Fjotland

Fjotland
Village
View of the village church
View of the village church
Interactive map of Fjotland
Coordinates: 58°31′35″N 6°59′31″E / 58.52642°N 6.99208°E / 58.52642; 6.99208
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAgder
DistrictLister
MunicipalityKvinesdal Municipality
Elevation
331 m (1,086 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4480 Kvinesdal

Fjotland is a village in Kvinesdal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the Kvinesdalen valley on the northeast side of the lake Fjotlandsvatnet. The village of Fjotland is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of the village of Haughom in Sirdal Municipality and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the village of Liknes. Fjotland Church is located in the village.

History

The village of Fjotland was the administrative centre of the old Fjotland Municipality which existed prior to 1963.

Name

The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (Old Norse: Fjósaland). The first element in the name comes from the word fjøs which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word land which means "land".

References

  1. ↑ "Fjotland, Kvinesdal". yr.no. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 276.