Lyngdal
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| Lyngdal kommune | |||
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| Country | Norway | ||
| County | Vest-Agder | ||
| District | Sørlandet | ||
| Municipality ID | NO-1032 | ||
| Administrative centre | Lyngdal | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor (2007) | Ingunn Foss (H) | ||
| Area (Nr. 240 in Norway) | |||
| - Total | 391 km² (151 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 370 km² (142.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - Total | 7,216 | ||
| - Density | 20/km² (51.8/sq mi) | ||
| - Change (10 years) | 5.1 % | ||
| - Rank in Norway | 139 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Official language form | Bokmål | ||
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| Website: www.lyngdal.kommune.no | |||
Lyngdal is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway.
Lyngdal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Austad and Kvås were separated from Lyngdal January 1, 1909 - but they were again merged with Lyngdal January 1, 1964, together with the area of Spangereid west of Lenesfjorden.
It is a coastal municipality, and borders in the south-east on Lindesnes municipality, Audnedal in the north-east, Hægebostad in the north and Kvinesdal and Farsund in the west. Lyngdal declared township on January 1, 2001.
Major sources of revenue are wood processing, agriculture and commerce. Tourism is also central to the community, with the beaches of Kvavik and Rosfjord being popular resorts during the summer.
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[edit] The name
The Norse form of the name was Lygnudalr. The first element is the genitive case of the rivername Lygna, the last element is dalr m 'valley, dale'. The rivername is derived from logn n 'quietness' - and the meaning is 'the quiet one'.
Before 1908 the parish (but not the municipality) of Lyngdal was called Aa.
[edit] Coat-of-arms
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a cow (of the special subspecies lyngdalsku).
[edit] History
The island of Sælør on the southern coast of the municipality is mentioned in Snorre, as the king Saint Olav spent a winter here in 1028. Based around the port of Agnefest, Lyngdal prospered on maritime trade, and in 1771 an application was made for status as a small coastal town. Its coastal location also facilitated emigration; in the 17th and 18th century largely to Holland, and in the 19th century to the United States.
Even before the merger of the municipalities in 1964, the parishes of Austad and Kvås, together with Å ( or Aa - Lyngdal proper), made up the greater Lyngdal parish. A census from 1801 showed 3529 inhabitants in the area that today makes up Lyngdal: 1850 in Å, 929 in Austad, 585 in Kvås and 165 in the eastern part of Spangereid. The number today is approximately double that of 1801: a little over 7000 inhabitants.[1]
Religious life and missionary work have always had a strong position in Lyngdal, and worthy of special note is the minister and Gabriel Kielland (1796-1854), who served in the parish from 1837-54, and his wife Gustava (1800-89). Known today as a missionary pioneer and a popular songwriter, Gustava also wrote one of the first autobiographies by a woman in Norway: her "Reminiscence from my Life" from 1880.[2]
[edit] Famous people from Lyngdal
- Abraham Berge, politician (1851-1936)
- Teis Lundegaard, politician (1774-1856)
- Trygve Haugeland, politician (1914-1998)
- Ingvild Stensland, international women's footballer (1981-)
- Ciwi Hollund, international movie star and children's pastor (1987-)
[edit] References
- ^ (Norwegian) Folkemengde ved folketellingene, 1769-2001. Statistisk Sentralbyrå (2001). Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
- ^ History. Lyngdal Municipality. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
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