Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik
Encyclopedia
Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is situated 4.3 NM northeast of the city Kristiansand
, Vest-Agder
in southern Norway
, located 16 km (9.9 mi) from the city centre. The airport serves the Agder
district with domestic and international flights. In 2008 the airport had 915,092 passengers. The airport is operated by Avinor
. Travellers should make sure they avoid mixup with the Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
located in the middle part of Norway.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force
has a training centre at the airport.
to Amsterdam
.
on 9 April 1940 the airport had a small group of soldiers attached to it. After some light attacks from passing German planes and rumors of advancing German forces, the Norwegian forces retreated after trying to block the runway with barbed wire. That was not very successful and at 16:30 in the afternoon a German Junkers Ju 52
that had participated in the attack on the airport at Sola managed to land. The runway was expanded to 1500 meters. The airport was quickly reinforced and already on 12 April it had 30 Messerschmitt Bf 109E
stationed there. The SS leader Reinhard Heydrich
who also was a Luftwaffe
pilot was one also using the airport. During the rest of the war the airport played an important part in the German defence of occupied Norway. In June 1945 the airport was used by Royal Air Force
and Royal Norwegian Air Force
troops in the 132 N Wing.
got a monopoly on flying to the airport in 1955 from Oslo, to begin with using De Havilland Heron
aircraft. The next year, in 1956 the airline also started flying to Stavanger
and Bergen. Later the airline stated using Fokker F-27, Fokker F-28, Boeing 737
and Fokker 50 aircraft. Scandinavian Airlines did not return with domestic flights until 1998 when the new airport at Gardermoen
open and allowed the airline to start flying to Oslo, from 2008 in competition with Norwegian Air Shuttle
.
In 1964 the runway was expanded to its present length; the land was acquired by the municipality while the actual construction costs were financed by the government. A few years later a new terminal was built.
. After World War II
Braathens SAFE started flying to the Danish capital, but it only lasted two years. In 1953 DNLs successor Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) started operating a route to their hub a Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup
, with a stop in Aalborg
. In 1970 Kristiansand got a direct route from Copenhagen. In 1973 the airline started operating Douglas DC-9 jet aircraft on the route, though had problems filling them up and switched to Fokker F27
s, then later Fokker 50s operated by SAS Commuter
Eurolink.
When SAS Commuter closed down its Copenhagen route in 1994, Maersk Air
saw its chance and started flying to Copenhagen itself, using Fokker F50 aircraft with three daily departures. Later the airline switched to Boeing 737
and Canadair Regional Jets
. Maersk Air also had a route to the earlier hub
of Maersk Air, Billund
(Denmark), for a short period (1.nov 2003-31.oct 2004). For a period the airline operated the aircraft onwards to London-Gatwick
, thus giving a direct route to London from Kristiansand. But now the route has been taken over by SAS again, operated with Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
KLM started its route from Amsterdam
to Oslo via Kristiansand right after the war. The route was operated until 1971, when it changed to Oslo-Gothenburg-Amsterdam. The airline used among others Convair 440 Metropolitan, Vickers Viscount
and Lockheed L-188 Electra
aircraft. In 1968 the airline was the first to operate scheduled jet aircraft, Douglas DC-9s, to the airport. In 1999 the airline tried again, with three daily KLM Cityhopper
Fokker 50 direct flights to Amsterdam, but closed down after a year. But a few years later the airline started the route again, this time with Fokker 70 aircraft.
Between 1963 and 1981 Dan-Air
of London operated a route between Newcastle
and Kjevik. To begin with the airline used Airspeed Ambassador
s, later switching to Hawker Siddeley HS 748
s, De Havilland Comet
s and BAC One-Eleven
s. The airline also operated a route from London-Gatwick to Kristiansand for some time.
Starting in the fall of 1991, Widerøe Norsk Air
flew on the route from its hub at Sandefjord Airport, Torp via Kjevik to London Stansted Airport
using Fokker 50 aircraft. But there was too much capacity between Norway and London at the time and the airline closed the route after about a year.
, Kristiansund
(via Bergen), Stavanger
and Oslo
, in addition to Amsterdam
, Copenhagen
, Alicante
, Gothenburg
.
