Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted was a Norwegian manufacturing company, which it best known for its

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

. It was founded in 1899, and was engaged in

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befor ...

until 1992. It continued as a

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manufacturer until 2001. The former shipyard district at Kaldnes in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

was then built up with waterfront housing from 2002.

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Manufacturing companies of Norway Shipyards of Norway Companies based in Tønsberg Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 1899 establishments in Norway Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in Norway {{Norway-company-stub