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Administration

Full name

Bergen

Official name

Bergen

Settlement type

City

Country

Norway

Municipality

Bergen

County

Hordaland

District

Western Norway

Established

1070

Government

Mayor

Gunnar Bakke

Geography

Total Area

179.5 sq mi (465 km2)

Urban Area

36.3 sq mi (94.03 km2)

Metro Area

1063.4 sq mi (2755 km2)

Demography

Total Population

|| , ||{{#expr: (2613 + 10 * ) / * 100 round 3}}%||style="font-size: 75%"|Hordaland. (2011)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Urban (pop.)

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Metro (pop.)

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Demonym

Bergenser

Ethnic groups

Norwegians

87.6%

Poles

1.3%

Iraqis

0.6%

Vietnamese

0.4%

Chilean

0.4%

Other information

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

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Air rescue after fisherman hurt - BBC News BBC News--They put the boat's crew in touch with a doctor in Aberdeen who advised the casualty should be taken to hospital. The Norwegian coastguard was then scrambled to pick him up, 90 miles west of -Bergen-. His condition is not known.--- - Date : Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:44:19 GMT+00:00
Ekko Festival announces 2011 lineup - Resident Advisor Resident Advisor---Norway's- Ekko Festival has announced details for its 2011 event, taking place in -Bergen- from September 23rd to October 1st. Now in its eighth year, Ekko is an annual multi-venue event that combines electronic music with digital - Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:01:15 GMT+00:00
Fjordman drops cover name, disassociates self from Breivik's horrible actions' - The Foreigner The Foreigner--He also studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and the University of -Bergen-. He claims he has never been a member of any political party in -Norway- and has only used a gun during his military service. Jensen concluded his int - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:40:49 GMT+00:00
First Friday Highlight: Norwegians' Inner Lives on View at Ardmore Gallery - Patch.com Patch.com--She currently lives in -Bergen-, -Norway-, the nation's second largest city behind Oslo, and grew up on an island called Askøy. The subjects tell her that they like the pictures of themselves�a woman molested by her father, for example, . - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:36:25 GMT+00:00
Invitation to H1 and Q2 2011 Results Presentation - Reuters (press release) Reuters (press release)---Bergen-, -Norway-, August 02, 2011. Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) announces the details for the Q2 2011 analysts and investor event on August 11, 2011: Investors and Analysts who are not able to attend the conference are invit - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:01:16 GMT+00:00
Rolls-Royce Receives GBP20M For Two UT 776 CD Supply Vessels - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal---In addition to the ship design, the order includes a fully integrated and highly efficient diesel-electric power and propulsion system featuring four Rolls-Royce -Bergen- engines to power two Azipull thrusters. -The ships will also f - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:16:42 GMT+00:00
Norway Mourns Its Dead; Closed Hearing For Gunman - Care2.com (blog) Care2.com (blog)--Thousands also marched throughout -Norway-, in -Bergen-, Trondheim, Kristiansand. A carpet sea of flowers filled the center of Oslo. At noon, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg led the nation in a minute of silence. Shortly afterwards � to - Date : Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:06:12 GMT+00:00
New extremism in Norway - Hindu Business Line Hindu Business Line---...- have the vigour to prevent such a new and sophisticated nationalist politics. Can Europe hinder the ever bold far-right from repeating some of its dark history of the last century? (The authors are researchers at University of - - Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:45:24 GMT+00:00
Something Rotten in Norway - FrontPage Magazine FrontPage Magazine--(The two are not a contradiction in -Norway-.) He was the leader of the Workers Youth League at the University of -Bergen-- and a DFLP terrorist. The DFLP were the perpetrators of the Maalot Massacre. And two years after that attack, L - Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:27:21 GMT+00:00
W. African piracy surge points to organised gang: analysts - The New Age Online The New Age Online---Bergen- Risk Solutions, a -Norway--based consultancy, came to a similar conclusion in a recent report. "Our investigations indicate that the organised group responsible is based in Nigeria and has high-level patronage in that - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:57:51 GMT+00:00

