Kristiansand

Kristiansand Municipality Kristiansand kommune
City and municipality
Descending, from top: Area photo of E18
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Port of Norway
Kristiansand Municipality Location in Norway
Coordinates: 58°8′50″N 7°59′50″E / 58.14722°N 7.99722°E / 58.14722; 7.99722
Country	Norway
Municipality	Kristiansand
County	Agder
District	Kristiansandregionen
Established	1641
Government
• Mayor	Mathias Bernander (Ap)
Area
• City and municipality	428.21 km2 (165.33 sq mi)
• Urban	25.03 km2 (9.66 sq mi)
• Metro	1,892.8 km2 (730.8 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• City and municipality	115,569
• Urban	125,000
• Urban density	5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Metro	155,648
• Metro density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
• Municipality/Urban rank	6th/8th
• Metro rank	5th
Demonym(s)	Kristiansander,[a] Kristiansandar[b][1]
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Website	www.kristiansand.kommune.no

Kristiansand is a city and

, the largest borough with a population of 36,000, located in the southwest.

Kristiansand is connected by four main roads:

.

Tourism is important in Kristiansand, and the summer season is the most popular for tourists. Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement park is the largest zoo in Norway. It receives over 900,000 visitors every year. Markens Street is the main pedestrian street in downtown Kristiansand. Bystranda is a city beach located in Kvadraturen; Hamresanden beach is the longest beach in Kristiansand. Hamresanden Camping is a popular family camp during the summer season. The city hosts a free weekly concert in downtown Kristiansand in the summertime. Outside the city is the industrial park Sørlandsparken, which includes Sørlandssenteret, Norway's largest mall.

Name

The city is named after the Dano-Norwegian King King Christian IV, who founded it on 5 July 1641. The second part of the city's name, sand, comes from the Old Norse word sandr which means "sand" or "sandy ground". This refers to the sandy headland upon which the city was originally built. (See also: Lillesand#Name)

Historically, the name was usually written Christianssand until 1877, although the map of the

), also had their spellings changed under the same reform. Despite that, a number of businesses and associations retain the "Ch" spelling. The name was again changed to its present form, Kristiansand (single "s"), in 1889.

In 2012, the city's mayor, Arvid Grundekjøn, proposed that the city be renamed Christianssand, arguing that "Kristiansand" is grammatically meaningless and that Christianssand stands for tradition.^[4] This proposal was not well received by the locals and the mayor has not pushed this further.

History

Prehistory and early history

The Kristiansand area has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In 1996, the well-preserved skeleton of a woman dating to approximately 6500 BC was discovered in

burial grounds in South Norway was formerly located to the south and west of the church. A royal centre is thought to have existed at Oddernes before 800, and the church was built around 1040.

Before the stone church was built, one or perhaps two wooden post churches are believed to have stood on the same spot. A few years ago, excavations were carried out under and around the runestone when it was moved to the church porch; the grave finds indicated that the churchyard must already have been unusually large in the High Middle Ages. This means that the area must have had a large population before it was reduced by the Black Death.

In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was already a busy port and a small village on the

, Palle Rosenkrantz, to move from Nedenes and build a royal palace on the island.

Foundation to 1900

Christian IV (renowned for having founded many towns) visited the location in 1630 and 1635, and on 5 July 1641 formally founded the town of Christianssand on the "sand" on the opposite bank of the Torridalselva (Otra). The town was laid out in Renaissance style on a grid plan (the central section now known as Kvadraturen = The Quarters), and merchants throughout Agder were commanded to move to the new town. In return, they were to receive a variety of trading privileges and a ten-year tax exemption.

In 1666, Christianssand became a

. Hence, the young city became the main city of the Christiansand Stift.

Christianssand experienced its first fire in 1734, which was devastating to the city. Later in the 18th century, after the American Revolutionary War, the town's shipbuilders experienced a boom that lasted until the Napoleonic Wars, when the continental blockade and naval warfare struck a severe blow to trade. Denmark–Norway supported France in the Wars and was therefore subjected to relentless attack by Britain, as recounted in Ibsen's Terje Vigen. Only in the 1830s did the economy begin to recover, and the growth in the Norwegian shipping industry was important for Christianssand. It was the only part of Norway where oak trees flourished, a major resource for the shipbuilding industry. Large numbers of lobsters were taken off the coast and sent to the London market by the mid 19th century. The population was about 12,000 by 1848.^[5]

On 1 January 1838, the new formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. This new law granted municipal self-government throughout Norway. As a city, it formed its own municipal government and it was surrounded by the rural municipality of Oddernes.^[6]

The City of Kristiansand had a quarantine station for maritime traffic and hospital at Odderøy Island for cholera patients that opened in 1804. The city had far fewer deaths than the surrounding area, largely attributable to the quarantine station and the hospital. For example, during the period of 1833–1866, Drammen had 544 cholera patients, of which 336 died. During this same period, Kristiansand only experienced 15 deaths from cholera.^[7]

Another important development during the 19th century was the foundation in 1881 of Eg Sindssygeasyl, the second central psychiatric institution in Norway (after Gaustad). The psychiatric hospital drew highly specialized doctors to the city and also provided many jobs for women.

The most recent major fire, in 1892, left half the original section of the city in ashes. It burned buildings as far as the cathedral, which had been rebuilt in brick after a previous fire in 1880.

1900 onward

With the development of

of the 1930s were also deeply felt in a trading city like Kristiansand.

On 1 July 1921, the city of Kristiansand got larger by annexing a part of the neighboring municipality of Oddernes, gaining 2,164 more residents along with more land for the growing city.^[6]

The labour movement had important pioneers in the city, and Leon Trotsky spent about a year of his exile in the archipelago offshore from Kristiansand. Arnulf Øverland took him from Randesund to Ny-Hellesund in Søgne in 1936.^[8] In the interwar period Kristiansand was a centre for intellectuals, especially after the architect Thilo Schoder settled there in 1932.

Kristiansand was attacked by German naval forces and the Luftwaffe during the Operation Weserübung on 9 April 1940. The naval forces met fierce resistance from Norwegian coastal artillery at Odderøya. Bombs and grenades also hit the downtown and the 70 meter high church tower of the Kristiansand Cathedral was hit by accident. The third attack attempt on the city succeeded because a signal flag was confused with a French national flag and the misunderstanding was not discovered until it was too late. The city was occupied by a force of 800 men.

