Haugesund Town Hall

– Norway’s finest Town Hall

Haugesund City Hall is the city hall in Haugesund municipality in Rogaland county. It was officially inaugurated on October 1, 1931. Funds for the city hall were given as a gift in 1921 by shipowner Knut Knutsen O.A.S. (1871–1946) and his wife Elisabeth. In 1921, the couple donated 1 million kroner for the construction of the city hall. The gift was given on the occasion of Knut Knutsen O.A.S.’s 50th birthday.

A closed architectural competition was held, and architects Herman Munthe-Kaas and Gudolf Blakstad were commissioned to design the city hall. Haugesund City Hall is considered Norway’s most significant building in the neoclassical style. Construction work began in 1923, and the city hall was completed in the autumn of 1931. Due to serious financial problems caused by the worsening economic crisis, construction work was suspended from 1925 until the spring of 1929. When construction resumed, the plans had been simplified in a functionalist direction. The building’s characteristic light pink exterior color has remained unchanged since it was completed. The basement is made of granite.

The two eagle sculptures that stand on their respective pedestals at the entrance were put in place in 1933. They were modeled by Dyre Vaa and depict a female eagle teaching its young to fly, and a male eagle with a hare in its claws. The interior decoration was carried out in the 1950s.

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The Haugesund Town Hall is only 800 meters from the hotel. Click on the map for a larger version and directions to the Town Hall.