Lindesnes ( en, the Naze) is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of

Sørlandet Southern Norway ( no, Sørlandet; lit. "The Southland") is the geographical List of regions of Norway, region (''landsdel'') along the Skagerrak coast of southern Norway. The region is an informal description since it does not have any govern ...

. 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 municipality is the town of

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

. Other villages in Lindesnes include

Åvik Åvik is a small seaport village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is on the coast near the southernmost part of Norway, about to the southeast of the village of Svenevig. Åvik sits on the mainland, about north of t ...

, Høllen,

Skofteland Skofteland is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Audna, about northeast of the municipal centre of Vigeland. From Skofteland, there is a road which runs to the northeast to Fuskela ...

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 ...

Vigmostad Vigmostad is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Audna river in the Audnedalen valley. The village of Konsmo lies about to the north and about north of the village of Vigeland. Vigmosta ...

Heddeland Heddeland is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the village of Øyslebø along the river Mandalselva. The Sørlandet Line The Sørlandet Line ( no, Sørlandsbanen) is a railwa ...

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 ...

Breland Breland is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located just over the border from the neighboring Kristiansand municipality. The village of Øyslebø lies about to the southwest of Breland. There are about ...

Koland Koland is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located between the villages of Bjelland and Hægeland Hægeland or Hægelandskrossen is a village in Vennesla municipality in Agder county, Norway. The villa ...

Laudal Laudal is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Mandalselva river, about south of the village of Bjelland and about north of the village of Øyslebø. The village of Lau ...

Øyslebø Øyslebø is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Mandalen valley along the Mandalselva river, about north of the town of Mandal. The Sørlandet Line passes the village to the north, stoppin ...

, Bykjernen, Skjebstad, Sånum-Lundevik, Skogsfjord-Hesland,

Krossen Krossen is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Mandalen valley, on the western shore of the river Mandalselva, about north of the town of Mandal and about south of the village of Øysleb� ...

, Harkmark, Skinsnes-

Ime Ime is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the east side of the river Mandalselva, along the European route E39 highway. Ime is an eastern suburb of the town of Mandal. Ime might be considered ...

, and Tregde- Skjernøy. The municipality is the 126th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lindesnes is the 55th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 23,147. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.3% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

Lindesnes left Millenium-FjellIhallen in the Rocks 2004 and Lighthouse museum shop right Norway Foto 2010 Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 1171

The municipality of Lindesnes was created as a new municipality on 1 January 1964 after the merger of the older municipalities of Spangereid (population: 899),

Sør-Audnedal Sør-Audnedal (former name: Søndre Undal or Sør-Undal) is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1845 until its dissolution in 1964. ...

(population: 2,323), and

(population: 589). On 1 January 2020, the neighboring municipalities of

and

Marnardal Marnardal is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. It existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged into Lindesnes Municipality in what is now Agder county. It was located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The ...

were merged into Lindesnes, creating a much larger municipality of Lindesnes. At the same time, the

of the new, larger municipality was moved to the town of

Name

The oldest Old Norse form of the name was . That name is derived from the verb which means "lead/go to an end" and the meaning is probably just "the end". A later form was where the word ''nes'' which means "

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" was added (a word that is related to the English forms ''ness'' and ''naze''). The traditional English language version of the name is just the

Naze The Naze is a headland on the east coast of England. It is on the coast of Essex just north of Blackwater and projects into the North Sea. This area is south of the double estuary of the River Stour and River Orwell at Harwich and just nor ...

, derived from ''ness'' meaning headland.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 25 April 1986. The official blazon is "

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a lighthouse issuant argent" ( no, I blått et oppvoksende sølv fyrtårn). This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is the top of a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

. The lighthouse has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The lighthouse represents the local Lindesnes Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in Norway. It was built in 1655 on the Lindesnes peninsula. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard who based it after a design by Rolf Dybvig. On 1 January 2020, the municipality was enlarged and on that date, the coat of arms was updated to a slightly different design and the addition of a mural crown above the

escutcheon Escutcheon may refer to: * Escutcheon (heraldry), a shield or shield-shaped emblem, displaying a coat of arms * Escutcheon (furniture), a metal plate that surrounds a keyhole or lock cylinder on a door * (in medicine) the distribution of pubic ha ...

to represent the fact that the municipality now includes the town of

. The color was also changed to a more teal blue. Lindesnes komm (2020).svg, Arms in use since 1 January 2020 Lindesnes komm.svg, Arms in use from 24 April 1986 until 31 December 2019

Churches

The

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

has eight parishes () within the municipality of Lindesnes. It is part of the

Lister og Mandal prosti This list of churches in Agder og Telemark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Agder and Vestfold og Telemark counties in southern Norway. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the cit ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Agder og Telemark The Diocese of Agder og Telemark ( no, Agder og Telemark bispedømme) is a diocese of the Church of Norway, covering all of Agder county and most of Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. The cathedral city is Kristiansand, Norway's fifth larges ...