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1965, the city of Kristiansand (population: 27,100) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Randesund (population: 1,672), Tveit (population: 2,802), and Oddernes (population: 18,668) to create a much larger Kristiansand Municipality.^[6]

Post-war construction included further development of the Lund section, and in the 1960s and 1970s Vågsbygd to the west was developed into a section with 20,000 inhabitants. In the 1980s, industry and business in the city declined, in part because of the 1986 fire at the Hotel Caledonien. But beginning in the second half of the 1990s, business increased in momentum with the development of enterprises for marine and offshore equipment, security technology and drilling.

The older municipal archives for Kristiansand (and the former municipalities) are currently held at the Inter-Municipal Archives in Vest-Agder (IKAVA). This includes documents concerning, for example, local councils, chairmanships, poor boards, school boards and archives including among other things personal documents in the form of client records, tax records, and also school records.

On 1 January 2020, the three neighbouring municipalities of Kristiansand, Songdalen, and Søgne were merged to form one large municipality called Kristiansand.^[9]

Coat-of-arms

The arms of Kristiansand were granted on 8 December 1909 and are based on the oldest seal of the city, dating from 1643. In 1643 King Christian IV granted the young town the right to use a seal with the Norwegian lion and the royal crown. The crown indicates that the city was founded by the king. The other major element in the arms is a tree. As the species of tree is not specified, there are several known versions with differently shaped trees. A second seal, from 1658, shows a tree with leaves and what look like pine cones.^[10] On the base of the crown are the letters R. F. P., standing for Regna Firma Pietas, "Piety strengthens the realm"; this was Christian IV's motto. Around the seal of the city is its motto, Cavsa Triumphat Tandem Bona, "A good cause prevails in the end".^[11]

Geography

Kristiansand is strategically located on the Skagerrak, and until the opening of the Kiel Canal between the North Sea and the Baltic was very important militarily and geopolitically. This meant that for centuries it served as a military stronghold, first as Harald Fairhair's royal residence, then as a Danish-Norwegian fortress, and later as a garrison town. Kristiansand is a gateway to and from the continent, with ferry service to Denmark and a terminus of the railway line along the southern edge of South Norway.

Geologically, this part of Agder is part of the Swedo-Norwegian Base Mountain Shield, the southwestern section of the Baltic Shield, and consists of two main geological formations of Proterozoic rocks that were formed in the Gothic and later Swedo-Norwegian orogenies, with significant metamorphism during the latter.^[12] There is a substrate of 1,600–1,450 million-year-old slate, quartzite, marble and amphibolite with some hornblende gneiss, and overlaid on this acidic surface structures of both granite and granodiorite (in general 1,250–1,000 million years old, in some places 1,550–1,480 million years old). The Bamblefelt geological area starts to the east of the municipality and extends to Grenland.

The last Swedo-Norwegian formations are evident in large formations of granite. There are also incidences of

.

Near the city, there are deep woods. In Baneheia and at the former coastal artillery fortress on Odderøya, there are lighted ski trails and walking paths specially prepared for wheelchair users.

Two major rivers, the Otra and the Tovdalselva, flow into the Skagerrak at Kristiansand.

Climate

Kristiansand has a temperate oceanic climate (

. Due to warming in the more recent decades, snow often melts after a few days. In the summer most locals go to the Fiskebrygga, the archipelago opposite the city, and Hamresanden Beach, which is located about 10 minutes from the city centre near Kjevik airport. People from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the UK and other European countries also visit this beach in the summer during their travels.

The all-time high 32.6 °C (90.7 °F) at Kristiansand airport was recorded August 1975. The all-time low at the airport −28.2 °C (−18.8 °F) was recorded January 1982. The temperature seldom reaches 30 °C (86 °F), but most days in July reaches 21 °C (70 °F) or more. The warmest month ever was July 1901 with mean 21.6 °C (71 °F) at an earlier weather station (Kristiansand S - Eg). The warmest month at the airport was July 2018 with 24-hr average 19.9 °C (68 °F) and average daily high 25.8 °C (78 °F). July 2018 was also the sunniest month on record with 422 sunhours, and the year 2018 recorded 2126 sunhours - despite December recording just 1 sunhr as cloudiest month on record in Kristiansand. The cloudiest July recorded 156 sunhours (2007). Kristiansand has the national record for the sunniest February (153 sunhrs in 1986), sunniest April (323 hrs in 2021), sunniest August (343 hrs in 1995) and sunniest September (241 hrs in 1959). The wettest month on record was October 1976 with 560 mm precipitation, and the driest was April 1974 with no precipitation at all.

Popular beaches

• Scandic Hotel Bystranda", which is Southern Norway's largest hotel. Some of Kristiansand's most expensive apartments are located east of the beach and near to Tangen. Some of Bystranda's facilities are beach volleyball, playgrounds, skateparks, stairs to the water at deeper ground and its easy design for handicapped people and children. In the middle of the bay, there is a sculpture in the water. Palmesus is a yearly beach festival held on Bystranda, it is Scandinavia
  's largest beach festival.
• Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik
  . It is 3 km (2 mi) long which makes it the longest beach in Kristiansand. There are three camping places and an apartment hotel at the beach. The name comes from the nearby subpart Hamre.
• Sømstranda is a nudist beach in Kristiansand located at Søm.

Boroughs

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Kristiansand boroughs area (city-parts)

Nr	Boroughs	Parts	Population[19]
1	Vågsbygd	Flekkerøy, Vågsbygd, Slettheia, Voiebyen	36,281
2	Grim	Grim, Hellemyr, Mosby, Strai, Tinnheia	16,020
3	Kvadraturen	Eg, Kvadraturen	5,200
4	Lund	Lund, Ålefjær	30,830
5	Oddernes	Hånes, Randesund, Søm, Tveit	19,080
-	West	Vågsbygd, Grim, Kvadraturen	57,501
-	East	Lund, Randesund	49,910

Parts

Kristiansand parts area^[19]

Nr	Parts	Population
1	Flekkerøy	3,270
2	Voiebyen	6,520
3	Vågsbygd	22,000
4	Slettheia	4,460
5	Hellemyr	2,990
6	Tinnheia	3,880
7	Grim	5,200
8	Kvadraturen	5,200
9	Lund	10,950
10	Gimlekollen	5,750
11	Strai	1,860
12	Mosby	2,090
13	Justvik	2,770
14	Ålefjær	410
15	Tveit	2,980
16	Hånes	4,210
17	Søm	9,410
18	Randesund	2,480

Kristiansand is partitioned into 18 parts and 217 subparts. Kristiansand is also divided into 5 boroughs.

