Lyngør is a village area on a group of small islands in the

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Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...

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, off the southeast coast of

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. The village is about northeast of

and approximately southwest of the town of Risør.Lyngør, an island paradise
www.visitnorway.com The village is located on several islands located very close together and separated by small

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s that are less than wide. The village is located on the islands of Holmen, Odden, Lyngøya and Steinsøya. The

Lyngør Lighthouse Lyngør Lighthouse ( no, Lyngør fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located on the island of Kjeholmen in the Lyngør area in the municipality of Tvedestrand in Agder county, Norway. The lighthouse was established in 1879, and was listed as a protected ...

lies at the northeast edge of the village area.

History

Previously, the village was a popular home for

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since it is only accessible by boat and it has no cars. The village is well-known for its scenic harbour and wooden houses. It is recognized as one of the best-preserved communities in

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. Most of the buildings are now summer homes, but there are still about 75 permanent, year-round residents (in 2017). A popular destination in the summer months, it has more recently struggled to maintain a stable permanent population since it has no road connections to the mainland. The community has a sail-making factory, a few restaurants that are open during the tourist season, and a general store. The

that goes through Lyngør is also well known for the dramatic

Battle of Lyngør The Battle of Lyngør was a naval action fought between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway. The battle ended in a Dano-Norwegian defeat, and marked the end of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway's involvement ...

during the

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, in which the British

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effectively put an end to the last of

Dano-Norwegian Dano-Norwegian (Danish and no, dansk-norsk) was a koiné/mixed language that evolved among the urban elite in Norwegian cities during the later years of the union between the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway (1536/1537–1814). It is from this ...

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. The wreck of the Danish frigate ''Najaden'' was discovered in the strait in 1957.

Media gallery

Lyngørsundet 5-30AM - panoramio.jpg Lyngør 1984.jpeg Lyngør august 2017 (2).jpg Lyngør august 2017 (3).jpg Lyngør august 2017 (4).jpg Lyngør juni 13.JPG Lyngør Solrik 2 krg.JPG Battle of Lyngør.jpg, Battle of Lyngør (painting)

Climate

References

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