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Air rescue after fisherman hurt - BBC News

BBC News--They put the boat's crew in touch with a doctor in Aberdeen who advised the casualty should be taken to hospital. The Norwegian coastguard was then scrambled to pick him up, 90 miles west of -Bergen-. His condition is not known.--- - Date : Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:44:19 GMT+00:00

Ekko Festival announces 2011 lineup - Resident Advisor

Resident Advisor---Norway's- Ekko Festival has announced details for its 2011 event, taking place in -Bergen- from September 23rd to October 1st. Now in its eighth year, Ekko is an annual multi-venue event that combines electronic music with digital - Date : Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:01:15 GMT+00:00

Fjordman drops cover name, disassociates self from Breivik's horrible actions' - The Foreigner

The Foreigner--He also studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and the University of -Bergen-. He claims he has never been a member of any political party in -Norway- and has only used a gun during his military service. Jensen concluded his int - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:40:49 GMT+00:00

First Friday Highlight: Norwegians' Inner Lives on View at Ardmore Gallery - Patch.com

Patch.com--She currently lives in -Bergen-, -Norway-, the nation's second largest city behind Oslo, and grew up on an island called Askøy. The subjects tell her that they like the pictures of themselves�a woman molested by her father, for example, . - Date : Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:36:25 GMT+00:00

Invitation to H1 and Q2 2011 Results Presentation - Reuters (press release)

Reuters (press release)---Bergen-, -Norway-, August 02, 2011. Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ) announces the details for the Q2 2011 analysts and investor event on August 11, 2011: Investors and Analysts who are not able to attend the conference are invit - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:01:16 GMT+00:00

Rolls-Royce Receives GBP20M For Two UT 776 CD Supply Vessels - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal---In addition to the ship design, the order includes a fully integrated and highly efficient diesel-electric power and propulsion system featuring four Rolls-Royce -Bergen- engines to power two Azipull thrusters. -The ships will also f - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:16:42 GMT+00:00

Norway Mourns Its Dead; Closed Hearing For Gunman - Care2.com (blog)

Care2.com (blog)--Thousands also marched throughout -Norway-, in -Bergen-, Trondheim, Kristiansand. A carpet sea of flowers filled the center of Oslo. At noon, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg led the nation in a minute of silence. Shortly afterwards � to - Date : Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:06:12 GMT+00:00

New extremism in Norway - Hindu Business Line

Hindu Business Line---...- have the vigour to prevent such a new and sophisticated nationalist politics. Can Europe hinder the ever bold far-right from repeating some of its dark history of the last century? (The authors are researchers at University of - - Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:45:24 GMT+00:00

Something Rotten in Norway - FrontPage Magazine

FrontPage Magazine--(The two are not a contradiction in -Norway-.) He was the leader of the Workers Youth League at the University of -Bergen-- and a DFLP terrorist. The DFLP were the perpetrators of the Maalot Massacre. And two years after that attack, L - Date : Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:27:21 GMT+00:00

W. African piracy surge points to organised gang: analysts - The New Age Online

The New Age Online---Bergen- Risk Solutions, a -Norway--based consultancy, came to a similar conclusion in a recent report. "Our investigations indicate that the organised group responsible is based in Nigeria and has high-level patronage in that - Date : Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:57:51 GMT+00:00

Religion : Climate change
Religion	Members	Percent
Church of Norway	201,006	79.74%
Non-Religious	52,059	13.55%
Saint Paul Catholic Church	7,300	2.84%
Protestant Free churches	4,947	1.92%
Islam	2,707	1.05%
Hinduism	816	0.31%
Russian Orthodox Christianity	255	0.09%
Oriental Orthodox Christianity	147	0.05%

