Vanse is a village in

Farsund 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 Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway, b ...

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 about west of the town of

and about east of the village of Vestbygd. The

Farsund Airport, Lista Farsund Airport, Lista ( no, Farsund lufthavn, Lista, ) is an airport situated on the Lista peninsula in the municipality of Farsund in Agder county, Norway. The village of Vestbygd lies on the southwest side of the airport and the small village ...

is located just west of Vanse. The village 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

Lista Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipa ...

from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as ''Vanse'' from 1838 until 1911. The village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a

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of .

Vanse Church Vanse Church ( no, Vanse kirke; historic: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Farsund Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vanse. It is the main church for the Lista parish which is part of the Lister o ...

is a

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stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a

memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...

of fatalities during the

Gunboat War The Gunboat War (, ; 1807–1814) was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and the British during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the materially superior Royal Nav ...

(1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small

cannon A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...

s and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on

Constitution Day Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitut ...

, May 17.

American connections

Kjell Elvis also has his own star in Selvaagpark modelled on the famous

Hollywood Walk of Fame The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a historic landmark which consists of more than 2,700 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, Californ ...

Media gallery

Vanse trunken IMG 0825.JPG, The hall of 8th Avenue Diner, Vanse Trunken Store Vanse.JPG, Trunken, a store in Brooklyn Square, Vanse Vanse Brooklyn Square Sign.JPG, Sign at Brooklyn Square, Vanse Vanse kirke.JPG,

Vanse monument fra kanonbåtkrigen (1807-1814).JPG, The Gunboat War Memorial Gunboat War Monument, Vanse detail.JPG, A gun (detail) at the Gunboat War Memorial

Notable residents

* Kjell Elvis was raised in Vanse *

Karl Sanne Karl Sanne (26 January 1869 – 29 June 1945) was a Norwegian farmer and politician of the Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing tho ...

, politician

References

External links

American Festival, website
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