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| County: | Rogaland |
| Administration center: | Ydstebøhavn |
| Area: | 5 km² |
| Population:: | 508 (01.01.2004) |
| Website: | kvitsoy.kommune.no |
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| Mayor: | Ole Olsen 2004 |
The municipality Kvitsøy in the county of Rogaland, Norway, has as many islands as there are days in the year, 365.
Kvitsøy is an archipelago situated 2 nautical miles northwest of the coast of the Stavanger peninsula. The largest island is connected with only a few of the other islands in the archipelago, but even some of the islands that are not connected by road have all year inhabitants.
Kvitsøy is first mentioned in the Snorre Saga, where Snorre records a truce being made between King Olaf II of Norway later to be known as St. Olav (Hellige Olav) and Erling Sjalgsson, under the stone cross. Later it seems that the islands was owned by the Church until the reformation, when it automatically became Crown property. Later its significance has been as a location for lighthouse service.
The islands are engulfed totally by the Gulf Stream and hence have a typically wet Nordic costal climate. The sea between the islands and the mainland are never frozen.
There are no larger mammals except seal (kobbe) and small dolphins (nise). The islands have a rich marine bird life. A lot of different plants have found its way to the islands. Some natural to Norwegian flora, and some transported by ship emptying their hull before entering Stavanger.
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