Haugesund kommune Missing image Haugesund_coa.gif Image:Haugesund coa.gif County Rogaland Landscape Haugaland Municipality NO-1106 Administrative centre Haugesund Mayor (2004) Petter Steen jr. (H) Area 72 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density 31,013 /km² www.haugesund.kommune.no Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/1106)

Haugesund is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. It was founded in 1854, but was a centre of power at least as early as the Viking Age. Some historians argue that the first king of Norway, Harald Finehair, came from Avaldsnes just outside Haugesund. The town is situated at a strategically important sound through which ships could pass without heavy sea.

Contents

1 Events in Haugesund 1.1 Jazz festival 1.2 International Film Festival 1.2.1 Amanda Award

Events in Haugesund

Jazz festival

Traditionally the people of Haugesund have mostly been fishermen. The second weekend of August each year the herring is celebrated in the jazz-festival sildajazz. (Sild is Norwegian for herring.)

International Film Festival

The Norwegian International Film Festival is held in Haugesund each year, showing films for the cinema representing a wide geographical and cultural section.

Amanda Award

The Amanda Award, Norways most honored film award, has been held in Haugesund since 1985 in concurrence with the film festival.

Rogaland

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