Tananger is a large village and urban area in Sola municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

The urban area is located on the west side of the Stavanger Peninsula between the North Sea and the Hafrsfjorden.

In 1650, the village was gradually settled, as the local lobster fishing was valued for its worth as an export article.

The dangerous rocks in the seas just outside Tananger made the waters so perilous that a Piloting service existed as early as 1679, but was organised in 1720 under national control.

In 1965, the oil adventure started with Aker-Norsco establishing in Tananger as one of the first supply bases to the offshore activities.