town, southwestern Norway. A North Sea port, Haugesund is a shipbuilding and repair centre and has a 928-foot (283-metre) drydock that was the largest in Scandinavia at its completion in 1979. The town is the base for offshore oil activities in the North Sea, and it is home to a large herring fleet and fish canneries. Other industries include aluminum processing and textile weaving. Haugesund is served by the Bergen-Stavanger hydrofoil ferry. Just north of the town is Harald's Hill, where Harald I Fairhair (Harald I), first king of all Norway, supposedly is buried. The site is commemorated by a monument, erected at the millenary celebration (1872) of Harald's final victory in the Battle of Hafrsfjord. The Haugesund museum houses a collection of local antiquities. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 32,303.