Kvadraturen is the city center of Kristiansand. The area belonged to the farms Eg and Grim, and was a sandy plain covered with forest, and was called Sanden or Grimsmoen. Settlements were before the city was founded focused on loading and dumps at Lund, along Otra or Torridalselven and along Topdalsfjorden by

port. 's town plan outlined the city center with 56 rectangular squares with five long blocks and eight cross streets. It was the squares along the Otra and east and west harbor, which was built first. Today Kvadraturen is a part of Kvadraturen/Eg, which has (as of 1 January 2005) 5510 inhabitants. The area Posebyen in Kvadraturen is Northern Europe's longest continuous wooden buildings. In the parts are among others is located in the parts western corner. Vågsbygd has considerable industry, who has survived major changes. The largest employer is all the same Elkem Solar producing super clean Silicon for is a major shopping center in Vågsbygd. Outside of Andøya in Vågsbygd is Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre, a Centre for protection of vessels at the former Bredalsholmen yard. Bredalsholmen Shipyard and Preservation Centre is a national hub for maintenance of museum ships and cherish worthy coastal culture, and a drydock with considerable capacity.

Lund is the second largest borough in Kristiansand with a population of 9,000 inhabitants in 2012. 14 June 1921 was the first 2.75 km² of Lund transferred to Kristiansand and 1 January 1965 was also the rest of Lund part of Kristiansand in the municipal amalgamation. In Lund, there are traces of humans dating back to the early

.

Indre and Ytre Randesund is located between Kvåsefjorden in Høvåg and the Topdalsfjord in Oddernes. Several small islands are situated alongside the cost of Randesund, among them Randøya and Herøya, both popular with summer tourists. The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the island, Randøen (now known as Randøya). The first part of the name is rand (Old Norse: rǫnd) which means "boundary" or "edge" and the last part of the name is sund which means "strait". The name was previously spelled Randøsund.

Subparts

Some of the most populous basic unions in the following boroughs:

Søgne

Søgne is a former municipality, located west of Kristiansand. The municipality was merged into a large municipality with the former municipality of Songdalen and the city of Kristiansand on 1 January 2020.

Songdalen

Songdalen is a former municipality, located northwest of Kristiansand. The municipality was merged into a large municipality with the former municipality of Søgne and the city of Kristiansand on 1 January 2020.

Notable streets

• Dronningens gate (Queens street) is a street that has its run from Havnegata Vestre harbor to Lund Bridge and is 980 meters long. 86 properties are matrikulert to the street. The street had in the 1700s the name Sand Alley.
• Elvegata (River street) has its run from Østre Strandgate to Tordenskjolds gate. It has a mix of newer business and residential buildings schools and nursing homes as well as a large percentage of older residential buildings in wood and masonry. On the south side of Østre Strandgate called extension of Elvegata for Tangen. 70 meters of the street, in the quarter between Dronningens gate and Tollbodgata is designated county road 26.
• Festningsgata is a street in Kvadraturen. The name is connected with Christiansholm Fortress from 1672 located in the street race extension towards the east harbor. The street stretches from Østre Strandgate to Tordenskjoldsgate and originally had the name Northern gate. The extension of the street during north of Tordenskjolds street is named Stener Heyerdahl street. The park south of Tordenskjolds street called Stener Heyerdahl park. This street stump and Festningsgata from Tordenskjolds street to Dronningens gate is part of the county road 28. From Vestre Strandgata to Tollbodgata buildings are listed by the walled green was introduced immediately after the fire in 1892 and forward.
• Henrik Wergelands gate is a street in Kvadraturen in Kristiansand. The street has its run from Vestre Strandgate to Elvegata. 118 properties are matrikulert to the street. It had previously named Consumer Julia Street. The street is named in honor of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland. In 1808 he had his early childhood in the town until he at nine moved with her family to Eidsvold.
• Tollbodgata (Tollbooth street) has its run from Senior wharf at Vestre port to Elvegata by Otra and is identical with Route 27 in Vest-Agder. 77 properties are matrikulert to the street. The street has previously had the name Sten Alley. Tolbooth.
• Kristiansand Station
  . The street is characterized by restaurants, pubs and eating places, a number of shops and offices and a few apartments.

Government

Kristiansand Municipality is responsible for

.

Municipal council

The

.

Kristiansand bystyre 2023–2027 ^[23]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	5
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	2
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	17
	Industry and Business Party (Industri‑ og Næringspartiet)	1
	The Conservatives (Konservativt)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	7
	The Center Party (Partiet Sentrum)	1
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	3
	Red Party (Rødt)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	2
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
	Kleppe List (Kleppelista)	1
Total number of members:		57

Kristiansand bystyre 2019–2023 ^[24]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	13
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	4
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	6
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	13
	The Christians Party (Partiet De Kristne)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	8
	The Democrats (Demokratene)	10
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Red Party (Rødt)	2
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
	Cross-party people's list for all Kristiansand (Tverrpolitisk Folkeliste For Hele Kristiansand)	4
Total number of members:		71

Kristiansand bystyre 2015–2019 ^[25]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	15
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	4
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	3
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	13
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	8
	The Democrats (Demokratene)	2
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Red Party (Rødt)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 2011–2015 ^[26]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	14
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	6
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	14
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	9
	The Democrats (Demokratene)	2
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	2
	Red Party (Rødt)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 2007–2011 ^[25]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	9
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	10
	The Democrats (Demokratene)	2
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	3
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 2003–2007 ^[25]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	8
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	8
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	2
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	10
	The Democrats (Demokratene)	2
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	8
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 1999–2003 ^[25]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	9
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	10
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	15
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	10
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 1995–1999 ^[27]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	11
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	8
	Green Party (Miljøpartiet De Grønne)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	12
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	11
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	3
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	3
Total number of members:		53

Kristiansand bystyre 1991–1995 ^[28]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	12
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	8
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	19
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	14
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	10
	Red Electoral Alliance (Rød Valgallianse)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	2
	Joint list of the Green Party and Kristiansand city and environmental protection list (Miljøpartiet De Grønne/Kristiansand By og Miljøvernliste)	2
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1987–1991 ^[29]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	15
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	10
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	17
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	12
	Pensioners' Party (Pensjonistpartiet)	6
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	8
	Kristiansand city and environmental protection list (Kristiansand By og Miljøvernliste)	6
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1983–1987 ^[30]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	22
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	5
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	25
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	15
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	2
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	4
	Kristiansand city and environmental protection list (Kristiansand By og Miljøvernliste)	2
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1979–1983 ^[31]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	18
	Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet)	1
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	27
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	16
	New People's Party (Nye Folkepartiet)	1
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	5
	Kristiansand city and environmental protection list (Kristiansand By og Miljøvernliste)	4
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1975–1979 ^[32]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	20
	Anders Lange's Party (Anders Langes parti)	2
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	19
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	20
	New People's Party (Nye Folkepartiet)	5
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	2
	Socialist Left Party (Sosialistisk Venstreparti)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	6
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1971–1975 ^[33]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	24
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	13
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	13
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	4
	Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	18
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1967–1971 ^[34]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	26
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	14
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	9
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	3
	Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)	2
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	23
Total number of members:		77

Kristiansand bystyre 1963–1967 ^[35]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	25
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	6
	Socialist People's Party (Sosialistisk Folkeparti)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	18
Total number of members:		61

Kristiansand bystyre 1959–1963 ^[36]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	23
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	10
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	6
	Centre Party (Senterpartiet)	1
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	20
Total number of members:		61

Kristiansand bystyre 1955–1959 ^[37]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	24
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	1
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	6
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	19
Total number of members:		61

Kristiansand bystyre 1951–1955 ^[38]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	23
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	10
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	2
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	18
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	3
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1947–1951 ^[39]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	21
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Christian Democratic Party (Kristelig Folkeparti)	5
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	14
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	6
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1945–1947 ^[40]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	24
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	9
	Communist Party (Kommunistiske Parti)	3
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	13
	Local List(s) (Lokale lister)	11
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1937–1941* ^[41]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	20
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	10
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	10
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	20
Total number of members:		60
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

Kristiansand bystyre 1934–1937 ^[42]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	19
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	9
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	11
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	21
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1931–1934 ^[43]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	18
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	11
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	18
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded People's Party (Frisinnede Folkeparti)	13
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1928–1931 ^[44]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	21
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	12
	Conservative Party (Høyre)	17
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	10
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1925–1928 ^[45]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	12
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	12
	Social Democratic Labour Party (Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti)	7
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	9
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded Liberal Party (Frisinnede Venstre)	20
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1922–1925 ^[46]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	14
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	11
	Social Democratic Labour Party (Socialdemokratiske Arbeiderparti)	4
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	11
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded Liberal Party (Frisinnede Venstre)	20
Total number of members:		60

Kristiansand bystyre 1919–1922 ^[47]  

Party name (in Norwegian)		Number of representatives
	Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)	14
	Temperance Party (Avholdspartiet)	17
	Liberal Party (Venstre)	11
	Joint list of the Conservative Party (Høyre) and the Free-minded Liberal Party (Frisinnede Venstre)	18
Total number of members:		60

Mayors

The mayors (Norwegian: ordfører) of Kristiansand:^[48]

Demographics

Minority populations in Kristiansand by country of origin as of 1 January 2013^[50]

Rank	Ancestry	Number
1	Poland	1,940
2	Vietnam	1,890
3	Iraq	1,390
4	Chile	1,300
5	Kosovo	1,280
6	Denmark	1,160
7	Somalia	1,070
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	940
9	Germany	880
10	Afghanistan	880
11	Russia	840
12	Iran	790
13	Sweden	700
14	Pakistan	550
15	Eritrea	540
16	United Kingdom	500
17	United States	420
18	Thailand	390
19	Iceland	390
20	Turkey	380
21	Palestine	360
22	Philippines	350
23	Syria	320
24	Ethiopia	330
25	Lithuania	320
26	Cambodia	320
27	Other countries	5,880

Kristiansand has the third largest Vietnamese community in Norway.

The five districts with the highest proportion of immigrants

Nr	District	Percent[19]
1	Slettheia	36%
2	Kvadraturen	24%
3	Grim	22%
4	Hellemyr	20%
5	Tinnheia	19%

The five districts with the lowest proportion of immigrants

Nr	District	Percent[19]
1	Flekkerøy	7%
2	Randesund	7%
3	Gimlekollen	8%
4	Søm	10%
5	Tveit	10%

Religion

Christianity

.

There are also churches located at

is called the Norwegian Bible belt, Christianity doesn't play a big part in the rest of the city.

There is a

.

The

.

Churches in Kristiansand ^[51]

Parish (Sokn)	Church Name	Location of the Church	Year Built
Kristiansand domkirke	Kristiansand Cathedral	Kvadraturen	1884
Flekkerøy	Flekkerøy Church	Flekkerøya	1960
Grim	Grim Church	Grim	1969
Hellemyr	Hellemyr Church	Hellemyr	1988
Hånes	Hånes Church	Hånes	1986
Lund	Lund Church	Lund	1987
Oddernes	Justvik Church	Justvik	1985
	Oddernes Church	Oddernes	c. 1040
Randesund	Randesund Church	Randesund	1864
	Søm Church	Søm	2004
Torridal	Torridal Church	Aukland	1978
Tveit	Tveit Church	Tveit	c. 1100
Voie	Voie Church	Voie	1990
Vågsbygd	Vågsbygd Church	Vågsbygd	1967

Buddhism

There is a Buddhist centre in Vågsbygd with Ternevig. There is also a Buddhist meditation centre located in the neighbouring municipality Songdalen.

