Buøy is an island in the municipality of

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

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county,

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. It is located in the borough of Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger. The island was formerly separated from the island of Hundvåg by a small channel of water, but that was filled in. Buøy is connected to the mainland city of Stavanger by a series of bridges over three other islands and the Byfjorden. Buøy is also the name of an official neighborhood (''delområde'') of the city. The neighborhood has a population of 1,792 which is distributed over an area of including the islands of Buøy,

Engøy Engøy is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the "neighborhood" of Buøy in the borough Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger, just north of the city centre. The island is almost completely urbanize ...

, Sølyst, and

Grasholmen Grasholmen is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Buøy neighborhood in the borough Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger, just north of the city centre. The island is connected to mainland Stavang ...

History

The name "Buøy" comes from 'Bu-skap' and 'øy', meaning an island where farmers earlier had their

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. Buøy has long been the site for ''Rosenberg Mekaniske Verksted''. Rosenberg was founded in 1896, started up in Sandvigå in

and moved to Buøy in 1898. Rosenberg started making

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s here and later moved on to building

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s and constructing platforms for the Norwegian oil industry in the

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. At the beginning of the century Rosenberg had a great influence on the development of Buøy and in September 1915 they stated the need for regulated roads, a ferry connection and a stable water supply for the island.

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AS (as it is known today) has about 500 employees and is a major contractor within the Norwegian

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market. Buøy is today well known for its famous ,

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which stands on the island's tallest mountain. The tower has a

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on the top of it with an image of a mother and a son by a well pump. The bright-yellow tower was built in 1919–1920 and is a well-known landmark in the Stavanger region. In 1977, Buøy was connected to the mainland when the

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was built. Buøy also has two

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es.

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{{authority control Islands of Stavanger Boroughs and neighbourhoods of Stavanger

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