Religion : Climate change

Religion

Members

Percent

Church of Norway

201,006

79.74%

Non-Religious

52,059

13.55%

Saint Paul Catholic Church

7,300

2.84%

Protestant Free churches

4,947

1.92%

Islam

2,707

1.05%

Hinduism

816

0.31%

Russian Orthodox Christianity

255

0.09%

Oriental Orthodox Christianity

147

0.05%

Religion : Climate change
Year	1876	1951	1976	2004	2008
Roman Catholics in Bergen	20	408	1,112	4,044	7,300
Percent	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%	1.7%	2.9%

Religion : Climate change

Year

1876

1951

1976

2004

2008

Roman Catholics in Bergen

408

1,112

4,044

7,300

Percent

0.0%

0.3%

0.5%

1.7%

2.9%

Religion : Climate change
Year	2006	2010
Muslims in Bergen	1,892	2,707
Percent	0.7%	1.0%

Religion : Climate change

Year

2006

2010

Muslims in Bergen

1,892

2,707

Percent

0.7%

1.0%

Immigration : Churches
Countries	Population
Total	260,392
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand	241,390
Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA	19,002

Immigration : Churches

Countries

Population

Total

260,392

EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

241,390

Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe except the EU/EEA

19,002

Immigration : Churches
Country of origin	Population (2001)	Percent of total population (2001)
Total	230,948	100.0%
Norway	216,153	93.5%
Immigrants	14,795	6.4%
Vietnam	1,154	0.4%
Chile	1,154	0.4%
United Kingdom	855	0.3%
Sri Lanka	834	0.3%
Iraq	805	0.3%
Bosnia-Herzegovina	636	0.2%
Denmark	631	0.2%
Sweden	630	0.2%
Germany	563	0.2%
United States	525	0.2%
Iran	432	0.1%
Yugoslavia	367	0.1%
Turkey	345	0.1%
Pakistan	336	0.1%
India	333	0.1%
Poland	275	0.1%
Philippines	242	0.1%
Somalia	220	0.0%
Netherlands	219	0.0%
Iceland	210	0.0%
Other countries	4,029	1.7%
Country of origin	Population (2011)	Percent of total population (2011)
Total	260,392	100.0%
Norway	228,354	87.6%
Immigrants	32,038	12.3%
Poland	3,561	1.3%
Iraq	1,758	0.6%
Vietnam	1,287	0.4%
Chile	1,244	0.4%
Germany	1,237	0.4%
Sri Lanka	1,152	0.4%
Sweden	1,111	0.4%
Somalia	1,090	0.4%
United Kingdom	1,014	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	831	0.3%
Lithuania	830	0.3%
Thailand	770	0.2%
Denmark	716	0.2%
Iran	703	0.2%
Philippines	650	0.2%
Turkey	643	0.2%
India	628	0.2%
Russia	626	0.2%
United States	547	0.2%
People's Republic of China	535	0.2%
Other countries	11,105	4.2%

Immigration : Churches

Country of origin

Population (2001)

Percent of total population (2001)

Total

230,948

100.0%

Norway

216,153

93.5%

Immigrants

14,795

6.4%

Vietnam

1,154

0.4%

Chile

1,154

0.4%

United Kingdom

855

0.3%

Sri Lanka

834

0.3%

Iraq

805

0.3%

Bosnia-Herzegovina

636

0.2%

Denmark

631

0.2%

Sweden

630

0.2%

Germany

563

0.2%

United States

525

0.2%

Iran

432

0.1%

Yugoslavia

367

0.1%

Turkey

345

0.1%

Pakistan

336

0.1%

India

333

0.1%

Poland

275

0.1%

Philippines

242

0.1%

Somalia

220

0.0%

Netherlands

219

0.0%

Iceland

210

0.0%

Other countries

4,029

1.7%

Country of origin

Population (2011)

Percent of total population (2011)

