Fevik is a

Seaside resort A seaside resort is a resort town, town, village, or hotel that serves as a Resort, vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, suc ...

and village in

Grimstad Grimstad () 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, ...

municipality in

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("south ...

county,

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. The village is located along the

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coast about northeast of the town of Grimstad and about south of the city of Arendal. The village of

Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *V ...

lies just southwest of Fevik. The village of Fevik has a population (2015) of about 5,300 people, with most working in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

or central Grimstad. Since 2014, Fevik has been considered part of the "urban area" of Arendal by

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. The

European route E18 European route E18 runs from Craigavon in Northern Ireland to Saint Petersburg in Russia, passing through Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden and Finland. It is about in length. Although the designation implies the possibility of a through jour ...

runs just to the north of the village area and the

Norwegian County Road 420 Norwegian County Road 420 is a Norwegian county road in Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties, Norway. The long road runs along the coast from the European route E18 highway at the Sørlandsparken in Kristiansand in the southwest to the European ...

runs through the village.

Fevik Church Fevik Church ( no, Fevik arbeidskirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Grimstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fevik. It is an annex chapel in the Fjære parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prost ...

is located in the village.

History

Fevik was a major summer

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area from 1930 until about 1960. A large area at the northwest end of Fevik has some very interesting natural features (geological, plant, and insect) and it was made into a national nature reserve area. At the end of the 19th century, the biggest

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for iron hulls were in the bay of Fevikkilen. Some

boatbuilder Boat building is the design and construction of boats and their systems. This includes at a minimum a hull, with propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other systems as a craft requires. Construction materials and methods Wood W ...

s are still in the area, making modern cruisers and traditional wooden boats.

References

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