This article is about the district in Kristiansand, Norway. For other uses, see Tveit (disambiguation).
District Tveit
District
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAgder
CityKristiansand
BoroughsOddernes
Iso codeNO-030112
Time zoneCET (UTC+01:00)
Time zone (DST)CEST (UTC+02:00)
Population as of2014
Population total2,000
Websitekristiansand.kommune.no
Coordinates58.2236°N 8.1098°E
Elevation33 m

Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The Tveit district is located in the northeastern part of Kristiansand, northeast of the Topdalsfjorden along the lower part of the Tovdalselva river. Tveit is the site of the main airport for Southern Norway: Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. The district was the separate municipality of Tveit from 1838 until it was merged into Kristiansand in 1965.

The village of Tveit lies along the Tovdalselva river, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the airport. Tveit Church is located in the village. The stone church was built in the 12th century, and it is the oldest building in the village. The 1-square kilometre (250-acre) village has a population (2016) of 1,418 which gives the village a population density of 1,418 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,670 /sq mi).[1]

Name

The district (originally the parish) was named after the old Tveit farm (Old Norse: Þveit), since the Tveit Church was built there. The name is identical with the word þveit which means 'a piece of cleared land cut from a forest'.[2] The name spelled differently over the centuries: Tved, Thvet, and Tveid.[3]

Sports

In 2010, the Kristiansand City Council had a vote on which district should have a new sports hall. The 2 finalists were Tveit and Randesund. In a final bid to win the facility, the people from Tveit launched a supporters meeting outside the council offices with about 300 attendees. Randesund supporters were also there numbering about 10. The same day it was announced that Tveit had won the bid. Therefore, a new Tveit sports hall will be built in the coming years[needs update] with a budget of . Currently there is a small sports hall in Tveit at the Ve School which is used by various organisations.[citation needed]

The Tveit Skisenter is also the largest ski resort in Kristiansand.[citation needed] It even has ski escalators.[citation needed]

Transportation

Bus transportation from/through Tveit
LineDestination [4]
35Kjevik-Brattvollshei - Kristiansand
35Kjevik-Brattvollshei o/ Grødum - Kristiansand
36Tveit-Grødum - Kristiansand
36Tveit-Grødum - Ve
36Tveit-Grødum o/ Kjevik - Rona
37Birkeland - Kristiansand
37Birkeland o/ Dønnestad - Kristiansand
220Solsetta/Grødum/Dønnestad - Ve
FLYKristiansand Airport, Kjevik - Kristiansand

Politics

The 10 largest political parties in Tveit As of 2015 :[5]

Kristiansand City Council
PartyPercent of votesVotes
26.8%288
24.2%260
12.4%133
12.4%127
11.8%88
8.2%38
3.5%37
2.7%33
1.7%29
0.9%10
Others1.6%17
 Total99.7%1060

Neighbourhoods

  • Boen
  • Bjørndalen
  • Brattvollsheia
  • Drangsholt
  • Dønnestad
  • Foss
  • Grødum
  • Hamre
  • Hamreheia
  • Hamresanden
  • Kjevik
  • Kråkebumoen
  • Ryen
  • Solsletta
  • Topdalen
  • Ve

Notable residents

Notable visitor

References

  1. ^ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2016). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality."
  2. ^ Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Thwaite". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  3. ^ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian). 9 ed. Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 1.
  4. ^ "AKT"
  5. ^ "Valgresultat for Tveit" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-09-18.