Dypvåg (village)

Dypvåg is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Skagerrak coast and the Norwegian County Road 411, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the town of Tvedestrand and the village of Kråkvåg lies immediately west of Dypvåg. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Dypvåg which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. The historic Dypvåg Church is located in the village.[2]

Dypvåg
Village
View of the village church
Dypvåg
Location of the village
Dypvåg
Dypvåg (Norway)
Coordinates: 58.6263°N 09.0523°E / 58.6263; 09.0523
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAust-Agder
DistrictØstre Agder
MunicipalityTvedestrand
Elevation35 m (115 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4900 Tvedestrand

Name

The village is named after the old Dybvaag farm (Old Norse: Djúpvágr or Djúpivágr), since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from dype which means "deep" and the last element is våg which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling was changed from Dybvaag to Dypvåg around the early 20th century.[3]

Notable residents

References
  1. "Dypvåg, Tvedestrand (Aust-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2015-07-24). "Dypvåg – tettbebyggelse i Tvedestrand". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 36.


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