Dypvåg is a village in

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municipality in

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county,

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. The village is located along the

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coast and the

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, about east of the town of Tvedestrand and the village of Kråkvåg lies immediately west of Dypvåg. The village was the

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of the old municipality of

Dypvåg Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand is List of municipalities of Nor ...

which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. The historic Dypvåg Church is located in the village.

Name

The village is named after the old ''Dybvaag'' farm (

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: ''Djúpvágr'' or ''Djúpivágr''), since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from ''dype'' which means "deep" and the last element is ''våg'' which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling was changed from Dybvaag to Dypvåg around the early 20th century.

Notable residents

* Jens Marcussen (1926–2007), a politician * Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. (1894–1980), a theologian * Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833–1926), a

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References

Villages in Agder Tvedestrand {{Agder-geo-stub