Ålgård is an area functioning as the administrative centre for the Gjesdal

Gjesdal

Gjesdal is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. In the northwest the municipality borders Sandnes, to the north Forsand, to the east Sirdal, to the south Bjerkreim, and to the west Time....

 municipality in Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, in the Jæren

Jæren

Jæren is a traditional district in the county of Rogaland. The others are Dalane, Ryfylke and Haugalandet.Jæren is the largest flat lowland area in Norway, stretching from the municipality of Randaberg in the north to Hå in the south. The coast is flat compared to the rest of the Norwegian coast,...

 region. It is 10 km southeast of Sandnes

Sandnes

is a city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Jæren.-History:Sandnes was separated from Høyland as a municipality of its own in 1860, and gained city status the same year...

. The area consists of Ålgård, Fiskebekk, Opstad and Solås with a combined population of about 9144 (SSB

SSB

- Organizations :* '* Societas Sanctae Birgittae, the Society of Saint Bridget* Society of the Sisters of Bethany, an Anglican religious order* Statistics Norway, , Norwegian government statistics bureau...

, 2009).

Ålgård is mostly known for the Kongeparken

Kongeparken

Kongeparken is an amusement park in the village Ålgård, near Stavanger, Norway. Kongeparken is the biggest amusement park in the southwest of Norway and Rogaland's biggest tourist attraction...

 amusement park, an old woolen goods factory, and a local football team (Ålgård F.K.

Ålgård F.K.

Ålgård Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club located in Ålgård founded in 1915. It currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division. Ålgård played in Hovedserien, then the highest division in Norway, for several years after World War II...

) playing in the Norwegian Second Division.

See also

• Edlandsvatnet
  Edlandsvatnet
  Edlandsvatnet is a lake in the municipality of Gjesdal in Rogaland county, Norway, next to the town Ålgård.It is connected to Limavatnet at Skokk bridge , and discharges to Figgjoelva....
  
  
• Kongeparken
  Kongeparken
  Kongeparken is an amusement park in the village Ålgård, near Stavanger, Norway. Kongeparken is the biggest amusement park in the southwest of Norway and Rogaland's biggest tourist attraction...
  
  
• Ålgård F.K.
  Ålgård F.K.
  Ålgård Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club located in Ålgård founded in 1915. It currently plays in the Norwegian Second Division. Ålgård played in Hovedserien, then the highest division in Norway, for several years after World War II...
  
  
• Ålgårdbanen