Tveit

District Tveit
District

Coat of arms
District Tveit
Location of the village
District Tveit
District Tveit (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°13′25″N 8°06′35″E / 58.2236°N 08.1098°E / 58.2236; 08.1098Coordinates: 58°13′25″N 8°06′35″E / 58.2236°N 08.1098°E / 58.2236; 08.1098
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Vest-Agder
City Kristiansand
Boroughs Oddernes
Elevation[1] 33 m (108 ft)
Population (2014)
 • Total 2,000
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code NO-030112
Website kristiansand.kommune.no

Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Vest-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).[2]

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".[3] The name spelled differently over the centuries: Tved, Thvet, and Tveid.[4]

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 with a budget of 20 million kr. Currently there is a small sports hall in Tveit at the Ve School which is used by various organisations.

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

Transportation

Bus transportation from/through Tveit
LineDestination [5]
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 politics parties in Tveit as of 2015: [6]

Kristiansand City Council Percent of votes Votes
Labour Party 26,8% 288
Conservative Party 24,2% 260
Christian Democratic Party 12,4% 133
Progress Party 12,4% 127
The Democrats 11,8% 88
Liberal Party 8,2% 38
Green Party 3,5% 37
Pensioners' Party 2,7% 33
Socialist Left Party 1,7% 29
The Christians 0,9% 10
Others 1,6% 17
Total 99,7% 1060

Neighbourhoods

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

Notable residents

Notable visitor

References

  1. ↑ "Tveit, Kristiansand (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  2. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (1 January 2016). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality".
  3. ↑ Harper, Douglas (November 2001). "Thwaite". Online Etymology Dictionary.
  4. ↑ Rygh, Oluf (1912). Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt (in Norwegian) (9 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "AKT".
  6. ↑ "Valgresultat for Tveit". Retrieved 2015-09-18.
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