{{Short description|Village in Tysvær Municipality, Norway}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Grinde |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |image_caption = View of the village |mapframe = yes |mapframe-zoom = 11 |mapframe-marker = village |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Norway]] |subdivision_type1 = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Western Norway]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Norway|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Rogaland]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of Norway|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Haugaland]] |subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Tysvær Municipality]] |timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset1 = +01:00 |timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset1_DST = +02:00 |area_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |area_total_km2 = 0.6 |population_as_of = 2025 |population_footnotes = <ref name="ssb" /> |population_total = 946 |population_density_km2 = 1577 |postal_code_type = Post Code |postal_code = 5570 Aksdal |coordinates = {{coord|59.43039|5.46527|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 3 |elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Grinde, Tysvær |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-36093/Norge/Rogaland/Tysv%C3%A6r/Grinde |accessdate=2026-02-18 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}
'''Grinde'''<ref name="name">{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/912655 |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=Norgeskart |publisher=[[Norwegian Mapping Authority|Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref> is a village in [[Tysvær Municipality]] in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located at the western end of the [[Grindafjorden]], a couple of kilometers east of the villages [[Aksdal]] and [[Førre]]. Grinde lies along the [[European route E39]]-[[European route E134]] highway.
The {{convert|0.6|km2|acre|adj=on}} village has a population (2025) of 946 and a [[population density]] of {{convert|1577|PD/km2}}.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2025-10-27 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/folketall/statistikk/tettsteders-befolkning-og-areal}}</ref>
==History== Grinde was historically located in the old [[Skjold Municipality]]. On 1 January 1965, Skjold Municipality was dissolved and its territory dispersed among three municipalities. The districts Grinde, [[Dueland, Rogaland|Dueland]], and [[Yrkje]] with 1,133 inhabitants in total, were merged into [[Tysvær Municipality]].<ref name="Dag">{{Cite web |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref>
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[[Category:Villages in Rogaland]] [[Category:Tysvær Municipality]]