Grimstad

Grimstad Municipality

*Grimstad kommune*
Grimstad Municipality Grimstad kommune
Municipality
	View of Grimstad harbour
	Coat of arms
	Agder within Norway
	Grimstad within Agder
	Coordinates: 58°20′00″N 08°36′00″E / 58.33333°N 8.60000°E
Country	Norway
County	Agder
District	Sørlandet
Established	1 Jan 1838
• Created as	Formannskapsdistrikt
Administrative centre	Grimstad
Government
• Mayor (2015)	Beate Skretting (H)
Area
• Total	303.60 km2 (117.22 sq mi)
• Land	272.37 km2 (105.16 sq mi)
• Water	31.23 km2 (12.06 sq mi) 10.3%
• Rank	#264 in Norway
Population (2023)
• Total	24,587
• Rank	#50 in Norway
• Density	90.3/km2 (234/sq mi)
• Change (10 years)	+13.9%
Demonyms	Grimstadmann (m); Grimstadkvinne (f); Grimstadfolk
Official language
• Norwegian form	Bokmål
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-4202
Website	Official website
	Data from Statistics Norway

Grimstad (pronounced [ˈɡrɪ̀mstɑ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, Fjære, Håbbestad, Hesnes, Homborsund, Jortveit, Kroken, Landvik, Nygrenda, Prestegårdskogen, Reddal, Roresand, Rønnes, Skiftenes, Tjore, Vik, and Østerhus.

The municipality is centered around the little maritime town of Grimstad which is surrounded by many small islands (Skjærgård). There is a harbor, a main street, a small market square, Grimstad Church, and a museum dedicated to the early life of Henrik Ibsen, who served as an apprentice to Grimstad's local pharmacist Reimann, from 1844 to 1847, before leaving Grimstad in 1850. Ibsen's intimate knowledge of the local people and surroundings can be seen in his poem Terje Vigen.^[4] The majority of the inhabitants live in and around the town, while the rest of the municipality is rural and heavily forested.

The 304-square-kilometre (117 sq mi) municipality is the 264th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Grimstad is the 50th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,587. The municipality's population density is 90.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (234/sq mi) and its population has increased by 13.9% over the previous 10-year period.^[5]^[6]

^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
^ Welle-Strand, Erling (1996). Adventure Roads in Norway. Nortrabooks. ISBN 82-90103-71-9.
^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).
^ Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

[1] "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.

[2] "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.

[3] Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.

[4] Welle-Strand, Erling (1996). Adventure Roads in Norway. Nortrabooks. ISBN 82-90103-71-9.

[ssb_pop-5] Statistisk sentralbyrå. "Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M)" (in Norwegian).

[ssb_area-6] Statistisk sentralbyrå. "09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M)" (in Norwegian).

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