Arendal

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Arendal
Arendal (Norway)
Arendal
Arendal
Basic data
Commune number : 4203
Province  (county) : Agder
Coordinates : 58 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 47'  E
Height : 1 moh.
Surface: 270.21 km²
Residents: 44,999  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 167 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Website:
politics
Mayor : Robert Nordli  ( Ap ) (2019)
Location in the province of Agder
Location of the municipality in the province of Agder

Audio file / audio sample Arendal ? / i is a city andmunicipalityin theNorwegian Fylke Agder,around 256 km southwest ofOsloon theNorth Seacoast. Until theregionalreform in 2019, Arendal was the capital of FylkeAust-Agder.

The municipality of Arendal borders on Grimstad in the southwest, Froland in the northwest and Tvedestrand in the northeast. The city is connected to the offshore island of Tromøy in the east via the 400 m long Tromøybrua suspension bridge.

history

Arendal got a tariff privilege in 1523. The sailing traffic was at times so high that you could walk dry feet on the ships from the town hall to the island of Hisøy . The main export goods were wood and iron ore . In 1875 the approximately 4,000 inhabitants of Arendal owned around 350 sailing cargo ships with a total crew of around 4,000 men. Agder owned about two percent of the world's shipping tonnage in the late 1870s . With the triumphal march of steamships , Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim gained greater importance within the Norwegian merchant fleet and the proportion of ships held in Arendal decreased significantly by 1925. Nowadays, on average, one ship calls at port a day. In 2000, 342,000 tons were handled.

In 1796 Arendal got its own theater. In 1832 the first newspaper, " Den Vestlandske Tidende ", was founded. Also in 1832 Arendal got its own library and museum with the name " Arendals Skoles public library og museum ". After Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen , Arendal became the fourth city in Norway to have a public museum. From this the Aust-Agder-Museum , the Aust-Agder-Archiv and the Arendal Library , today Aust-Agder Kulturhistoriske senter, were called later .

In 2002 Arendal was affiliated with the global virtual UN university and offers Masters courses.

  • Arendal

  • panorama

  • Marketplace

  • map

  • Arendal Harbor

  • City with a church

Sights of the Arendal region

  • Merdø Island with picturesque wooden houses and the Merdøgaard Skjærgårdsmuseum
  • Arendal Pollen Harbor
  • Torungen Lighthouses of Arendal, which can be reached by boat and offer overnight accommodation
  • Lyngør, Tvedestrand, “The town in the sea”, which is located on four islands and has 100 inhabitants

Twin cities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Arendal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ Camilla Brautaset and Stig Tenold, "Globalization and Norwegian shipping policy, 1850-2000", Business History, Vol 50 (2008), pp 565-582, here:.. 567