Høllen is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The village is located on the narrow isthmus connecting the Lindesnes peninsula to the mainland, about west of the village of

Svenevig Svenevig or Svennevik is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern coastline, about east of the village of Høllen, Lindesnes, Høllen and about the same distance northwest of the village ...

. The village has a population (2015) of 648, giving the village a

population density Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...

of . Høllen 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 Spangereid which existed from 1889 until 1965. The village is also known as ''Spangereid'' since it was the centre of Spangereid for nearly a century and prior to that it was the seat of the parish of Spangereid since Spangereid Church is located in Høllen. In 2007, the Spangereid Canal was completed through the centre of Høllen. The long canal crosses the isthmus connecting the Lindesnes peninsula to the mainland. The canal connects the Lenesfjorden to the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

. The area is one of

's richest

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

sites. The abundant remnants from the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

and

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Ger ...

show the Spangereid was a very important place at that time. Today, the village is a popular tourist destination for Norwegians and Europeans alike.

Photo gallery

File:Spangereid02.svg, Map of the Spangereid area File:The Spangereid canal.jpg, Spangereid Canal File:Spangereid Zentrum.jpg, Central part of Høllen File:Spangereidkirke.jpg, Spangereid Church

References

Villages in Agder Lindesnes Archaeological sites in Norway {{Agder-geo-stub