Kristiansund kommune
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms Møre og Romsdal within Norway
Kristiansund within Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 63°7′28″N 7°49′7″E / 63.12444, 7.81861
Country	Norway
County	Møre og Romsdal
District	Nordmøre
Municipality ID	NO-1503
Administrative centre	Kristiansund
Government
- Mayor (2007)	Per Kristian Øyen(AP)
Area (Nr. ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. Norway is divided into a number of traditional Districts Many districts have deep historical roots and only partially coincide with today's administrative units of counties Nordmøre (North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. ISO 3166-2NO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Norway. The Norwegian Labour Party ( Norwegian: Det norske arbeiderparti ( DNA) or Arbeiderpartiet ( AP) is a Social democratic Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 426 in Norway)
- Total	23 km² (8. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi)
- Land	87 km² (33. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- Total	22,661
- Density	763/km² (1,976. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/sq mi)
- Change (10 years)	0. 1 %
- Rank in Norway	58
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Official language form	Bokmål
Demonym	Kristiansunder[1]
Data from Statistics Norway
Website: www.kristiansund.kommune.no

Kristiansund (Earlier Christiansund) is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of the county Møre og Romsdal. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Bokmål (lit "book language" or Dano-Norwegian is the most commonly used of the two official Norwegian written Standard languages the other A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place ||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions called counties ( fylker, singular fylke) and 430 municipalities ( kommuner, cf Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Nordmøre (North- Møre) is a traditional district in the Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. ||-||} Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties ( Norwegian: singular fylke, plural fylker ( Bokmål is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. It was officially awarded township status in 1742.

Kristiansund was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Formannskaps-distrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government districts put into force in 1838. The island and municipality of Grip was merged with Kristiansund January 1, 1964. Grip is an Archipelago, a deserted Fishing village, and a former Municipality ( NO-1555) in Norway. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The island and municipality of Frei was merged with Kristiansund January 1, 2008. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Geography

The city borders islands/municipalities Smøla to the northeast, Tustna to the east, and Averøy to the southwest. Smøla is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Tustna is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Averøy is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. In the south, the island of "Nordlandet" borders the island of Frei, which is now part of the Kristiansund municipality. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. In the northwest there is the small island of Grip^[2]. Grip is an Archipelago, a deserted Fishing village, and a former Municipality ( NO-1555) in Norway.

History

Toponymy

Kristiansund seen from sea. Photo: Harald Oppedal

The city is named after the Danish-Norwegian king Christian VI in 1742. Christian VI (30 November 1699 - 6 August 1746 was King of Denmark and Norway from 1730 The last element of the name, sund, means 'strait, sound'. The old name of the town/village (originally the island Kirkelandet) was Fosna or Fosen — from Old Norse fólgsn f 'hiding place' (here 'hidden port'). Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age It was also often named Lille Fosen ('the small Fosen') to distinguish it from the island Storfosen ('the big Fosen') in Ørland. Ørland is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Until 1877 the name was written Christianssund, in the period 1877-1888 Kristianssund, from 1889 on Kristiansund.

Before the introduction of postal codes in Norway in 1968 it was easy to confuse the name Kristiansund with Kristiansand in the south. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a (formerly "Christianssand" is a city and municipality, and the capital of the county of Vest-Agder, Norway and of the geographical It was therefore obligatory to always add an N (for north) to Kristiansund (Kristiansund N), and an S (for south) to Kristiansand (Kristiansand S).

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is from 1742. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people It shows a waterfall, because the old name of the town (Fosen) was misinterpreted as Fossund (as a compound of foss m. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock waterfall and sund n. strait). A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water There are, however, no waterfalls in the municipality.

Another myth concerning the coat of arms is that there was a mix up, between Kristiansund's and Molde's intended shield. Molde is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The Dano-Norwegian government officials in charge of the giving of the coats, had a party to remember the momentous occasion and became too drunk and hungover to remember which was which, and so Molde got the coat with a whale (which are scarce in between the Romsdal fjords) and Kristiansund got the waterfall (Since Molde is on the mainland and Kristiansund lies in the open sea, it would be more likely that the waterfall was intended for Molde's mountains and the whales for Kristiansund. Molde is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. )

Newspaper

The local newspaper is Tidens Krav. Tidens Krav is a local Newspaper published in Kristiansund, Norway.

City parts and structure

One of several small ferries branded as "Sundbåten" in Kristiansund

Kristiansund is built on five islands, where Nordlandet ("North Land"), humorously called Marokko ("Morocco"), is the largest, and the site of the local airport, Kvernberget (IATA code: KSU). Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Kristiansund Airport Kvernberget (Norwegian Kristiansund lufthavn Kvernberget) is a medium size international Airport located next to the small mountain Gomalandet and Kirk(e)landet^[3] ("Church Land"), second and third in size, are considered separate "lands" (islands) even though they are connected. The smallest island is Innlandet ("Innermost Land"; humorously, "Tahiti"). Tahiti is the largest Island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the Archipelago of Society Islands in the It also consists of the island of Frei which was, until January 1, 2008, not a part of Kristiansund. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Frei has now merged into Kristiansund municipality.

