Kristiansand kommune

County	Vest-Agder
District	Sørlandet
Municipality	NO-1001
Administrative centre	Kristiansand
Mayor (2004)	Per Sigurd Sørensen(H)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	Ranked 287 277 km² 259 km² 0.09 %
Population  - Total (2007)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 5 77,840 1.64 % 10.9 % 291/km²
Coordinates	58°10′N 8°0′E / 58.167, 8Coordinates: 58°10′N 8°0′E / 58.167, 8
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Kristiansand

Kristiansand (help· info) (earlier Christianssand) is a city and municipality, and the capital of the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. Image File history File links Kristiansand_(Norway). ... Image File history File links Kristiansand_(Norway). ... Image File history File links Kristiansand. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 431 municipalities/communes (kommuner). ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, Nynorsk: singular and plural fylke; until 1918 known as singular and plural- amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner - Nynorsk: kommunar). ... County NO-10 Region Sørlandet Administrative centre Kristiansand County mayor Thore Westermoen Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 15 7,276 km² 2. ...

The city of Kristiansand was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities of Oddernes, Randesund and Tveit were merged with Kristiansand January 1, 1965. Formannsskapsdistrikt was the name for a Norwegian local self-government district. ... Oddernes is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. ... Randesund is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. ... Tveit was municipality of Norway from 1837 until 1964, but is now a part of Kristiansand and host to the citys airport Kjevik. ...

Kristiansand was founded by King Christian IV in 1641. It was created as a market town to encourage growth in this area of strategic significance, providing a local economic base for construction of fortifications and population for defense of the area. The centre of Kristiansand is called Kvadraturen due to its square gridline of streets. An image of Christian IV. Christian IV (1577–1648), king of Denmark and Norway, the son of Frederick II, king of Denmark and Norway, and Sophia of Mecklenburg, was born at Frederiksborg castle in 1577, and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father (April 4, 1588... Events The Long Parliament passes a series of legislation designed to contain Charles Is absolutist tendencies. ... The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ...

The zoological garden, Kristiansand Dyrepark (Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park) just east of the city, has a wide selection of animals in, for the most part, natural habitats. This includes animals such as wolves, tigers and the lynx. Due to the allocation of areas the combination of zoo and recreational park turns out surprisingly well. The Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park (Kristiansand Dyrepark) is a Zoological garden and amusement park situated 11 km east of Kristiansand, Norway. ... Wolf Wolf Man Mount Wolf Wolf Prizes Wolf Spider Wolf 424 Wolf 359 Wolf Point Wolf-herring Frank Wolf Friedrich Wolf Friedrich August Wolf Hugo Wolf Johannes Wolf Julius Wolf Max Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf Maximilian Wolf Rudolf Wolf Thomas Wolf As Name Wolf Breidenbach Wolf Hirshorn Other The call... For other uses, see Tiger (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Lynx (disambiguation). ...

Each year in July, Kristiansand is the site of the Quart Festival, a multi-day music festival - the largest of its kind in Norway.^[1] The Quart Festival is a yearly rock/pop/rap festival that takes place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. ... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...

Kristiansand is also home to Agder Theatre. Agder Theatre gained status as a regional theatre in January 1995, and is therefore Norways youngest regional theatre. ...

Kristiansand is connected to continental Europe by air and sea. The local airport, Kjevik, is located 12 km (7 miles) east of the city and has routes to European and Norwegian cities. From the town centre, the ferry harbour has routes to Hirtshals (Denmark) and Hanstholm (Denmark). There are also buses and trains that connect Kristiansand to other Norwegian cities. Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is situated northeast of the city. ... Hirtshals Hirtshals is a municipality in northern Denmark, in the county of North Jutland on the top of peninsula of Jutland (→ Vendsyssel). ... Hanstholm is the name used for a small elevated area in Hanstholm municipality of Viborg County, located in the northern part of Denmark. ...

Kristiansand has major shipbuilding and repair facilities that support Norway's North Sea oil industry. Near Kristiansand there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Cross-Skagerak. A static inverter station is the terminal equipment for a high voltage direct current transmission line, in which direct current is converted to three-phase alternating current, and, usually, the reverse. ... HVDC or high-voltage, direct current electric power transmission systems contrast with the more common alternating-current systems as a means for the bulk transmission of electrical power. ... Cross-Skagerak is the name of an HVDC transmission facility between Tjele (Denmark) and Kristiansand (Norway). ...

The river Otra runs through Kristiansand.

Kristiansand and Sørlandet usually have a lot of summer sunshine compared to most of Norway. There may be heavy snowfall in winter with south-southeasterly winds (snow record at Kjevik is 170 cm), but the snow rarely stays long at the coast; see climate. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1128 KB) Summary Otra running through Kristiansand. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 1128 KB) Summary Otra running through Kristiansand. ... The Otra river is the largest river in the Sørlandet region of Norway. ...

Note: Even though the names are different, Kristiansand is often noted as Kristiansand S (S for South) to distinguish it from Kristiansund, also in Norway, in such cases noted as Kristiansund N. The practice originated before postal codes were introduced, as mail sometimes was sent to the wrong city. Occasional mix-ups with the Swedish city of Kristianstad have also been known to happen.^[2] County Møre og Romsdal District Nordmøre Municipality NO-1503 Administrative centre Kristiansund Mayor (2004) Dagfinn Ripnes (H) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 426 23 km² 22 km² 0. ... Postcodes are generally clearly visible outside Australia Post offices. ... Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...

Education

The University of Agder's largest campus is located in Kristiansand; the university itself has about 8,000 students. Formerly a university college, it was granted status as a university on September 1, 2007. Study programs include business and economics, engineering and technology, the humanities, mathematics, nursing, teacher education, as well as fine arts. Campus Gimlemoen, located in Kristiansand. ... University College can refer to several institutions: in Canada University College, University of Toronto University College of the North, The Pas, Manitoba University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, British Columbia, merged with British Columbia Open University and renamed Thompson Rivers University Kings University College (Edmonton), Alberta in England University... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Kristiansand is also home of one of the Norwegian School of Management's (Norwegian: Handelshøyskolen BI) campuses, in addition to The Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication (Norwegian: Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen), which offers degrees in journalism and communication. The Norwegian School of Management (Norwegian: Handelshøyskolen BI) is Norways largest, private business school, headquartered in Nydalen, Oslo, Norway. ...

In 2006, 27% of those above 16 years in Kristiansand had higher education, compared to the national average of 24.2%.

Famous people from Kristiansand

See also: Category:People from Kristiansand

• Bernt Balchen (1899 – 1973), Norwegian-American aviator born in Tveit
• Jens Bjørneboe (1920 – 1976), painter, dramatist, essayist and novelist born in Kristiansand.
• Valdemar Knudsen (1819 – 1898), pioneered sugar cane production in Hawaii.
• Mette-Marit (1973 –), Norwegian Crown Princess, born and raised in Kristiansand.
• Lars Nedland (1976 –), vocalist, percussionist and keyboardist in a variety of Norwegian black metal and avant-garde bands
• Andreas Thorkildsen (1982 –), olympic gold medalist, javelin.
• Henrik Wergeland (1808 – 1832), poet
• Holger Hott Johansen (1974 – ), world champion in Orienteering
• Davy Jones (1982 - ), founder and lead singer of the rock band Davey Jones' Locker

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1. ^ Official Quart Festival site (English)
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/765629.stm