Moi, Norway

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Moi is the administrative centre of the Lund municipality, in Rogaland county in Norway. Moi has a population of about 2000. The largest employer in Moi is NorDan, which is the biggest window factory in northern Europe. After the Industrial Revolution, Moi developed a relatively large timber industry. Today Moi has Norway's only active clog factory. Additionally, Moi's neighbour village Hovsherad is home to Bjøllefabrikken, a bell manufacturer, which was the official supplier of small bells to the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics.

Moi lies next to Lundevatnet, one of the deepest lakes in Norway (About 900 ft deep).

The singer Elvira Nikolaisen is born in Moi. Other musicans from Moi are Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh) and Ivar Nikolaisen (Silver) and Hilma Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh).

Pete Sanstol, Norway's only boxing world champion, was born in Moi. On June 7, 2005, the city raised a monolith in its city park to his memory.