Finsland

Finsland or Finnsland is a village in Songdalen municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Nodeland and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the village of Bjelland. The village is very small and it is located in a very rural area, but it is the site of Finsland Church, the main church for the northern half of Songdalen municipality. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Finsland which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964.[2]

This article is about the village in Songdalen, Norway. For the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway, see Finsland (municipality).
Finsland

Finnsland
Village
View of the village church (c. 1900)
Finsland
Location of the village
Finsland
Finsland (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°19′06″N 07°35′33″E
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyVest-Agder
DistrictKristiansand
MunicipalitySongdalen
Elevation263 m (863 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4646 Finsland

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named Finsland. The name comes from the old "Finsland" farm which is situated by the river Finnsåna, which flows into the Mandalselva. There are also farms nearby called Finsdal and Finsådal. The first element is the word finne means "wilderness" or "remote". The second element land is the same as the word for "land".[2][3]

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References
  1. "Finsland, Songdalen (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Finsland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 118.
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