Finsland or Finnsland is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Nodeland and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the village of Bjelland. The village is very small and it is located in a very rural area, but it is the site of Finsland Church, the main church for the northern half of Songdalen municipality. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Finsland which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964.[2]
Finsland
Finnsland | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church (c. 1900) | |
  Finsland Location of the village  Finsland Finsland (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 58°19′06″N 07°35′33″E / 58.31833°N 7.59250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Agder |
| Municipality | Kristiansand |
| Elevation | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 4646 Finsland |
Name
editThe municipality (originally the parish) was named Finsland. The name comes from the old "Finsland" farm which is situated by the river Finnsåna, which flows into the Mandalselva. There are also farms nearby called Finsdal and Finsådal. The first element is the word finne means "wilderness" or "remote". The second element land is the same as the word for "land".[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Finsland, Songdalen (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Finsland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 118.
External links
edit- Weather information for Finsland (in Norwegian)