Bjelland is a village in
Lindesnes municipality in
Agder county,
Norway
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. The village is located along the river
Mandalselva, about southeast of the village of
Byremo (in
Lyngdal
is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad, Byremo, Fleseland, Hæà ...
) and about west of the village of
Hægeland (in
Vennesla). The village was the
administrative centre
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the old municipality of
Bjelland
Bjelland is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Mandalselva, about southeast of the village of Byremo (in Lyngdal) and about west of the village of Hægeland (in Vennesla). The vil ...
which existed from 1902 until 1964. The village is the site of
Bjelland Church.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Bjelland include:
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Beate Asserson
Beate Asserson Saxlund (March 9, 1913 – January 29, 2000) was a Norwegian mezzo-soprano opera singer.Karl-Josef Kutsch, & Leo Riemens. 2003. ''Großes Sängerlexikon'', 4th ed, vol. 4. Munich: K. G. Saur, .
Asserson was born in Bjelland in Vest- ...
(1913–2000), opera singer
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Ole Høiland (1797–1848), well-known burglar and jail-breaker
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Thore Torkildsen Foss
Thore Torkildsen Foss (10 September 1841 – 8 February 1913) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Lister og Mandal amt in 1889, and was re-elected on seven consecutive ...
(1841–1913), politician
References
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Villages in Agder
Lindesnes