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Karmsund is a strait located in Rogaland county , ___MASK7___ . The long strait divides the island of Karmøy on the west and the mainland of ___MASK7___ and island of Vestre Bokn in the east . The strait runs through the municipalities of Haugesund , Karmøy , and Bokn . The town of Haugesund lies at the northern end of the strait and the town of Kopervik lies in the central part of the strait , and the village of Skudeneshavn lies near the southern end where the strait flows into the Boknafjorden . The Karmsund Bridge , a part of the European route E134 highway , links Karmøy to the mainland . The bridge was completed in 1955 . The small islands of Vibrandsøy , Risøy , and Hasseløy lie in the strait at the northern end , just off shore from the town of Haugesund . Location . The town is situated on a strategically important sound , the Karmsundet , through which ships could pass without traversing heavy seas . In the early years , the coastal waters off Haugesund were a huge source of herring , and the town grew accordingly . Despite being barely a village back then , King Harald Fairhair lived at Avaldsnes , very close to the modern town of Haugesund . In the last decades , the town , like its neighbours , has been turning towards the petroleum industry , with the herring being long gone . Petter Steen jr . ( born August 1 , 1962 ) is a Norwegian ___MASK86___ for the Conservative Party and former mayor of Haugesund since 2001 . Steen was educated at Stavanger Teacher College ( 1986 ) after which he worked in the public schools in Sveio until he was elected mayor in 2001 . Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county , ___MASK7___ . The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy , along the Karmsundet strait , just south of the town of Haugesund . The village was an ancient centre of power on the west coast of ___MASK7___ and is the site of one of ___MASK7___  s more important areas of cultural history . The trading port of Notow and the Avaldsnes Church are two notable historic sites in Avaldsnes . Politika is a Serbian daily newspaper , published in Belgrade . Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F . Ribnikar , it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be ___MASK2___ ' s newspaper of record . Harald Fairhair ( Old Norse : " Haraldr Hárfagri ", Norwegian : " Harald Hårfagre ", ( literally " Harald Hair - fair ") ; 850  932 ) is remembered by medieval historians as the first King of ___MASK7___ . According to traditions current in ___MASK7___ and Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , he reigned from 872 to 930 . Most of his life remains uncertain , since the extant accounts of his life in the sagas were set down in writing around three centuries after his lifetime . A few remnants of skaldic praise poems attributed to contemporary court poets exist which seem to refer to Harald ' s victories against opponents in ___MASK7___ . The information supplied in these poems is inconsistent with the tales in the sagas in which they are transmitted , and the sagas themselves often disagree on the details of his background and biography . Two of his sons , Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good , succeeded Harald to become kings after his death . A ___MASK86___ ( from " politics " + "- ian ", from the Greek title of Aristotle ' s book  " Politika ", meaning " Civic Affairs ") is a person active in party politics , or a person holding or seeking office in government . In democratic countries , politicians seek elective positions within a government through elections or , at times , temporary appointment to replace politicians who have died , resigned or have been otherwise removed from office . In non - democratic countries , they employ other means of reaching power through appointment , bribery , revolutions and intrigues . Some politicians are experienced in the art or science of government . Politicians propose , support and create laws or policies that govern the land and , by extension , its people . Broadly speaking , a " ___MASK86___ " can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in any bureaucratic institution .