Islam

There is a mosque in Kvadraturen.

Economy

from the company's own spring, called Christian IVs kilde (Christian IV's spring).

Hennig-Olsen is an ice cream factory with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Kristiansand. The factory opened in 1960, but the Hennig-Olsen family has produced ice cream in Kristiansand since 1924, when Sven Hennig-Olsen started doing so in the back of his tobacco kiosk.

Glencore Nikkelverk (nickel factory) was founded in 1910 as Kristiansand Nikkelraffineringsverk A/S. The company is owned by the Anglo-Swiss company Glencore and has about 500 employees.^[52]

The

.

Sørlandschips is a Norwegian produced potato chip brand. The potatoes often come from Denmark. Sørlandschips owned by Scandza AS and is one of Norway's most popular potato chip brands today. It has a variety of tastes and spices.

Dampbageriet is a large bakery chain based in Vest-Agder, it was established in Kristiansand in 1862 and has 4 stores in Kristiansand.

Sparebanken Sør is a savings bank serving Vest-Agder, Aust-Agder and Telemark. It was established in 1824 when Christiansand Sparebank opened up, it was one of the first in Norway.

Hennig-Olsen Iskremfabrikk is a major Norwegian ice-cream company based and started up in Kristiansand. The factory is located in Hannevika.

As a relatively large shipping town, Kristiansand was a profitable location for shipbuilders Kristiansands Mekaniske Verksted and P. Høivolds Mekaniske Verksted. At one time, shipping companies were the backbone of the local economy, but not many survive. The Rasmussen Group, previously a shipping firm, is now an investment company.

is located near Kristiansand.

.

Sørlandsparken

Sørlandsparken (The Southern Norway Park) is an industrial shopping park outside of Kristiansand city in the municipality. The park is also 17 kilometers from Lillesand. The park has an area of 670,000 m² (7,211,820 sq ft) and over 5,000 workplaces.

The main part of the industrial park is in Kristiansand, including the mall Sørlandssenteret with 195 stores and Kristiansand Zoo, it is the largest mall and zoo in Norway. The racetrack of Southern Norway is also located in Kristiansand while IKEA is located technically in Lillesand municipality.

Others large chainstores is also located around the mall.

There are two hotels located in Sørlandsparken and some resorts nearby the zoo.

E18 goes past Sørlandsparken before continuing to downtown Kristiansand. Buses are available 6-8 times in the hours all day.

Culture

The

, founded in 1991.

Christianssands Kunstforening, now renamed Kristiansand Kunsthall, is one of the oldest and largest art associations in Norway, founded in 1881, and has approximately 650 square metres (7,000 sq ft) of exhibition space for contemporary art in central Kristiansand. The association began assembling a permanent collection in 1902; this is now housed in Sørlandets Art Museum.

Cultiva, a local foundation, was established to ensure a portion of the profits made from selling shares in Agder Energy Ltd have lasting benefits to the community, focusing on art, culture, creativity and building competence; it supported projects in Kristiansand until the financial crisis forced cut-backs in 2011. In addition the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage endowed a cultural free port, Porto Rico, as one of the pilot projects of its "value creation project" in the 2000s.

In 2007 Kristiansand was awarded the designation Norges kulturkommune (Norway's culture municipality), a distinction awarded every other year by the Norwegian Culture Forum.

Fiskebrygga is a former fish landing on either side of the Gravane Canal, which separates the city centre from Odderøya; it was refurbished in the 1990s and now has wood-fronted buildings housing restaurants and shops including a fish market. It is very popular in summer, when the canal is also heavily used by boats.

The island of Odderøya is a former

, now used for recreation and excursion purposes. At times there are also concerts and festivals on the island.

The municipality millennium is Tresse - Retranchement, the city party space in front of

. The millennium was celebrated here include a large sign. A small sign to mark the Millennium for the future are made, but per. 2011 not installed in anticipation of the festival grounds shall be given a facelift. It should also dug a channel within the fortress, so this again is left on an island. These projects are waiting for political consideration and funding. Tusenårstreet were planted on the lawn between the festival grounds and playground/ice rink in Tresse.

Sport

The city's best known football team, IK Start, moved in 2007 to a new home stadium, Sør Arena. The city is also home to other football teams, including Flekkerøy IL, FK Vigør, IK Våg, and FK Donn.

Kristiansand is also known for its handball teams (Kristiansands IF and Vipers Kristiansand), ice hockey (Kristiansand Ishockeyklubb), basketball (Kristiansand Pirates) and volleyball (Grim VBK) clubs and has a baseball team (Kristiansand Suns).

The Idda Arena (opened on 3 September 2011) is a multi-purpose hall that consists of ice hockey, curling, a sports hall, martial arts, fencing dance and a gym. Adjacent to the Arena, is a skate park and football pitch.^[58] It replaced the Idda Idrettsplassen, an outdoor sports field used for skating, football (first used in 1924) and athletics.^[59][60]

Kristiansand Stadion is a multi-use stadium and former ground of IK Start, the stadium hosted important athletics competitions.

Motorcycle speedway has had a long association with the city, covering three venues. The Norwegian Championship was held at Idda Idrettsplassen in 1960^[59] and a semi final was held at the Kristiansand Stadion in 1964.^[61] Much later a new venue Sørlandsparken Speedwaybane was built by the speedway club NMK Kristiansand, out of the city, west in Sørlandsparken, off Skibåsen. This has since held the Norwegian Championships in 2012 and 2016.^[62]

Tourism

Kristiansand is a summer tourist destination, attracting many visitors in particular to its zoo, Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, just east of the city. This is the second most visited attraction in Norway, after Holmenkollen, and had 925,000 visitors in 2012. Its animals, most of which are housed in natural habitats, include wolves, tigers, lions and the lynx. The zoo is open 365 days a year, while the amusement park is open during the summer season only.

The

, and some Oslo-based festivals. In early June 2008 the organization declared bankruptcy; the festival returned in 2009 under the name Quart, but again went bankrupt.

Kristiansand is home to many other festivals as well, running throughout the year.

in April.

Crime

Kristiansand has three police stations. The one in the city center, the main one for Southern Norway,

.

