Laksevåg is a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

of the city of

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Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was merged into Bergen. The borough of Laksevåg has residential areas on the hillside of the mountain Damsgårdsfjellet facing the

Puddefjorden Puddefjorden, often anglicized as Pudde Fjord,Koop, Gerhard, Klaus-Peter Schmolke. 2014. ''German Light Cruisers of World War II: Warships of the Kriegsmarine''. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth, p. 83. is an inlet or fjord in the central part of the city ...

. By the fjord itself are several industrial buildings, many of them connected with the

maritime industry Maritime transport (or ocean transport) or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people (passengers or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by watercraft has been widely used throughout recorded history, as it pr ...

. The rococo-style Damsgård Manor is located in the borough. Like the neighboring borough of

Fyllingsdalen Fyllingsdalen () is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located southwest of the city centre in the Fyllingsdalen valley, west of the mountain Løvstakken. The neighbourhoods of Fyllingsdalen mainly consis ...

, many of the neighborhoods of Laksevåg consist of apartment buildings, especially in the area around the main service centre, the Vestkanten shopping centre. The main road to

Sotra Sotra or Store Sotra is the name of a large island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, located just west of the city of Bergen. It is part of a pair of islands called ' Sotra' and ' Litlesotra' ('small Sotra') that are part of ...

passes through the Loddefjord area in western Laksevåg.

History

The municipality of Laksevåg was established on 1 July 1918 when it was separated from the municipality of

Askøy Askøy is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen, which i ...

. On 1 January 1972, the municipalities surrounding the city of

were merged with the city to form a large new municipality of Bergen. The municipalities involved in the merger were Arna, Fana,

Laksevåg Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was ...

and

Åsane Åsane is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the northern part of the city, north of the city centre. Åsane is connected to downtown Bergen by the E16/ E39 highway. The E16 highway continues on ...

. Since the merger, the area is now the borough of the city of Bergen, with very similar borders to those of the old municipality. After it was merged with Bergen, the former municipality was split into two boroughs: Laksevåg, which consisted of neighborhoods south of Puddefjorden separating it from the city centre, and Loddefjord, consisting of neighborhoods further west, closer to the islands of

. In 2000, the boroughs were merged forming the borough of Laksevåg.

Geography

The mountain Gravdalsfjellet peaks at in elevation.

Villages and neighborhoods

The borough of Laksevåg includes the villages and neighborhoods:

Alvøen Alvøen or Alvøy is a manor house located on a historic industrial site in the Laksevåg borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. Alvøen Manor was once one of the grander private homes in Bergen. History Alvøen is the site on ...

, Bjørndal, Drotningsvik, Godvik, Gravdal, Hetlevik, Håkonshella, Kjøkkelvik, Loddefjord, Loddefjorddalen, Mathopen, Olsvik, and Vadmyra.

Local attractions

* Alvøen Mansion (''Alvøen Hovedbygning'') – Historic building constructed in the 1790s, reconstruction in 1830. opened as a museum in 1983 * Damsgård Manor – Historic manor house and estate * Gravdal Manor (''Gravdal hovedgård'') – Historic Gravdal manor house, later military command headquarters * Kvarven Fort – Coastal defense built to protect the local port and naval installations''Kvarven fort'' (Mediesenteret ved Høgskolen i Bergen)
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Lyderhorn Lyderhorn is a mountain in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is one of " De syv fjell", the seven mountains surrounding the city centre, and the starting location of Bergen Turlag's annual trip of the mountains. It is located by L ...

– One of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen * Damsgård Mountain (''Damsgårdsfjellet'') – One of the seven mountains surrounding Bergen

Gallery

File:Damsgårdslunden DSC 0077.jpg, Damsgård File:Melkeplassen.jpg, Melkeplassen File:Laksevåg senter DSC 0319.jpg, Laksevåg senter, a shopping mall File:Laksevåg kirke DSC 0222.jpg, Laksevåg Church File:Laksevåg krigsminnesmerke DSC 0308.jpg, War memorial at Laksevåg in Bergen File:Lyngbøvatnet, Gravdal, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - panoramio (1).jpg, Lyngbøvatnet File:Loddefjord.jpg, Central parts of Loddefjord File:Alvøen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - panoramio (1).jpg,

File:Kommandantboligen - panoramio.jpg, Gravdal Manor File:Damsgaardhovedgaard.jpg, Damsgård Manor

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