Laksevåg

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Bydel Laksevåg

Borough

Population
- Total (2008)
- Density

36,651
/km²

www.bergen.kommune.no/laksevag/

Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.

Laksevåg was separated from Askøy as a municipality of its own July 1, 1918. It was (together with Arna, Fana and Åsane) merged with Bergen January 1, 1972.

The district is today a borough of the city of Bergen. 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 Sotra. Loddefjord was merged back with Laksevåg in 2000.

The old Laksevåg borough has residential areas on the hillside of Damsgårdsfjellet facing Puddefjorden. By the fjord itself are several industrial buildings, many of them connected with the maritime industry. The rococo manor at Damsgård is located in the borough.

Like Fyllingsdalen, many of the neighborhoods of Loddefjord consist of apartment buildings, especially in the area around the main service centre, the Vestkanten shopping centre. The main road to Sotra passes through the Loddefjord area.

During World War II, the German occupants built many sites in Laksevåg, among them the submarine bunker "Bruno". This extremely sturdy bunker, critical for the maintenance of Nazi submarines, provoked allied bombing raids in 1944. This caused major civilian and material losses, most notably killing 61 children at an elementary school.