Most crim-cases reported in Kristiansand takes place on Kvadraturen. In south of Markens gate with Tollbodgata and Dronningens gate which host stores that are open 24 hours as well as many nightclubs. In 2014 it was most reported cases there in the entire city.

There were over 56 cases reported in this area and 123 on Kvadraturen in 2013, a decrease from 150 cases in 2012 reported on Kvadraturen. In the Vågsbygd police district it was reported that there were over 50 cases, going down 27% since 2012. At Randesund police station it was 61 cases reported, so had gone down 9% from 2012 to 2013. Outside of Kvadraturen, Vågsbygd and Randesund there were 110 cases reported in the municipality, mostly from Grim.

As of 2014^[update], there were over 350 cases reported for all of Kristiansand. Of these, 34% were committed by minors on Kvadraturen. Most cases on Kvadraturen are narcotics, violence and nonprofit crimes; the majority being shop lifting. Six of the violent crime cases were against police and most violent acts were performed with knives. ^[65]

Minors

In crime performed by people under 18, there were most reported 16-year-old boys in 2013. Although adding the numbers of boys and girls together, the largest number of crime for the age was 14. It is simultaneously more that reports a mixed sex image where girls show an equal activity as boys. Some Instead there are also girls who are leading the way. Several executives tells increased used of bullying, intimidation and violence among girls. It looks including out that girls make greater use of social media such behavior. Some also report increased cannabis use among girls. The figures from the police show that nearly one in three young people who commit crimes have minority backgrounds. Of the 163 youths who embarked offense first half is 47 immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents. This represents 29% of the total number. The decline in the number of young offenders apply primarily the oldest group from 15 to 17 years. Kristiansand has several 14-year-olds than 17-year-olds who commit offenses. Girls make up more current through increased use of threats and violence.^[66]

Contact from Voiebyen, Vågsbygd, Grim, Søm and Lund expressed concern about boys who challenge them with their behavior by breaking rules, commit vandalism, threaten classmates and try out various drugs. One of the schools have also been several incidents of violence against teachers and classmates. It is composed issues related to several of these students and they have various reasons major challenges in adapting to school requirements and expectations. Several executives from schools stated that they experience an increase in the number of pupils, both boys and girls, who are struggling mentally. They mention students with depression, social anxiety, eating disorder, self-mutilation and sleep problems. This worries them and they fear that some of these students, as a result of their poor mental health, are more vulnerable to make choices that can lead them into the environment with drugs and crime. To meet these challenges and provide these young people needed and customized follow-up, it is crucial to have a holistic focus and a good interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration.^[67]

Health

Sørlandet Sykehus HF is a hospital group in Southern Norway, they have three hospitals in Flekkefjord, Arendal and the main one on Eg in Kristiansand. It is only a 6 minutes drive from the city centrum Kvadraturen. The headquarter of Sørlandet Sykehus HF is also located in Kristiansand. The hospital has departments in Vågsbygd and Oddernes.

Eg hospital is an asylum/psychiatric hospital next to Sørlandet hospital. It was opened in 1881 by dr. Axel H. Lindboe, this became Norway's third insane asylum.

St. Josef hospital was a catholic hospital located at Kvadraturen, it was opened in 1885 and driven by his sisters. The hospital closed down in 1967.

There are 11 retirement homes in Kristiansand and most of them are located on Kvadraturen. One rehabilitation center, ca 15 fitness centers, 20 dentist offices, 10 medical centers and around 25 pharmacies.

Transportation

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik

Kristiansand is an important transport and communications node, connected to continental Europe by air and sea.

Sea

From the city centre, the ferry harbour has routes to

covering the route in around 2 hours and 15 minutes. The ship was built between 1997 and 1998, and has sailed under several different operators on many different routes. It only operates during the high season in the summer.

A new catamaran built by Australian shipbuilding company Austal will enter service at the start of summer 2020 and replace Fjord Cat. The new ship should double the capacity, while retaining the same travel duration of 2 hours and 15 minutes. Fjord Line also aims for the new ship to address complaints with seaworthiness and stability from its predecessor.

On 7 April 2022, a direct cruise-ferry service began with Eemshaven, Netherlands, operated by startup company Holland Norway Lines.^{[69][70][71][72]}

Road

at Haukeli, and is the most important road connection for Setesdalen and the surrounding regions.

Norwegian National Road 41

Lund

and goes besides the university.

Bus

Buses in the city and surrounding region are operated by

. Some bus lines goes vice versa from the west coast to the east coast of the city.

Kristiansand S

. The bus terminal has local, regional and long-distance bus routes. A new bus terminal was constructed in 2019, replacing the old and outdated building from 1960. The old terminal will be demolished and replaced by a small park and green-space.

The local city buses in Kristiansand has their main stop in Kvadraturen with city terminals in the streets Henrik Wergelands gate (eastbond or end for westbound) and Tollbodgata (westbound or end for eastbound), both streets crosses Markens gate. City bus lines 01, A1 starts in Kvadraturen and goes by UiA and Rona. M1, M2, M3, 12, goes by Vågsbygd centrum. 17, 18 joins M1, M2, M3 and 12 for Hannevika. 40, 42, 50 and 45, 46 goes only Hannevika. Line 40, 42, 45, 46 and 50 stops in Kristiansand Bus Terminal expect in the rush hours, while M1, M2, M3, 12, 17 and 18 continues to Henrik Wergelands gate, UiA, Rona, then their destinations. Line 13, 15, 19, 32 and 30 comes north for Kvadraturen and goes by Grim torv. Line 22, 23 only goes by UiA. Line 31 goes Line 35, 36 and 37 goes by Ve, Rona, UiA, Tollbodgata and ends in Kristiansand Bus Terminal. There are also local buses in some of the boroughs like Vågsbygd: Line 51, 52 and 55 goes from neighbourhoods in the borough to Vågsbygd centrum collaborating with M1 or M2 at selective times. Line 57 goes from east to west on the main road in Flekkerøy. Line 58 goes locally in Randesund to Rona.

Railway

Aviation

The local airport,

Kjevik

, is located 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the city centre and has routes to European and Norwegian cities. A new one-storey parking garage was constructed in 2019.

