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Karmøy Municipality

municipality in Rogaland, Norway
Organization Municipality Of Norway Q483902

Facts

28 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Norway, organization[4]
Official website
www.karmoy.kommune.no[19]
Legal form
kommune[37]

Status and dates

Inception
1965[16]
Replaces
Skudeneshavn Municipality, Kopervik Municipality, Avaldsnes Municipality, Stangaland Municipality, Åkra Municipality, Skudenes Municipality, Torvastad Municipality[30][31][32][33][34][35][36]

Location

Country
Norway[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.250°, 5.250°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Rogaland[1]

Industry and activity

Industry
general public administration activities[15]

Financials

Employees
+4783[28]
More facts +18
Area
2.91 (0–1.3k, n=26)[47][48][49][50][51][52][53]
Capital
Kopervik[5]
Coat of arms
coat of arms of Karmøy[14]
Demonym
karmøybu, karmøybu, kartabu[44][45]
Different from
Karmøy[46]
Has list
Grunnkretser i Karmøy kommune
Head of government
Aase Simonsen, Jarle Nilsen, Leiv Arne Marhaug[3]
Highest point
Dyrafjellet[17]
Language used
Bokmål, Nynorsk
Located in/on physical feature
North Sea[18]
Main regulatory text
Act relating to municipalities and county authorities[12]
Number of households
443 (443–17k, n=6)[38][39][40][41][42][43]
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Karmøy[29]
Official language
Bokmål[6]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Population
44k (42k–44k, n=8)[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Shares border with
Haugesund Municipality, Tysvær Municipality, Bokn Municipality, Kvitsøy Municipality, Utsira Municipality[7][8][9][10][11]
Twinned administrative body
Mjölby Municipality[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Karmøy Municipality cs Karmøy da Karmøen da Karmøy Kommune de Karmoy de Karmöy de Skudeneshavn es Karmoy fa کارموی fi Karmöy fr Karmoy he קארמיי id Karmoey id Karmoy it Karmoy ja カーモイ ja カモーイ沖合 ja カルモイ ko 카르뫼위 nl Karmoy
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000404623133
VIAF cluster ID
6288154741655553110003, 279751953
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n88060790
GND ID
4260389-4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Søragadå, Skudeneshavn (2026).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
4278
BIBSYS ID
90088877
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q483902
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Karm-Island
Freebase ID
/m/0186kt
GeoNames ID
6453375
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Karmøy
Show all 28 identifiers +16
INaturalist place ID
40304
J9U entity ID
987007560111505171
KulturNav-ID
c87f5e3c-ce4e-4f5d-9b53-8afe7e3a634a
Lex ID
Karmøy
Lokalhistoriewiki.no article ID
Karmøy_kommune
MusicBrainz area ID
18e106b6-ac94-4a9c-b43b-b544a9cb10f2
Norwegian municipality number
1149
Norwegian organisation number
940791901
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID
karmoykommune-ee5f1f
OpenStreetMap relation ID
405832, 6144371
Ringgold ID
196882
SSR place name number
24817
Topic's main category
Category:Karmøy
Who's on First ID
1159297005
X (Twitter) username
Karmoykommune
Yale LUX ID
place/c2ee334f-ea77-4ea8-be72-5361362130bd

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 35
Boknafjord, Haugesund Airport, Karmøy, Åkrehamn, Kopervik, European route E134, Haugaland, Skudeneshavn, Avaldsnes +27 more
Shares border with 5
Haugesund Municipality, Kvitsøy Municipality, Bokn Municipality, Tysvær Municipality, Utsira Municipality
← Shares border with 5
Haugesund Municipality, Kvitsøy Municipality, Bokn Municipality, Tysvær Municipality, Utsira Municipality
People born here 4
Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg, Svein Munkejord, Bente Thorsen, Janne Stange
Replaces 4
Skudenes Municipality, Åkra Municipality, Avaldsnes Municipality, Torvastad Municipality
← Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 4
Skudenes Municipality, Åkra Municipality, Avaldsnes Municipality, Torvastad Municipality
← Replaced by 4
Skudenes Municipality, Åkra Municipality, Avaldsnes Municipality, Torvastad Municipality
Language used 2
Nynorsk, Bokmål
← Twinned administrative body 2
Mjölby Municipality, Hankasalmi
Capital 1
Kopervik
Category for people born here 1
Category:People from Karmøy
Country 1
Norway
Different from 1
Karmøy
Instance of 1
municipality of Norway
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Rogaland
Located in this place 1
Karmsund Bridge
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
North Sea
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Topic's main category 1
Category:Karmøy
Twinned administrative body 1
Mjölby Municipality
← Capital of 1
Kopervik
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Karmøy
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Karmøy
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Rogaland
← Different from 1
Karmøy
← Headquarters location 1
Coast Air
← Terminus location 1
European route E134
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Related Entities

Haugesund Norway The Karmøy List WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → karmoykommune-ee5f1f
    "Created claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: karmoykommune-ee5f1f, #temporary_batch_1793752567616; Useless: a value is not referenced by the property's own associated item."
  2. 4d ago · Eihel · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OSM Name Suggestion Index ID → karmoykommune-ee5f1f
    "Removed claim: OSM Name Suggestion Index ID: karmoykommune-ee5f1f, #temporary_batch_1793752567616"
  3. 15d ago · Ajarmund · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → kommune
    Industry → general public administration activities
    Instance of → municipality of Norway, organization
    Official language → Bokmål
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "kommuner (details)"
  4. 22d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "source for administrative centre, source for highest point from Store norske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|O"
  5. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Søragadå, Skudeneshavn (2026).jpg, Karmøy rådhus, 28. juli 2026 (4).jpg
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  6. 18w ago · 12u · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Søragadå, Skudeneshavn (2026).jpg, Karmøy rådhus, 28. juli 2026 (4).jpg
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'karmøybu'}, {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'karmøybu'}, {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'kartabu'}
    "Changed claim: Image: Søragadå, Skudeneshavn (2026).jpg"
  7. 22w ago · ~2026-33352-89 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject Govdirectory
    Official website → https://www.karmoy.kommune.no/
    Main regulatory text → Act relating to municipalities and county authorities
    GND ID → 4260389-4
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Image: Aerial view of Skudeneshavn, Norway julesvernex2 (cropped).jpg"
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