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Article: Bergen
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Bergen , city (1995 pop. 221,645), capital of Hordaland co., SW Norway, situated on inlets of the North Sea. It is Norway's second largest city and a major shipping center. Formerly a major textile and ship-building center, the city's economy is now mainly service-based, including educational, medical, technical, insurance, financial, and retailing services. A small shipyard and ship-repair facilities remain. Other manufacturing includes fish processing, steel, machinery, and electrical equipment.
Founded c.1070 by Olaf III (Olaf Kyrre), Bergen soon became the largest city of medieval Norway. It was often the royal seat, and the earliest coronations took place there. The city became an ...
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... ... Tuesday (16 September) that its subsidiary, Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, has received a large offshore ... is expected to be completed in January 2010. Bergen Group, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a maritime industrial group with focus on ...
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