Travel distances

Distance from Kristiansand to other cities:[74]

• Mandal 36 kilometers (23 miles) (considerably shortened when new E39 opens in 2022)
• Evje 49 kilometers (30 miles)
• Arendal 55 kilometers (34 miles)
• Flekkefjord 81 kilometers (50 miles)
• Stavanger 160 kilometers (100 miles)
• Oslo 250 kilometers (155 miles)
• Bergen 292 kilometers (181 miles)
• Trondheim 601 kilometers (373 miles)
• Tromsø 1382 kilometers (859 miles)
• Copenhagen 391 kilometers (243 miles)
• Stockholm 768 kilometers (477 miles)

Education

The University of Agder was established in 2007, based on Agder College, which had been founded in 1994 by the amalgamation of six previous institutions: Kristiansand Teacher Training College, Agder District College, Kristiansand College of Nursing, Arendal College of Nursing, Agder Engineering and District College (Grimstad) and Agder Conservatory of Music. The university has about 10,000 students, of whom 7,500 are in Kristiansand and the remaining 2,500 in Grimstad. In Kristiansand it is housed on a campus on the former parade ground of Gimlemoen in the Lund section. The university offers a wide range of studies at all levels, organised into five faculties: Humanities and Education, Engineering and Science, Health and Sport, Economics and Social Sciences, and Fine Arts. Gimlemoen is also the site of Sørlandet kunnskapspark, a research park built with funds from sources including the Cultiva foundation that houses a number of companies with a degree of professional affiliation with the university, such as Agderforskning, a social science research institute that is part of the publishing company Cappelen Damm.^[75]

University College was established in 2012 and is a private university offering specialised degrees two in Interactive media (Games or Animation) and Applied Data Science and in Digital Forensics. The University College builds on Noroff's existing vocational school which originally opened in 1987. In addition to the Kristiansand Campus Noroff has facilities in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger. Noroff has considerable experience in offering online courses and all of the degree courses offered at the University College are available online.

Kristiansand was a

and Tangen High School

Private senior secondary schools include Sonans utdanning (education). The private school Sørlandets Maritime Senior Secondary School is also based in Kristiansand. This school offers two courses of study, Technology and Industrial Production and maritime subjects. It is a boarding school; students live and undergo training aboard the training ship MS Sjøkurs, a steamer that previously operated on the Hurtigruten.

Kristiansand is also host to an International School on Kongsgård Alle in Lund. The School opened in January 2008 to provide an international education through English to students from grade 1 to grade 10. This IB authorised school moved into a brand new purpose-built building in Summer 2014, to house the expanding school which now has over 100 students.

List of schools in Kristiansand^[77][78]

Karl Johan

Memorial School, an elementary school at Tinnheia

Name	Type	District	Students	Status
Dvergsnes skole	Elementary	Oddernes	360	Public
Fagerholt skole	Elementary	Lund	N/A	Public
Fiskå skole	Junior High	Vågsbygd	300	Public
Flekkerøy skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Grim skole	Junior High	Grim	500	Public
Haumyrheia skole	Junior High	Oddernes	300	Public
Havlimyra skole	Junior High	Lund	N/A	Public
Hellemyr skole	Elementary	Grim	N/A	Public
Holte skole	Junior High	Oddernes	250	Public
Hånes skole	Elementary	Oddernes	N/A	Public
Justvik skole	Elementary	Lund	N/A	Public
Karl Johan minneskole (memorial )	Elementary	Grim	250	Public
Karuss skole	Elementary and Junior High	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Kongsgård skolesenter	Elementary	Lund	900	Private
Kringsjå skole	Elementary	Randesund	N/A	Public
Krossen skole	Elementary	Grim	N/A	Public
Kristiansand Cathedral School	High School	Lund	1,360	Public
Kristiansand International School	Elementary and Junior High	Lund	N/A	Private
Kvadraturen skolesenter	High School	Kvadraturen	1,500	Public
Lindebøskauen skole	Junior High	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Lovisenlund skole	Elementary	Lund	N/A	Public
Mosby skole	Elementary	Mosby	N/A	Public
Møvig skole	Junior High	Vågsbygd	400	Public
NLA Mediehøgskolen Gimlekollen	College	Lund	130	Private
Oddemarka skole	Junior High	Lund	N/A	Public
Prestheia skole	Elementary	Lund	N/A	Public
Sjøstrand skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Slettheia skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Solholmen skole	Elementary	Grim	200	Public
Steinerskolen	Elementarty and Junior High	Lund	N/A	Private
Strømme skole	Elementary	Oddernes	370	Public
Sørlandets maritime videregående skole	High School	MS "Sjøkurs"	60	Private
Tangen vidergående	High School	Kvadraturen	1,000	Public
Tordenskjoldsgate skole	Elementary	Kvadraturen	150	Public
Torkelsmyra skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Torridal skole	Elementary and Junior High	Grim	N/A	Public
Universitetet i Agder	University	Lund	11,500	Public
Vardåsen skole	Elementary	Oddernes	350	Public
Ve skole	Elementary and Junior High	Oddernes	N/A	Public
Vigvoll skole	Junior High	Oddernes	200	Public
Voiebyen skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Vågsbygd skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	270	Public
Vågsbygd vidergående	High School	Vågsbygd	800	Public
Frank Wild Minneskole (memorial)	Elementary	Lund	N/A	Public
Øvre Slettheia skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public
Åsane skole	Elementary	Vågsbygd	N/A	Public

Media

Fædrelandsvennen is the main news paper in Kristiansand and the Kristiansand Region. The paper has around 116 000 readers every day and was founded in 1875. From 2006, the newspaper went from broadsheet to tabloid. Fædrelandsvennen was located at Rådhusgata with Wergelandsparken (A park named after Henrik Wergeland) until 02.27.192 when someone blew up the building and it burned down to the ground. Nobody lost their lives in the incident. The newspaper relocated to Fiskåtangen in Vågsbygd where it located until 2015 when it moved back downtown to Henrik Wergelands gate. Fædrelandsvennen have ownership in many Southern Norway based newspapers, TV-Channels radio stations and other companies.

Kristiansand Avis (Kristiansand Newspaper) is a free newspaper paid by ads, and is delivered to all households in the region except Lillesand, Birkenes and Iveland. The newspaper is focused on staying closed to the local people. It comes out each Thursday and had 45 000 readers in 2014.