Total

260,392

100.0%

Norway

228,354

87.6%

Immigrants

32,038

12.3%

Poland

3,561

1.3%

Iraq

1,758

0.6%

Vietnam

1,287

0.4%

Chile

1,244

0.4%

Germany

1,237

0.4%

Sri Lanka

1,152

0.4%

Sweden

1,111

0.4%

Somalia

1,090

0.4%

United Kingdom

1,014

0.3%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

831

0.3%

Lithuania

830

0.3%

Thailand

770

0.2%

Denmark

716

0.2%

Iran

703

0.2%

Philippines

650

0.2%

Turkey

643

0.2%

India

628

0.2%

Russia

626

0.2%

United States

547

0.2%

People's Republic of China

535

0.2%

Other countries

11,105

4.2%

2007 elections : History of the Jews in Bergen
Conservative Party	18 (0)
Labour Party	16 (+1)
Progress Party	14 (+2)
Socialist Left Party	5 ( - 3)
Christian Democratic Party	4 (0)
Liberal Party	4 (+2)
Red Electoral Alliance	3 ( � 1)
Centre Party	2 (+1)
Pensioners' Party	1 ( � 2)
Total	67

2007 elections : History of the Jews in Bergen

Conservative Party

18 (0)

Labour Party

16 (+1)

Progress Party

14 (+2)

Socialist Left Party

5 ( - 3)

Christian Democratic Party

4 (0)

Liberal Party

4 (+2)

Red Electoral Alliance

3 ( � 1)

Centre Party

2 (+1)

Pensioners' Party

1 ( � 2)

Total

Boroughs :
Borough	Population	%	Area (km²)	%	Density (/km²)
Arna	12,546	4.9	102.44	22.0	126
Bergenhus¹	37,851	14.8	26.58	5.7	4.336
Fana	37,821	14.8	159.70	34.3	251
Fyllingsdalen	28,760	11.2	18.84	4.0	1.638
Laksevåg	38,033	14.8	32.72	7.0	1.261
Ytrebygda	25,326	9.9	39.61	8.5	655
Årstad²	36,667	14.3	14.78	3.2	4.329
Åsane	39,186	15.3	71.01	15.2	569
Not stated	410
Total	256,600	100	465.68	100	576

Boroughs :

Borough

Population

Area (km²)

Density
(/km²)

Arna

12,546

4.9

102.44

22.0

126

Bergenhus¹

37,851

14.8

26.58

5.7

4.336

Fana

37,821

14.8

159.70

34.3

251

Fyllingsdalen

28,760

11.2

18.84

4.0

1.638

Laksevåg

38,033

14.8

32.72

7.0

1.261

Ytrebygda

25,326

9.9

39.61

8.5

655

Årstad²

36,667

14.3

14.78

3.2

4.329

Åsane

39,186

15.3

71.01

15.2

569

Not stated

410

Total

256,600

100

465.68

100

576

Bergenhus	Bergenhus * Bryggen * Eidemarken * Engen * Fjellet * Kalfaret * Ladegården * Marken * Møhlenpris * Nordnes * Nygård * Nøstet * Sandviken * Sentrum * Skansen * Skuteviken * Strandsiden * Stølen * Sydnes * Verftet * Vågsbunnen * Ytre Sandviken \|

Nordhordland	Austrheim * Fedje * Lindås * Masfjorden * Meland * Modalen * Radøy
Voss	Voss
Hardanger	Eidfjord * Granvin * Jondal * Kvam * Odda * Ullensvang * Ulvik
Midthordland	Askøy * Austevoll * Bergen * Fjell * Fusa * Os * Osterøy * Øygarden * Samnanger * Sund * Vaksdal
Sunnhordland	Bømlo * Etne * Fitjar * Kvinnherad * Stord * Sveio * Tysnes

50 most populous urban areas in the Nordic countries

1.	SE Stockholm	1,252,000
2.	DK Copenhagen	1,181,239
3.	FI Helsinki	1,027,635
4.	NO Oslo	907,288
5.	SE Gothenburg	510,500
6.	SE Malmö	258,000
7.	DK Aarhus	242,914
8.	NO Bergen	227,752
9.	FI Tampere	211,691
10.	IS Reykjavík	195,000

