- Kopervik
Kopervik is the largest city on the island
Karmøy in the county ofRogaland inNorway . It has around 9000 inhabitants and is the centre of administration for the municipality ofKarmøy .Kopervik was a municipality with city status from 1866 to 1965, when it merged with seven other municipalities to create the municipality of
Karmøy . In 1996, it regained its city status following a change of law that made it easier to gain such status. It is one of three cities inKarmøy . It is a transport hub for scheduled boats going north to Bergen and south toStavanger . The main industries are aluminium smelting and fisheries.According to legend, King
Sverre I of Norway ordered the construction of a wooden castle in the ness in the entrance to the harbour. A part of Kopervik is therefore called Treborg, literally meaning "wooden castle". There is however no evidence of its existence.Kopervik was also home to
Tormod Torfæus , appointed as the official Royal Norwegian historian to the Danish king.Kopervik now contains many of
Karmøy 's centre points, for example the council house, the cinema and a shopping street.External links
* [http://www.kopervik.info/ Kopervik.info]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=737917787519916813&hl=en/Historic HistoricVideo]
* [http://kart.gulesider.no/kart/map.c?ps=7&companies=&id=a_10000417704&n=59.3347964816209&s=59.2392491176562&e=5.44100584184617&w=5.15702267255026&t=181&l=285&b=349&r=464&tool=zoom&scrollX=0&scrollY=0 Kopervik Map]
* [http://www.rogaland-f.kommune.no/~kopervik/ Kopervik Videregående Skole]
* [http://www.weather-forecast.com/locations/Kopervik.shtml Kopervik Weather forecast]
* [http://kart.gulesider.no/kart/map.c?ps=7&companies=&id=a_10000417704&n=59.3347964816209&s=59.2392491176562&e=5.44100584184617&w=5.15702267255026&t=181&l=285&b=349&r=464&tool=zoom&scrollX=0&scrollY=0 Kopervik Map]
* [http://www.n3sport.no/fotball/kopervikil Kopervik IL (football club)]
* [http://home.no.net/kvbk/ Kopervik Volleyballklubb]
* [http://www.byenvarkopervik.no/ Byen Vår Kopervik]
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