Tvedestrand

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Tvedestrand

Total population

2,891

Coordinates58.62°, 8.93°

Demographic figures from Statistics Norway (SSB). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødderstad, Grønland, Kilen, Klåholmen, Krokvåg, Laget, Lyngør, Nesgrenda, Østerå, Sagesund, Sandvika, and Songe.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Knud Knudsen

Norwegian linguist and philologist (1812-1895)

Jørgen Aall

Norwegian politician (1806-1894)

Peder Olivarius Bugge

bishop (1764-1849)

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Helga Gitmark

Norwegian politician (1929-2008)

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Thor Reiersen Lilleholt

Norwegian politician

A

Arne Torp

Norwegian academic

John Ditlev-Simonsen

Norwegian playwright and athlete

E

Elise Wærenskjold

Norwegian-American writer, activist and early Texas pioneer

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Harald K. Schjelderup

Norwegian academic (1895-1974)

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Harald Selås

Norwegian politician (1908–1986)

Vilhelm Lundvik

Swedish official, politician and businessman (1883–1969)

J

Jens Marcussen

Norwegian politician (1926-2007)

Peter Olrog Schjøtt

Norwegian classical philologist and politician

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Rolv Werner Erichsen

editor of the Morgenbladet newspaper (1899–1988)

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Tor Gjesdal

Norwegian journalist and civil servant

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Aage Ditlev-Simonsen

Norwegian businessperson

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Agder

• Marnardal
  58.6 mi away
• Bžany
  588.9 mi away · pop. 167
• Mrzlice
  593.1 mi away · pop. 52
• Paillote
  1543.9 mi away
• Haouch Gaby
  1547 mi away
• Haouch Ben Said
  1547.6 mi away
• Douar Nessasseha دوار نساسحة
  1548.3 mi away
• Cherchell
  1551.3 mi away · pop. 48,056
• Sidi Rached
  1551.5 mi away · pop. 11,062
• Beni Othmane
  1552.7 mi away
• Haouch Ben Kouider
  1553.4 mi away
• Sidi Ghiles
  1553.6 mi away · pop. 15,281

Browse all places in Agder →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-20

common polypody

Polypodium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-20

deer fern

Struthiopteris spicant

Seen 2026-09-20

Twenty-plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla

Seen 2026-09-16

European Common Frog

Rana temporaria

Seen 2026-09-09

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-08

False Chanterelle

Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

Seen 2026-09-08

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Seen 2026-09-08

purpletop vervain

Verbena bonariensis

Seen 2026-09-04

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers