13 March 2014 | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association | Rubric: General
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Karmøy is a municipality in
Rogaland county, Norway. It is located southwest of the city of
Haugesund in the traditional district of
Haugaland. Karmøy was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1965 after the merger of
Kopervik (city),
Skudeneshavn (city),
Skudenes,
Stangaland,
Torvastad,
Åkra, and most of
Avaldsnes. The
Karmsund strait was also the source of the name of the kingdom, at the time when the first king of the unified Norway,
Harald Fairhair, lived on Karmøy. (See
History of Norway.)
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