Tveit

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Tveit

Total population

1,613

Elevation33 m

Land area1.14 km²

WeatherAvg high 52.3°F

Coordinates58.23°, 8.12°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The Tveit district is located in the northeastern part of Kristiansand, northeast of the Topdalsfjorden along the lower part of the Tovdalselva river. Tveit is the site of the main airport for Southern Norway: Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. The district was the separate Tveit Municipality from 1838 until it was merged into Kristiansand Municipality in 1965.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

O

Osmund Andersen Lømsland

Norwegian politician

S

Syvert Messel

Norwegian politician (1897-1978)

Erling Drangsholt

Norwegian actor (1885-1950)

Wladimir Moe

Norwegian journalist (1856-1927)

Gunstein Anderson

Norwegian politician

E

Erling Sagedal

Norwegian psychiatrist

J

John Midgaard

Norwegian principal and politician (1891-1971)

H

Hampus Huldt-Nystrøm

featured in the Norwegian Who's Who 1973

A

Alv Lea

J

Joacim Holtan

Norwegian association football player

J

Johannes Johannessen (1904-1990)

Norwegian gardener

J

Josephine Caroline Kielland

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

Nearby places in Agder

• Marnardal
  22 mi away
• Bžany
  576 mi away · pop. 167
• Mrzlice
  579.9 mi away · pop. 52
• Paillote
  1511 mi away
• Haouch Gaby
  1514.2 mi away
• Haouch Ben Said
  1514.7 mi away
• Douar Nessasseha دوار نساسحة
  1515.5 mi away
• Cherchell
  1518.1 mi away · pop. 48,056
• Sidi Rached
  1518.5 mi away · pop. 11,062
• Beni Othmane
  1519.5 mi away
• Sidi Ghiles
  1520.3 mi away · pop. 15,281
• Haouch Ben Kouider
  1520.5 mi away

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.

Books about Tveit

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Lion's Mane Jelly

Cyanea capillata

Seen 2026-09-03

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Seen 2026-09-03

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

Seen 2026-09-03

Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus

Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus

Seen 2026-08-30

Great Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

Seen 2026-08-28

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-08-27

fireweed

Chamaenerion angustifolium

Seen 2026-08-27

Common Cow-wheat

Melampyrum pratense

Seen 2026-08-23

creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

Seen 2026-08-16

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

Official Identifiers