Frei is now the largest of the five islands of Kristiansund, even though there are many more smaller islands in Kristiansund, there are only five "larger" islands. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The highest point of the municipality is located in Frei, Freikollen at a height of 629 metres. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

The island of Grip, located northwest of Kristiansund is also a part of the municipality. It was Norway's smallest island, and also one of the most remote municipalities until it merged with Kristiansund in 1964. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Today the island of Grip holds status as a deserted fishing village, but in the summer season it is a popular tourist attraction due to the very special location and architecture. The smallest Stave church of Norway is also located on Grip. A stave church is a Medieval wooden church with a Post and beam construction related to Timber framing. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional

Kristiansund is one of the most densely populated cities of Norway, having what is arguably the country's most urban small city center, due to the relatively small size of the islands on which it is built and the very constricted central harbour/town area of Kirkelandet.

Churches

• Kirkelandet kirke is the newest church, built on the main island Kirkelandet after the World War II, as the last piece in the reconstruction of the city.
• Nordlandet kirke is located on the island Nordlandet. A stone church built in 1914.
• Frei kirke is located on the island Frei. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Climate

Kristiansund has a maritime, temperate climate with cool-to-warm summers and relatively short and mild winters. An oceanic climate (also called marine west coast climate and maritime climate) is the Climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes The city structure with the unique natural harbour of the city combined with warm wind from the southwest of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream gives Kristiansund a much warmer climate than its latitude would indicate. The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi ( Φ) gives the location of a place on Earth (or other planetary body north or south of the

Twin Towns

•  Finland Kokkola, Finland
•  Sweden Härnösand, Sweden
•  Denmark Fredericia, Denmark

Together they have a tournament called Nordiske Dager (Nordic Days). Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Kokkola, or Karleby in Swedish, is a town and municipality of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Härnösand is a city in Ångermanland, northern Sweden. It has 18000 inhabitants and is the seat of Härnösand Municipality, Västernorrland "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Fredericia is a town located in Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in a sub-region known locally as The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe

Panoramic view over parts of Kristiansund. In the background you see "Gomalandet" and "Kirkelandet". Photo: Harald Oppedal

Transport

Festiviteten in Kristiansund

Started in 1876 and still going strong is the Sundbåt ("Sound Boat"/"Strait Crossing Boat") shuttle service with a capacity of a few tens of passengers, travelling between the islands. The small motor ferry crosses the harbour from Kirk(e)landet to Innlandet, then goes on to Nordlandet, to Gomalandet, and back to Kirkelandet, repeating the round trip in half-hour intervals morning to evening on weekdays. See also Merchant ship A ferry is a form of transport usually a Boat or Ship, used to carry (or ferry) passengers and The Sundbåt bears the distinction of being the world's oldest motorized regular public transport system in continuous service.

The road to Kristiansund from mainland Norway, National Road No. 70 (RV 70) is connected to European route E39 at the bridge/tunnel system called Krifast. E39 is the designation of a 1330 km long north-south road in Norway and Denmark, running from Klett just south of Trondheim to Aalborg, via After passing through the underwater tunnel from the central part of Krifast, RV 70 crosses Frei, and enters Kristiansund over the Omsund Bridge onto Nordlandet. Frei is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Omsund Bridge (Omsund bru is two bridges that crosses Omsundet between Frei and Nordlandet a part of the town of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county The Nordsund Bridge brings the RV 70 to Gomalandet and its terminus in downtown at Kirkelandet. Another high bridge, the Sørsund Bridge, leads from Kirkelandet to Innlandet. The above mentioned E39 leads southwest to Molde and northeast via the E6 to Mid-Norway's principal city, Trondheim. Molde is a city and municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg Central Norway (Midt-Norge ( Bokmål) Midt-Noreg ( Nynorsk) is an administrative division that includes the counties of Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag (Trondhjem is a city and municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway.

There is a car ferry going from Kirkelandet to Averøy, whose people have been commuting to town for many years for work as well as selling agriculture products. Averøy is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The ferry to Averøy connects Kristiansund to RV 64, which goes on via the scenic Atlanterhavsvegen to Molde. Situated in Møre og Romsdal county Norway, Atlanterhavsveien (lit The ferry is scheduled to be replaced by the 5. 7 km long underwater tunnel Atlanterhavstunnelen in December 2008. A second car ferry goes from Seivika on Nordlandet to Tustna in the northeast (road: RV 680), with further road and ferry connections to the islands Smøla and Hitra, and to Aure on the mainland. Tustna is a former municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Smøla is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Not to be confused with Hirta or Hidra Hitra is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality was established January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt

Besides roads and car ferries and Kvernberget airport, communications to/from Kristiansund consist of the traditional coastal express Hurtigruten connecting coastal towns from Bergen in the south to Kirkenes in the north, and the high speed catamaran passenger service Kystekspressen to Trondheim. Kristiansund Airport Kvernberget (Norwegian Kristiansund lufthavn Kvernberget) is a medium size international Airport located next to the small mountain Hurtigruten or Hurtigruta (literally "Express Route" but sometimes referred to as Norwegian Coastal Express in English is a Norwegian Passenger is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell ( Finnish: Kirkkoniemi, Sámi: Girkonjárga) is the centre of the municipality of Sør-Varanger in Finnmark county Norway A catamaran (From Tamil 'kattumaram' is a type of Multihulled Boat or Ship consisting of two hulls or vakas joined by some Another option to get to Kristiansund is to fly with Coast Air or SAS from several other Norwegian cities. Coast Air was a Regional airline based in Avaldsnes, near Haugesund, Norway.

