Kongshavn or Kongshamn is a village in the municipality of
Arendal
Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
in
Agder county,
Norway. Its population (2009) was 862.
Kongshavn is located on the north side of the island of
Tromøya, across the Tromøysundet
strait
A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...
from the village of
Eydehavn. It is about east of the
town of Arendal and it is directly west of the village of
Åmdalsøyra
Åmdalsøyra or Omdalsøyra is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway, along the Tromøysundet strait on the northern shore of the island of Tromøy (island), Tromøy. The village of Kongshavn lies just to the southwest of Åmda ...
.
Name
It is said that Kongshamn was a safe haven for the king's ships during the
Viking Age. Kongshavn is a
Norwegian language word meaning "King's Landing" or "King's Port".
References
Villages in Agder
Arendal
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