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11.	NO Stavanger	189,828
12.	FI Turku	176,401
13.	DK Odense	166,305
14.	NO Trondheim	160,072
15.	SE Uppsala	144,839
16.	FI Oulu	137,370
17.	FI Jyväskylä	128,114
18.	DK Aalborg	123,432
19.	SE Västerås	107,000
20.	NO Fredrikstad	101,698

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21.	FI Lahti	100,444
22.	SE Örebro	98,200
23.	SE Linköping	97,400
24.	NO Drammen	96,563
25.	FI Kuopio	91,845
26.	SE Helsingborg	91,500
27.	FI Kouvola	88,396
28.	NO Skien	86,923
29.	SE Jönköping	84,400
30.	SE Norrköping	83,600

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31.	FI Pori	75,562
32.	SE Lund	76,200
33.	SE Umeå	75,600
34.	FI Joensuu	72,167
35.	DK Esbjerg	71,459
36.	FI Lappeenranta	70,210
37.	SE Gävle	68,700
38.	NO Kristiansand	67,547
39.	FI Hämeenlinna	66,257
40.	SE Borås	63,400

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41.	SE Södertälje	60,300
42.	DK Randers	60,227
43.	SE Eskilstuna	60,200
44.	FI Rovaniemi	59,274
45.	FI Vaasa	58,607
46.	SE Täby	58,593
47.	SE Karlstad	58,500
48.	DK Kolding	57,087
49.	FI Seinäjoki	56,578
50.	SE Halmstad	55,688

1985 Athens * 1986 Florence * 1987 Amsterdam * 1988 West Berlin * 1989 Paris * 1990 Glasgow * 1991 Dublin * 1992 Madrid * 1993 Antwerp * 1994 Lisbon * 1995 Luxembourg City * 1996 Copenhagen * 1997 Thessaloniki * 1998 Stockholm * 1999 Weimar * 2000 Reykjavík * Bergen * Helsinki * Brussels * Prague * Kraków * Santiago de Compostela * Avignon * Bologna * 2001 Rotterdam * Porto * 2002 Bruges * Salamanca * 2003 Graz * 2004 Genoa * Lille * 2005 Cork * 2006 Patras * 2007 Luxembourg City and Greater Region * Sibiu * 2008 Liverpool * Stavanger * 2009 Linz * Vilnius * *2010 Essen Istanbul * Pécs** * 2011 Turku * Tallinn * 2012 Maribor * Guimarães * 2013 Košice * Marseille

Members of the Hanseatic League by circle

Wendish and Pomeranian		Greifswald * Hamburg * Kiel * 'Lübeck' * Lüneburg * Rostock * Stade * Stargard * Stettin * Stralsund * Wismar
Saxony, Thuringia, Brandenburg		Berlin * Brandenburg * Bremen * Brunswick * Erfurt * Frankfurt (Oder) * Goslar * Halle * Magdeburg
Bohemia, Poland, Prussia, Livonia, Sweden		Breslau (Wrocław) * Danzig (Gdańsk) * Dorpat (Tartu) * Fellin (Viljandi) * Elbing (Elbląg) * Königsberg (Kaliningrad) * Krakow * Pernau (Pärnu) * Reval (Tallinn) * Riga * Stockholm * Thorn (Toruń) * Visby
Rhine, Westphalia, Netherlands		Bochum * Breckerfeld * Cologne * Deventer * 'Dortmund' * Duisburg * Groningen * Haltern * Hamm * Harderwijk * Hattem * Hasselt * Kampen * Münster * Nijmegen * Oldenzaal * Osnabrück * Recklinghausen * Roermond * Soest * Tiel * Unna * Werl * Zutphen * Zwolle
Principal Kontore		Bryggen (Bergen) * Hanzekantoor (Brugge (Bruges)) * Steelyard (London) * Peterhof (Novgorod)
Subsidiary Kontore		Antwerp * Berwick * Boston * Damme * Leith * Hull * Ipswich * King's Lynn * Kaunas * Newcastle * Polotsk * Pskov * Yarmouth * York \|

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