Commerce and industry

Kristiansund is known as the major bacalao city of Norway. Bacalao is made of salted, dried codfish,^[4] and has traditionally been exported in large amounts to Spain, Portugal and Latin America as food suitable during Lent. Bacalhau means Codfish in Portuguese, but the word almost always refers to salt cod and the dishes made from it as fresh cod is rarely consumed in Cod can be preserved by salting, drying, or both Dried and salted cod is usually called salt cod cod which has been dried without the addition of salt Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Lent, in some Christian denominations, is the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. In recent years Kristiansund has become the major oil and gas city at the northwestern coast. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit This page is about the physical properties of gas as a state of matter Oil companies like Shell and StatoilHydro have offices in Kristiansund from where they serve their offshore installations at Haltenbanken (one of the northernmost underwater oil fields in the world). Royal Dutch Shell plc, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British origins StatoilHydro ASA () is a Norwegian energy company formed by the 2007 merger of Statoil with the oil and gas division of

Due to the city's heavy involvement in fish processing and international shipping, there used to be as many as seven consulates in Kristiansund, mainly to Latin countries. In the Fishing industry, fish processing or fish products industry refers to processing Fish delivered by Fisheries, which are the Currently, there are only five left: Britain, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.

Tourist Attractions

• The archipelago of Grip, southwest of Kristiansund was until 1964 the smallest municipality of Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Today it is a deserted fishing village, but is a popular tourist attraction for the special architecture and unique location.
• Sundbåtene in Kristiansund holds status as the world's oldest public transport system founded in 1776. The small "Sundbåt" passenger ferries crosses between the four "lands" of the city.
• The old city structure in Vågen is a center for the historical fishing settlement in Kristiansund. Many old harbours and buildings. Mellemværftet is also located here, which is an old shipbuilding facility for sailer ships. The Norwegian Clipfish Museum is also located here.
• Innlandet is an old city part of Kristiansund with very special and unique coastal architecture. Innlandet is the part of Kristiansund who was least destroyed in the bombings of Kristiansund during World War Two. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Notable people from Kristiansund

The following people are from, or have their roots in, Kristiansund.

• Frode Alnæs (b. 1959); pop singer, guitarist, entertainer (Dance with a Stranger pop band and solo career)
• Karsten Alnæs (b. Dance with a Stranger is a Norwegian rock band from Kristiansund. 1938); fiction and popular history writer (his parents were from Kristiansund)
• Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924–76); choir and orchestra composer and conductor, two operas and three symphonies
• Ingar Knudtsen (b. 2312) December 1944 Place of birth = Smøla, Norway Occupation = writer poet 1944); fantasy & science fiction author
• Jan Erik Mikalsen (b. 1979); composer
• John Neergaard (1901–64); baritone singer at the Kiel and Nuremberg opera houses
• Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968); author (born in Kr. For the city in the United States, see Kiel Wisconsin. For the name see Kiel (name. An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes Ole Peter Arnulf Øverland ( April 27 1889 - March 25 1968) was a Norwegian author born in Kristiansund and raised in sund, raised in Bergen)
• 120 Days (formerly "The Beautiful People", founded 2001); rock band
• Babe Didriksen (Zaharias) (1914–56); U. is the second largest city in Norway. It is located on the south-western coast of Norway in the county of Hordaland in between a group of mountains known as De syv fjell Mildred Ella ("Babe" Didrikson Zaharias ( June 26, 1911 &ndash September 27, 1956) was an American athlete named S. golfer, athlete, and Olympic gold medalist (her father Ole was from Kristiansund)
• Anders Giske (b. 1959); football player (German premier league 1983–92: Nuremberg, Bayer Leverkusen, Köln)
• Gudrun Høie (b. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. 1970); female wrestler, four times world champion
• Øyvind Leonhardsen (b. Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport Wrestling. Øyvind Leonhardsen (born August 17 1970, in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian former footballer. 1970); football player (English Premier League 1995–2004: Wimbledon, Liverpool, Tottenham, Aston Villa)
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær (b. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2004 Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian former footballer who spent the majority of his 1973); football player (Manchester United 1996–2007)
• Sigurd Frisvold (b. 1947); Army General, former Chief of Defence
• Steinar Wiik Sørvik (b. The Norwegian Army (Hæren is Norway 's military land force It is part of the Norwegian Defence Force along with the Royal Norwegian Navy, the Norwegian military ranks Norwegian Army Royal Norwegian 1962); defence lawyer (several national level crime trials)
• Vera Zorina (1917–2003); dancer and choreographer

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