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Lindesnes, are responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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, senior citizen services, unemployment and other

social services Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged. They may be provided by individuals, private and independent organisations, or administe ...

, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. The municipality is governed by a municipal council of elected representatives, which in turn elect a mayor. The municipality falls under the

Agder District Court Agder District Court ( no, Agder tingrett) is a district court located in Agder county, Norway. This court is based at three different courthouses which are located in Farsund, Kristiansand, and Arendal. The court serves most of Agder county and ...

and the Agder Court of Appeal.

Municipal council

The municipal council () of Lindesnes is made up of 21 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political party.

Geography

Lindesnes is a coastal municipality, with a long stretch of coastline to the south. It borders

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, Hæ� ...

municipality to the west, Evje og Hornnes to the north, and Kristiansand and Vennesla to the east. The Lindesnes Lighthouse stands on the southernmost point of the mainland of Norway, nearly southwest of

Knivskjellodden Knivskjellodden or Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. It is sometimes considered the northernmost point o ...

, the northernmost point of mainland Norway. The southern coast of Lindesnes is rugged and includes several fjords such as the Snigsfjorden and Grønsfjorden as well as many islands such as

Svinør Svinør is an island in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island lies immediately south of the mainland by the village of Åvik. The island essentially forms the southern part of the Åvik village harbour. The island sits ab ...

. The interior of the municipality follows the Audnadalen valley through which the river Audna flows south into the Snigsfjorden.

Climate

Lindesnes has a temperate

oceanic climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...

( Cfb). The weather station has been recording since January 1863, and is situated near the Lindesnes lighthouse on a peninsula protruding into the sea. It is the southernmost mainland point in Norway. The all-time high temperature is recorded August 1975; the all-time low is recorded in January 1987. The five months May - September have not seen any overnight freeze, with coldest low in May 1981 (data since 1954).

Notable residents

Public service & public thinking

Peder Claussøn Friis Peder Claussøn Friis (1 April 1545 – 15 October 1614) was a Norwegian clergyman, author and historian. He is most associated with his translation of ''Snorre Sturlessøns Norske Kongers Chronica''. Peder Claussen Friis grew up in Audnedal i ...

(1545-1614), a Norwegian clergyman and author * Søren Jaabæk (1814 in Holum – 1894) a politician and farmer; longest-serving member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1891 * Geirulf Bugge (1862 in Mandal – 1940) a Norwegian judge & Supreme Court Justice * Ivar An Christensen (1868 in Mandal – 1934) a ship owner, with a fleet of eleven steam ships * Elise Sem (1870–1950) a barrister, women's activist and sports official; grew up in Manadal *

Ellen Gleditsch Ellen Gleditsch (29 December 1879 – 5 June 1968) was a Norwegian radiochemist and Norway's second female professor. Starting her career as an assistant to Marie Curie, she became a pioneer in radiochemistry, establishing the half-life of radiu ...

(1879 in Mandal – 1968) a radiochemist and Norway's second female professor *

Karen Platou Karen Platou (9 July 1879 – 10 June 1950) was a Norwegian businesswoman and a politician for the Conservative Party. Platou was the country's first woman to be elected Member of Parliament. She was born in Mandal, Vest-Agder, the daughter o ...

(1879 in Mandal – 1950) politician, the first woman elected Member of Parliament *

Arne Askildsen Arne Askildsen (25 August 1898 – 12 July 1982) was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Christian Democratic Party (Norway), Christian Democratic Party. He was born in Kristiansand as a son of Albert Askildsen (1860–1947) and Oline Gunh ...

(1898–1982) politician and bailiff of Mandal and Halse og Harkmark 1928–1968, except in WWII *

Asbjørn Aavik Asbjørn Aavik (November 30, 1902 – November 20, 1997) was a Norwegian Lutheran missionary to China. He was also the author of approximately forty books. Early years Aavik was born in Aavig (now Åvik) in Lindesnes, Norway. From 1921 to 1 ...