The airport is in dire need of an upgrade; the original 2000 m (6,562 ft). runway has been shortened to 1840 m (6,037 ft), a new control tower (the airport currently operates video cameras to control the northern end of the runway)is needed, and a larger, two story terminal has been proposed.
However, airlines are opposing the building of jetways on Kjevik; the airport has the highest share of business flights in Norway as more than 50% of flights are for business purposes, and airlines therefore want to use passenger boarding stairs to keep the aircraft on the ground for shorter times (utilising two points of boarding, instead of one).
New route proposals include a second airline flying to Oslo (if the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway
continues to ban bonus points domestically), a route to Trondheim
(the busiest route in Norway not directly connected), and flights to Germany
.
Bus service to Kristiansand
, Lillesand
, Grimstad
, Arendal
and Tveit
is available.
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
, Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder
In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...
in southern Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, located 16 km (9.9 mi) from the city centre. The airport serves the Agder
Agder
Agder is a historical district of Norway in the southernmost region of Norway, corresponding to the two counties Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. Today, the term Sørlandet is more commonly used.-Name:...
district with domestic and international flights. In 2008 the airport had 915,092 passengers. The airport is operated by Avinor
Avinor
Avinor AS is a state owned limited company in that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor was created on 1 January 2003, by the privatization of the...
. Travellers should make sure they avoid mixup with the Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget is a small size international airport located next to the small mountain Kvernberget, east southeast or from the town center of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, opened in 1970 and caters to the county's northern district, Nordmøre. The airport...
located in the middle part of Norway.
The Royal Norwegian Air Force
Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees . 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF...
has a training centre at the airport.
History
In 1936, the city of Kristiansand decided to build an airport at Kongsgård, but later changed their minds and built it at Kjevik. The airport's construction started in 1938, and it was officially opened 1 June 1939, with a concrete runway of 1000 metres. In addition it had also a facility to land sea planes. The first plane to land officially was a DC-2 from KLM, flying from OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
.
World War II
When the Germans attacked NorwayOperation Weserübung
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign...
on 9 April 1940 the airport had a small group of soldiers attached to it. After some light attacks from passing German planes and rumors of advancing German forces, the Norwegian forces retreated after trying to block the runway with barbed wire. That was not very successful and at 16:30 in the afternoon a German Junkers Ju 52
Junkers Ju 52
The Junkers Ju 52 was a German transport aircraft manufactured from 1932 to 1945. It saw both civilian and military service during the 1930s and 1940s. In a civilian role, it flew with over 12 air carriers including Swissair and Deutsche Luft Hansa as an airliner and freight hauler...
that had participated in the attack on the airport at Sola managed to land. The runway was expanded to 1500 meters. The airport was quickly reinforced and already on 12 April it had 30 Messerschmitt Bf 109E
Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often called Me 109, was a German World War II fighter aircraft designed by Willy Messerschmitt and Robert Lusser during the early to mid 1930s...
stationed there. The SS leader Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich , also known as The Hangman, was a high-ranking German Nazi official.He was SS-Obergruppenführer and General der Polizei, chief of the Reich Main Security Office and Stellvertretender Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia...
who also was a Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
pilot was one also using the airport. During the rest of the war the airport played an important part in the German defence of occupied Norway. In June 1945 the airport was used by Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
and Royal Norwegian Air Force
Royal Norwegian Air Force
The Royal Norwegian Air Force is the air force of Norway. It was established as a separate arm of the Norwegian armed forces on 10 November 1944. The RNoAF's peace force is approximately 1,430 employees . 600 personnel also serve their draft period in the RNoAF...
troops in the 132 N Wing.
Post war
In 1945 the Air Force moved its technical school to Kjevik. The same year the municipality gave the airport to the government, and has since been operated by Avinor. After the war Det Norske Luftfartsselskap started flying to Kristiansand with Junkers 52 sea planes. Later the airline moved its operations to Kjevik. Braathens S.A.F.EBraathens
Braathens ASA, until 1997 Braathens South American & Far East Airtransport A/S and trading as Braathens SAFE, is a former Norwegian airline that operated from 1946 until it merged with Scandinavian Airlines Norway to become SAS Braathens in 2004. The airline was based in Oslo, first at Fornebu,...
