2566
CountryNorway
RegionWestern Norway
CountyRogaland
DistrictHaugaland
MunicipalityKarmøy Municipality
Established as 
Ladested10 Feb 1858
Area
 • Total
2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Elevation3 m (10 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
3,334
 • Density1,313/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Skudnesbu,[3] skudenesbu[4]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4280 Skudeneshavn
Skudeneshavn ladested
Rogaland within Norway
Rogaland within Norway
Skudeneshavn within Rogaland
Skudeneshavn within Rogaland
CountryNorway
CountyRogaland
DistrictHaugaland
Established10 Feb 1858
 • Preceded bySkudenes Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1965
 • Succeeded byKarmøy Municipality
Administrative centreSkudeneshavn
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (1965)
 • Total
1,275
 • Density2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1104[5]

Skudeneshavn (also known as Skudeneshamn or 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.[6]

The 2.54-square-kilometre (630-acre) town has a population (2019) of 3,334 and a population density of 1,313 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,400/sq mi).[1] This makes Skudeneshavn one of the smallest towns in Norway (Kolvereid, with 1,470 inhabitants is the smallest). In 1990, it won second prize in NORTRA's competition for Norway's Best Preserved Small Town.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2019). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  2. ^ "Skudeneshavn, Karmøy (Rogaland)". yr.no. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Innbyggjarnamn - Språkrådet" (in Norwegian). Language Council of Norway. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. ^ Vårvik, Bjørn Inge (11 September 2020). "Skudenesbu kan havne på Stortinget - SkudenesNytt.no" (in Norwegian). SkudenesNytt. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  6. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Skudeneshavn – tidligere kommune" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Gamle Skudeneshavn" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 May 2007.