Stavanger kommune

Industrial Areas and Work Places
In the development areas, there is a predominance of housing
rather than work places. Work places are concentrated today
in two main areas, Stavanger centre and Forus, 10 km further
south.
The Stavanger municipality’s development plan for 1966-
1970 identified two new industrial areas, Dusavik and Forus.
Both areas have been extremely important for development of
the city.
Dusavik became an onshore base for oil industry activity in
the North Sea. Forus became a regional concentration of work
places which most likely surpasses the visions of the planners
in the 1960s. Jåttåvågen was established later as a construction
site for large North Sea installations, notably the Condeep
concrete gravity platforms.
Early in the 1950s, initiative was taken to develop the Forus
area for industry. Gradually the idea arose of establishing a
large industrial area located centrally between the Stavanger,
Sola and Sandnes municipalities as delineated following expansion
of Stavanger in 1965. The total area is approximately
65 hectares.
Forus was originally the name of the area where the Stokka
lake, which covered most of Forussletta, discharged into
Forus area. Photo: Bitmap
CITY EXPANSION IN 1965 AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREAS
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