Tvedestrand

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	Tvedestrand
Basic data
Commune number :	4213
Province  (county) :	Agder
Administrative headquarters:	Tvedestrand
Coordinates :	58 ° 37 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 37 ′  N , 8 ° 56 ′  E
Surface:	215.05 km²
Residents:	6,053  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density :	28 inhabitants per km²
Language form :	Bokmål
Website:	www.tvedestrand.kommune.no
politics
Mayor :	Marianne Landaas  ( H ) (2019)
Location in the province of Agder

Tvedestrand ^{? / i} is amunicipalityand city on theNorwegiansouth coast. The place with 6053 inhabitants (February 27, 2020) is about 240 kilometers fromOsloand has hadcity ​​rightssince 1997.

“ Sørlandet's smiling dimple” is what the residents call their town, which is characterized by tourism. In addition to the 2500 residential units inhabited all year round, there are also 1900 holiday homes and holiday apartments.

Tvedestrand is a book village that houses 20 second-hand bookshops. More than 300,000 books are offered on more than 7.5 kilometers of bookshelf length.

The municipality of Tvedestrand also includes the village of Lyngør , located on several small islands off the coast, separated from the mainland by the Lyngørfjord and only accessible by boat .

Personalities

• Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1858–1932), geologist, mineralogist and petrologist
• Jens Holmboe (1880–1943), botanist
• Modolv Hareide (1909–1983), lawyer and civil servant in the Foreign Service
• Helga Gitmark (1929–2008), politician

Web links

• Information on Tvedestrand

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning

Wooden church in Tvedestrand

Cityscape