got a monopoly on flying to the airport in 1955 from Oslo, to begin with using De Havilland Heron
De Havilland Heron
The de Havilland DH.114 Heron was a small, propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950. It was a development of the twin-engine de Havilland Dove, with a stretched fuselage and two more engines. It was designed as a rugged, conventional low-wing monoplane with tricycle...
aircraft. The next year, in 1956 the airline also started flying to Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
and Bergen. Later the airline stated using Fokker F-27, Fokker F-28, Boeing 737
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
and Fokker 50 aircraft. Scandinavian Airlines did not return with domestic flights until 1998 when the new airport at Gardermoen
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is the principal airport serving Oslo, Norway. It acts as the main domestic hub and international airport for Norway, and the second-busiest airport in the Nordic countries. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and a focus city for Widerøe, it is...
open and allowed the airline to start flying to Oslo, from 2008 in competition with Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA , trading as Norwegian, is the second-largest airline in Scandinavia. In 2010, it transported 13.0 million people. As of October 2011, Norwegian operates a total fleet of 62 aircraft; 17 Boeing 737-300s and 45 Boeing 737-800s...
.
In 1964 the runway was expanded to its present length; the land was acquired by the municipality while the actual construction costs were financed by the government. A few years later a new terminal was built.
International routes
Before the war Det Danske Luftfartsselskap (DDL) operated a route between Kristiansand, Aalborg and CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Braathens SAFE started flying to the Danish capital, but it only lasted two years. In 1953 DNLs successor Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) started operating a route to their hub a Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup
Copenhagen Airport
Copenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, south of Copenhagen city centre, and west of Malmö city centre on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality...
, with a stop in Aalborg
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
. In 1970 Kristiansand got a direct route from Copenhagen. In 1973 the airline started operating Douglas DC-9 jet aircraft on the route, though had problems filling them up and switched to Fokker F27
Fokker F27
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful Douglas DC-3 airliner...
s, then later Fokker 50s operated by SAS Commuter
SAS Commuter
SAS Commuter, later branded Scandinavian Commuter was a regional airline created by Scandinavian Airlines parent companies Det Norske Luftfartsselskap, Det Danske Luftfartsselskap og Aerotransport on December 1, 1988. It was merged with the new airlines Scandinavian Airlines Denmark, Scandinavian...
Eurolink.
When SAS Commuter closed down its Copenhagen route in 1994, Maersk Air
Maersk Air
Maersk Air was a Danish low-fare airline, based in Dragør, Dragør Municipality; Maersk was part of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. It operated from 1969 to 2005, when it was bought by Icelandic investment group Fons Eignarhaldsfélag and subsequently merged with their other Danish acquisition the same...
saw its chance and started flying to Copenhagen itself, using Fokker F50 aircraft with three daily departures. Later the airline switched to Boeing 737
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a short- to medium-range, twin-engine narrow-body jet airliner. Originally developed as a shorter, lower-cost twin-engine airliner derived from Boeing's 707 and 727, the 737 has developed into a family of nine passenger models with a capacity of 85 to 215 passengers...
and Canadair Regional Jets
Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet
The Bombardier CRJ is a family of regional airliners manufactured by Bombardier:* CRJ100 - 50 seats* CRJ200 - 50 seats* CRJ700 - 70 seats* CRJ705 - 75 seats* CRJ900 - 90 seats* CRJ1000 - 100 seats...
. Maersk Air also had a route to the earlier hub
Airline hub
An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. It is part of a hub and spoke model, where travelers moving between airports not served by direct flights change planes en route to their destinations...
of Maersk Air, Billund
Billund, Denmark
Billund is the second largest town in Billund Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark with a population of 6,139 .-Overview:...
(Denmark), for a short period (1.nov 2003-31.oct 2004). For a period the airline operated the aircraft onwards to London-Gatwick
London Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is located 3.1 miles north of the centre of Crawley, West Sussex, and south of Central London. Previously known as London Gatwick,In 2010, the name changed from London Gatwick Airport to Gatwick Airport...
, thus giving a direct route to London from Kristiansand. But now the route has been taken over by SAS again, operated with Bombardier Q400 aircraft.
