Stavanger

by Edvard Fagervik

Environmental Factors

• They have a big oil company that is called Statoil which employs many

people.• Lysefjorden is popular for hiking.

• The coastline is breathtaking for its beauty and many tourists and locals

visit Kjerag a very popular location for BASE-jumping.

• They also have an alpine center for skiers and snowboarding which is

close to the city Stavanger.

• The Stavanger Museum and the Norwegian Petroleum Museum

are famous throughout the country.

• Fishing used to be the number one industry in Stavanger but now it is oil.

Historical Factors• Stavanger grow in to a centre of church around 1100–1300.• it was used for a shipping and military base.• they used Stavanger as a military base in the World war 1 and

2.• they had nice churches because it’s a religion center.• The battle of Hafrsfjord was the lasted battle agented the

Vikings to union Norway to one kingdom

Statistical Information

• Stavanger is the 3rd largest city in Norway with a population of about 125000.

• It has the longest growing season in Norway.• Median age is about 40 years old.• Life expectancy is 24th highest in the world at

79 for men and 82 for women.

Current Information

• Stavanger host the beach volleyball SWATCH FIVB World Championship.• Stavanger has the largest local football teams called the Viking Fk.• Stavanger has a high percentage of university educated persons, with

31.3% of those above the age of 16 having higher education, like the national at 24.2%.

• Stavanger has some International schools like British International School of Stavanger and the International School of Stavanger.

• Third largest city in Norway.• Transport use local bus called Kulumbus. • For public rail way called Sørlandsbanen railway. • Local ferries go to Tau and Kvitsøy.• Fast passage boats that go to villages and islands.

Map Of Stavanger

Graphics of Environmental

credits• photos by http://www.good-will.ch/desktop_backgrounds_de.html,

http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/, Amundn how was the photographer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stavanger_domkyrkje_edit.jpg, http://bennyaces.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/get-me-to-norway/, http://www.weather-forecast.com/locationmaps/Stavanger.10.jpg,

• Information, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stavanger,