Grimstad

Grimstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway.

Grimstad
Grimstad kommune
Municipality
View of Grimstad harbour
View of Grimstad harbour
Coat of arms of Grimstad kommune
Coat of arms
Official logo of Grimstad kommune
Agder within
Norway
Grimstad within Agder
Grimstad within Agder
Coordinates: 58°21′07″N 08°32′40″E / 58.35194°N 8.54444°E / 58.35194; 8.54444
CountryNorway
CountyAgder
DistrictSørlandet
Established1 Jan 1838
Administrative centreGrimstad
Government
 • Mayor (2015)Beate Skretting (H)
Area
 • Total303.60 km2 (117.22 sq mi)
 • Land272.37 km2 (105.16 sq mi)
 • Water31.23 km2 (12.06 sq mi)  10.3%
 • Rank264 in Norway
Population
 (2022)
 • Total24,017
 • Rank51 in Norway
 • Density88.2/km2 (228/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
12.8%
DemonymsGrimstadmann (m)
Grimstadkvinne (f)
Grimstadfolk[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-4202
Official language formBokmål[2]
Created asFormannskapsdistrikt in 1838
Data from Statistics Norway

Grimstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway.

Archaeology: Norway's second largest find of artefacts from the Viking period, is the Slemmedal hoard (Slemmedalskatten); It was found in 1981, and it dates to the 930s.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ↑ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  3. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/mystisk-vikingskatt-fram-i-lyset-1.17027660. Retrieved 2024-09-09

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