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Haugesund , city (1995 pop. 29,073), Rogaland co., S Norway, a port on the North Sea. It has large fisheries and industries producing processed fish and aluminum. It also has a 928-ft (283-m) drydock, which, at its completion in 1979, was the largest in Scandinavia. Nearby are numerous Viking monuments, including the grave of Harold I (9th cent.).

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Haugesund, Norway A name that refers to Harald's Hill from haug ‘hill’, just north of the town, where Harald I Fairhair (c.860–c.940), the first king of all Norway (c.870–c.940), is thought to be buried; and the Karmsund from sund ‘sound’ or ‘strait’ which runs southwards between the mainland and the island of Karmøy.

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