Stavanger

American

[stah-vahng-er] / stɑˈvɑŋ ər /

noun

a seaport in SW Norway.

Stavanger British

/ staˈvaŋər /

noun

a port in SW Norway: canning and shipbuilding industries. Pop: 112 405 (2004 est)

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Stavanger

The couple are planning for the future and recently bought a house near Stavanger, a coastal city in Norway's southwest.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Lufthansa also temporarily canceled routes from Frankfurt to Poland’s Bydgoszcz and Rzeszow, as well as Stavanger in Norway, and said 10 other connections are being consolidated within the group via other airports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Bryne is in western Norway, around 30km south of Stavanger, and is part of the municipality of Time, within the district of Jæren.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

But Klenner's 2022 analysis showed that fully 50 per cent of Norway's domestic flights were between the country's major cities, Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger, Bergen and Tromsø.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024

There's no wind along these seas, Out oars for Stavanger!

From Puck of Pook's Hill by H. R. (Harold Robert) Millar

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