KLM started its route from Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
to Oslo via Kristiansand right after the war. The route was operated until 1971, when it changed to Oslo-Gothenburg-Amsterdam. The airline used among others Convair 440 Metropolitan, Vickers Viscount
Vickers Viscount
The Vickers Viscount was a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs, making it the first such aircraft to enter service in the world...
and Lockheed L-188 Electra
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed Model 188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. First flying in 1957, it was the first large turboprop airliner produced in the United States. Initial sales were good, but after two fatal crashes which prompted an expensive modification program to fix a design...
aircraft. In 1968 the airline was the first to operate scheduled jet aircraft, Douglas DC-9s, to the airport. In 1999 the airline tried again, with three daily KLM Cityhopper
KLM Cityhopper
KLM Cityhopper is the regional subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines . The airline, with its head office, the Convair Building, on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Schiphol-Oost, Haarlemmermeer, operates short haul services in and around Europe...
Fokker 50 direct flights to Amsterdam, but closed down after a year. But a few years later the airline started the route again, this time with Fokker 70 aircraft.
Between 1963 and 1981 Dan-Air
Dan-Air
Dan-Air was a leading private, independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline based in the United Kingdom....
of London operated a route between Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
and Kjevik. To begin with the airline used Airspeed Ambassador
Airspeed Ambassador
The Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador was a British twin piston engined airliner that first flew on 10 July 1947 and served in small numbers through the 1950s and 1960s.-Design and development:...
s, later switching to Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Avro 748
The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed by the British firm Avro in the late 1950s as a replacement for the now-aged DC-3s then in widespread service as feederliners. Avro concentrated on performance, notably for STOL operations, and found a dedicated...
s, De Havilland Comet
De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland at the Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom headquarters, it first flew in 1949 and was a landmark in aeronautical design...
s and BAC One-Eleven
BAC One-Eleven
The British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven, also known as the BAC-111, BAC-1-11 or BAC 1-11, was a British short-range jet airliner of the 1960s and 1970s...
s. The airline also operated a route from London-Gatwick to Kristiansand for some time.
Starting in the fall of 1991, Widerøe Norsk Air
Norsk Air
Widerøe Norsk Air AS, formerly known as Vestfoldfly, Norsk Flytjeneste AS and Norsk Air AS, was a Norwegian airline based at Sandefjord Airport, Torp...
flew on the route from its hub at Sandefjord Airport, Torp via Kjevik to London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport
-Cargo:-Statistics:-Infrastructure:-Terminal and satellite buildings:Stansted is the newest passenger airport of all the main London airports. The terminal is an oblong glass building, and is separated in to three areas: Check-in concourse, arrivals and departures...
using Fokker 50 aircraft. But there was too much capacity between Norway and London at the time and the airline closed the route after about a year.
Present
Today, the airport links Kristiansand with Southern Norway and the rest of Europe, with direct flights to BergenBergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Kristiansund
Kristiansund
Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...
(via Bergen), Stavanger
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
and Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, in addition to Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Alicante
Alicante
Alicante or Alacant is a city in Spain, the capital of the province of Alicante and of the comarca of Alacantí, in the south of the Valencian Community. It is also a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city of Alicante proper was 334,418, estimated , ranking as the second-largest...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
.
The airport is in dire need of an upgrade; the original 2000 m (6,562 ft). runway has been shortened to 1840 m (6,037 ft), a new control tower (the airport currently operates video cameras to control the northern end of the runway)is needed, and a larger, two story terminal has been proposed.
However, airlines are opposing the building of jetways on Kjevik; the airport has the highest share of business flights in Norway as more than 50% of flights are for business purposes, and airlines therefore want to use passenger boarding stairs to keep the aircraft on the ground for shorter times (utilising two points of boarding, instead of one).
New route proposals include a second airline flying to Oslo (if the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway
Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway
The Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway is a Norwegian government agency responsible for supervision of financial companies within Norway based on law and regulations from Storting, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and international accounting standards...
continues to ban bonus points domestically), a route to Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
(the busiest route in Norway not directly connected), and flights to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Airlines and destinations
Ground transportation
Kristiansand
-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...
, Lillesand
Lillesand
is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand.-General information:...
, Grimstad
Grimstad
is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Other notable places in Grimstad include Eide, Fevik, Fjære, Landvik, Prestegårdskogen, Reddal, and Roresanden.It is...
, Arendal
Arendal
is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...
and Tveit
Tveit
Tveit is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. Tveit is home to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. Tveit is located on the east side of the Tovdalselva river...
is available.