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Stavern

Cities and towns in NorwayFormer municipalities of NorwayLarvikPopulated coastal places in NorwayPopulated places in Vestfold og Telemark
Stavern havn
Stavern havn

Stavern is a small water-side town in Larvik municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It is south of the city of Larvik. Currently there are around 3,000 inhabitants in Stavern. It is a small town where tourism is one of the most important sources of income. During summer, the population increases to around 30,000-40,000 people, due to camping sites and cottages around the town centre as well as boats visiting the harbour.Stavern experiences 200 days of sunshine per year. Consequentially, Stavern's population more than doubles during summers. From the mid 1750s until 1864, Stavern was home to the nation's main naval base located in a shipyard in Fredriksvern. A gunpowder tower and commandant's house remain on Citadel Island, a current refuge for artists. The town is also home of Hall of Remembrance, a monument dedicated to seamen killed during World Wars I and II.

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Stavern
Kommandør Herbst gate, Larvik

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Kommandør Herbst gate 17B
3290 Larvik
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Minnehallen
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Minnehallen or Hall of Remembrance is a national memorial located outside Stavern in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway. The memorial was commissioned by the Norwegian Parliament after World War I to commemorate the fallen Norwegian sailors of the war. It was unveiled by King Haakon VII and was later converted to the national monument commemorating fallen sailors of both World War I and World War II. The monument itself is a pyramid of locally quarried rock and is designed by two architects from Oslo, Andreas Hesselberg Bjercke (1883–1967) and Georg Christen Eliassen (1880–1964).Nic Schiøll has made a relief describing the lives and fate of the sailors as well as a decoration in the crypt. Copper tablets display the names of 1,892 sailors who died during World War I and 3,456 names of sailors who died in World War II. In addition, three protocols contain the names of 5,667 sailors. The interior of the hall is visited by some 20,000 people every year.Herman Wildenvey wrote Minnehallen, a poem displayed on the rock altar in the hall. The first and last verse read as follows: Landets egne, mand og kvinne Konge, folk og raad, reiste dette æresminde over sjømænds daad. Her hvor hav og land som brødre deler storm og sol Samles søsken, fædre, mødre, om et stort symbolThe country's own, man and woman King, people, and council raised this remembrance of honor over the deed of the sailor. Here where sea and land as brothers share storm and sun Bring together siblings, fathers, mothers around a great symbol.Hvil i fred, hver fredens kriger i din våte grav. Taus du sank, mindet stiger her som sol av hav. Atter blir mot dagen hævet alt som havet tok. Og vi vet dit navn er skrevet i en evig bok.Rest in peace, each warrior for peace in your watery grave Silently you sank, the memory ascends here like the sun of the sea. Everything which the sea took is increased by the day. And we know your name is written in an eternal book.