NRK Sørlandet has their main office in Kristiansand. It is the district office for the national broadcasting channel NRK. NRK Sørlandet covers Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder County. They produce 6 hours of radio and one and a half hour of television, in addition to their own website for news for Southern Norway.^[79]

Notable people

Education

• Haldur Grüner (1818–1858), business school founder

Public Service & public thinking

• Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
• Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1762–1838) a Government Minister and Member of Parliament
• Nicolai Wergeland (1780–1848) a Norwegian priest, writer and politician
• Jens Lauritz Arup (1793–1874) a Norwegian bishop and politician
• Hans Christian Petersen (1793–1862) de facto Prime Minister of Norway 1858 to 1861
• Jacob von der Lippe (1797–1878) a Norwegian politician and priest
• Camilla Collett (1813–1895) said to be Norway's first feminist and writer
• Herman Wedel Major (1814–1854) psychiatrist, founded the Gaustad Hospital
• Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland (1815–1895) military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer
• Einar Rosenqvist (1817–1885) a Norwegian naval officer and politician
• Valdemar Knudsen (1819–1898) sugarcane plantation pioneer on West Kauai, Hawaii
• Jens Peter Broch (1819–1886) an orientalist and linguist in Semitic languages
• Sofus Arctander (1845–1924) a politician, acting Prime Minister of Norway, 1905
• William Brede Kristensen (1867–1953) Dutch theologian, professor and church historian
• Theo Sørensen (1873–1959) a missionary, worked in Tibet
• Finn Støren (1893–1962) a businessperson and civil servant for Nasjonal Samling
• Arvid G. Hansen (1894–1966) a politician, associated first with the Labour Party, then the Communist Party
• Gabriel Langfeldt (1895–1983) a Norwegian psychiatrist and academic
• Bernt Balchen (1899–1973) pioneer polar aviator, navigator & aircraft mechanical engineer
• Ole Wehus (1909–1947) a Norwegian Nasjonal Samling police official
• Leo Tallaksen (1908–1983) a politician, twice Mayor of Kristiansand
• Bjørn Egge CBE (1918–2007) a major general of the Norwegian Army
• Jan Vincents Johannessen (born 1941) a physician, cancer researcher, painter and composer
• Tor Fuglevik (born 1950) a Norwegian radio and TV executive
• Anne Berit Andersen (born 1951) a Norwegian politician, Mayor of Søgne 1991 to 2001
• Terje G. Simonsen (born 1963) a Norwegian historian and nonfiction author
• Harald Furre (born 1964) an economist and Mayor of Kristiansand 2015–2019
• Marie Benedicte Bjørnland (born 1965) head of Norwegian Police Security Service 2012/2019.
• Nicolai Tangen (born 1966), hedge fund manager and philanthropist
• Crown Prince Haakon
  in 2001.

The Arts

• Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845) writer, poet, playwright, polemicist, historian and linguist
• Dan Weggeland (1827–1918) an artist and teacher, the "Father of Utah Art"
• Anton Jörgen Andersen (1845–1926) a Norwegian composer and cellist
• Octavia Sperati (1847–1918) a Norwegian actress
• Gerhard Schjelderup (1859–1933) a Norwegian composer of operas
• Oskar Textorius (1864–1938) a Swedish actor, singer and theater director^[80]
• Nils Hald (1897–1963) a Norwegian actor^[81]
• Ellen Isefiær (1899–1985) a Norwegian actress and stage director^[82]
• Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976), a novelist, writer and painter
• Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), a textile artist and designer
• Finn Benestad (1929–2012) a Norwegian musicologist, music critic and academic
• Eva Margot (1944–2019), a painter used realism, symbolism and abstract styles
• Terje Formoe, (born 1949) a singer, songwriter and actor^[83]
• Rolf Løvland (born 1955) a Norwegian composer, lyricist, arranger and pianist
• Terje Dragseth (born 1955) a Norwegian poet, author and film director
• Kjell Nupen (1955–2014) a contemporary artist; painter, sculptor and graphic artist
• Hilde Hefte (born 1956), a jazz singer
• Bjørn Ole Rasch (born 1959) a keyboard performer, composer, arranger and academic
• Sigurd Køhn (1959–2004) a Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer
• Arne Hjeltnes (born 1963) a Norwegian writer and TV personality
• Per Fronth (born 1963), a visual artist, photographer and painter
• Bjarte Tjøstheim (born 1967) a Norwegian comedian, radio host and actor^[84]
• Lene Elise Bergum (born 1971) a Norwegian actress^[85]
• Bjarte Breiteig (born 1974) a Norwegian short story writer
• Anne Lilia Berge Strand (born 1977) known as "Annie", a singer-songwriter
• Tom Hugo (born 1979) a Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Agnes Kittelsen (born 1980), an actress^[86]
• fashion model
• Thea Sofie Loch Næss (born 1996) a Norwegian actress^[87]
• Helene Abildsnes, (Norwegian Wiki) (born 1998) Miss Universe Norway 2019

Sport

• Gunn Margit Andreassen (born 1973) a former biathlete, twice Olympic relay team medallist
• Steinar Pedersen (born 1975) a former Norwegian footballer with 426 club caps
• Katrine Lunde (born 1980) a handball goalkeeper, 305 caps with Norway women
• twins Katrine Lunde & Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, (born 1980) handball players, twice Olympic champions
• Andreas Thorkildsen (born 1982), a javelin thrower, Olympic gold medallist in 2004 and 2008
• Kristoffer Hæstad (born 1983) a former footballer with over 300 club caps and 27 for Norway

Twin towns – sister cities

Kristiansand is twinned with:^[88]

See also

• Fortifications of Kristiansand
• Kristiansands Stiftsavis og Adressekontors-Efterretninger
• List of boroughs of Kristiansand
• List of lighthouses in Norway
• Sørlandet

Notes

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External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kristiansand.

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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Christiansand".

Look up Kristiansand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway (in Norwegian)
• What's on in Kristiansand Archived 17 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Kristiansand Virtual Tour, 360* Panoramic Pictures (QTVR)
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Christiansand" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 291.