Bryne is a town in Time municipality in Rogaland. Bryne is about 25 minutes by train south of Stavanger, and the statistical settlement (including Kåsen in Klepp municipality) has 12,308 inhabitants as of 1 January 2020, of which 10,576 in Time municipality. The area of the settlement is 5.65 km². Bryne received city status on 1 January 2001, and is among Norway's 50 largest cities.
Bryne was established as Thime Station, one of many station towns along the Jærbanen, which was built in 1878. Prayer houses (Saron, 1878), krambu, industry and dairy were established. An agricultural industry grew up with the production of plows, mowers and forage harvesters. Later, the production of excavators also appeared. Eventually, Bryne grew to become an education center with a dairy school from 1906 and Rogaland Landsgymnas from 1924. In 1921, it was decided in a referendum that Thime Station should change its name to "Bryne". Bryne quickly grew to become the largest town on Sør-Jæren. The name Bryne / comes from Old Norse brown: edge, slope, and wine: meadow, natural meadow; and it agrees well with the place on the hills at the southern end of Frøylandsvatnet. Bryne received city status on 1 January 2001 and is thus among the youngest cities in Norway.
Bryne is located in the Jæren region on the west coast of Norway. The
city is located about 30 kilometers south of Stavanger on the border
between the municipalities of Klepp in the north and Time in the south.
As of January 1, 2022, 10,876 of the 12,774 residents lived in the
community of Time, with the remaining 1,898 residents in Klepp. In the
north-east of Bryne, Lake Frøylandsvatnet joins the urban area.
In 2001, Time's local legislature voted to allow Bryne to bear the title
of town.
The city's industry is dominated by the iron, metal goods and engineering industries. Among other things, agricultural machines and robots are produced there. Bryne is an important transport hub in the Jæren region. The railway line Sørlandsbanen runs through the city. Bryne railway station was opened in 1878 when the Jærbanen section was completed.
In Bryne is the Garborgsenteret (Garborg Center) museum, which deals with the work of the author Arne Garborg and his wife Hulda. In 1906 a dairy school was established in Bryne. In 1924 the Rogaland Landsgymnas followed, which exists today under the name Bryne vidaregåande skule. With around 1500 students, it is one of the largest secondary schools in Norway.
The football club Bryne FK is located in Bryne and last played in the highest Norwegian league in 2003. The club's venue is Bryne Stadium.