Rysstad is a village in

Valle Valle may refer to: * Valle (surname) Geography *"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina *University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colombia ...

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,

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 along the river

Otra The Otra is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. It begins in Setesdalsheiene mountains at the lake Breidvatnet in Bykle municipality in Agder county, just south of the border with Vinje municipality in Vestfold og Telemark count ...

in the

Setesdal Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley of ...

valley. The

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 ( no, Riksvei 9, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' ( no, Setesdalsveien) and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, throu ...

runs through the village. The village of

Besteland Besteland is a village in Valle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the river Otra in the Setesdal valley, about south of the village of Rysstad. The Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 ( no, ...

lies about to the south and the villages of

Brokke Brokke is a village in Valle municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Setesdal valley, about west of the river Otra. The village of Hovet lies about to the east of Brokke, the village of Rysstad Rysstad is a village ...

and

Hovet Hovet (formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion or, in English: Johanneshov Stadium) is an arena located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm (Stockholm Globe City) which is mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was op ...

lie about to the north. Rysstad 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

Hylestad Hylestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The former municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Valle in the traditional r ...

which existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962.

Hylestad Church Hylestad Church ( no, Hylestad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Valle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rysstad. It is one of the churches for the Valle og Hylestad parish which is part of ...

is located in Rysstad. So is a graveyard,

Hylestad kyrkjegard Hylestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The former municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the southern part of the present-day municipality of Valle in the traditional ...

.Hallvard T. Bjørgum. "Fiskealbert, del 2". 28 October 2020.

Klassekampen ''Klassekampen'' ( en, The Class Struggle) is a Norwegian daily newspaper. It describes itself as "the newspaper of the Left." The paper's net circulation is 34,000 (2021), and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays). ...

. P. 32. "Albert bygde hus og fekk si grav på Hylestad kyrkjegard på Rysstad ..Bjørgum, statsstipendiat"

References

Villages in Agder Valle, Norway {{Agder-geo-stub