STAVANGER  , a seaport of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

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
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

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

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

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney Islands and See also:

• NORTHERN

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

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

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 (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's see was removed to See also:

• CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND)

Christiansand in 1685, the Romanesque See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

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
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

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, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

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 (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

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
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

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
• SALMON, GEORGE (1819-1904)

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
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep-breeding See also:

• FARM

farm under See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government auspices . The imports consist principally of See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

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 (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

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
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

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
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull and See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

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, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

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
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

Sand See also:

• RIVER

River, the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

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) .