(1902 in Åvik - 1997) a Norwegian Lutheran missionary to China and writer *

Leif Edwardsen Leif Edward Edwardsen (20 December 1922 – 13 August 2002) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Mandal, Norway, Mandal, and examen artium, finished his secondary education in 1942. During the Second World War he studied before the university ...

(1922 in Mandal - 2002), Norwegian diplomat *

Knut Aukland Knut Aukland (28 March 1929 – 24 January 2014) was a Norwegian physiologist. He made significant contributions to renal physiology, particularly in fields of renal blood flow measurement and regulation and transcapillary fluid balance, throu ...

(1929 in Vigmostad – 2014) a Norwegian physiologist * Ole-Johan Dahl (1931 in Mandal – 2002) Norway's foremost computer scientist *

Ludvig Hope Faye Ludvig Hope Faye (4 March 1931 – 1 June 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1977–1981. He was the mayor of Mandal ...

(1931–2017) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Mandal 1972–1975. *

Ansgar Gabrielsen Ansgar Gabrielsen (born 21 May 1955 in Mandal) is a Norwegian consultant and former politician for the Conservative Party. Early life and local politics He was born in Mandal as a son of Terje Gabrielsen and Astrid Olsen. He is an insurance age ...

(born 1955 in Mandal) a Norwegian consultant and former politician *

Janne Haaland Matláry Dames of Malta, Dame Janne Haaland Matláry (born 27 April 1957) is a Norwegian political scientist, writer, and politician, who formerly represented the Kristelig Folkeparti, Christian Democratic Party. Since 2012 she has been a member of the Con ...

(born 1957) a political scientist, writer, politician and academic

The Arts

* Adolph Tidemand (1814 in Mandal – 1876) a romantic nationalism painter *

Olaf Isaachsen Olaf Wilhelm Isaachsen (May 16, 1835 – September 22, 1893) was a Norwegian landscape and genre painter. Biography He was born in Mandal in Vest-Agder county Norway. Isaachsen belonged to a branch of an affluent and educated merchant family fr ...

(1835 in Madal – 1893) a landscape and genre painter * Amaldus Nielsen (1838 in Halse – 1932) "''Norway's first naturalist painter''" *

Gustav Vigeland Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his product ...

(1869 in Halse og Harkmark - 1943) a Norwegian sculptor, associated with the Vigeland Sculptures in

Frogner Park Frogner Park ( no, Frognerparken) is a public park located in the West End borough of Frogner in Oslo, Norway. The park is historically part of Frogner Manor, and the manor house is located in the south of the park, and houses Oslo Museum. Both ...

, Oslo and designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal *

Emanuel Vigeland Emanuel Vigeland (2 December 1875 – 22 December 1948) was a multitalented Norwegian artist. He is known for a variety of decorations of Scandinavian churches and for ''Tomba Emmanuelle'', his mausoleum at Slemdal in Oslo. His elder brother ...

(1875 in Halse og Harkmark - 1948) a multi-talented Norwegian artist *

Kjell Askildsen Kjell Askildsen (30 September 1929 – 23 September 2021) was a Norwegian writer probably best known for his minimalistic short stories. Personal life Askildsen was born in Mandal as a son of bailiff and politician Arne Askildsen (1898–1982) ...

(born 1929 in Mandal) a writer of minimalistic short stories *

Tobias Santelmann Tobias Santelmann (born August 8, 1980) is a German-born Norwegian actor. He is best known for starring in the Academy Award-nominated film ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012). He has also had supporting roles in the films ''Hercules'' (2014) and ''Point Break' ...

(born 1980) a German-born Norwegian actor, grew up in Lindesnes *

Helene Bøksle Helene Margrete Bøksle (born April 1, 1981, Mandal, Norway) is a Norwegian singer and actress. Career Bøksle performs a mixture of traditional Norwegian folk music and popular music. Bøksle has performed with singers such as Bjørn Eidsvå ...

(born 1981 in Mandal) a Norwegian singer and actress IMDb Database
retrieved 19 November 2020

Sport

Per Arne Nilsen Per Arne Nilsen (born 30 March 1961) is a Norwegian sailor. He was born in Mandal, Norway. He participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he placed 21st in the dinghy class. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul ( ...

(born 1961 in Mandal) a sailor, participated at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Bjarne Røyland Bjarne Røyland (born 26 January 1971) is a Norwegian bobsledder, born in Mandal. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he placed 20th in men's two, together with Arnfinn Kristiansen Arnfinn Kristiansen (born 10 De ...

(born 1971 in Mandal) a bobsledder, competed at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
from

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