Finsland or Finnsland is a village in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...
municipality in
Agder
Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...
county,
Norway
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. The village is located about northwest of
Nodeland
Nodeland is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder County, Norway. Nodeland was the administrative centre of former Songdalen municipality which was merged into Kristiansand in 2020. The village is located about northwest of the city ce ...
and about 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
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of the old municipality of
Finsland which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964.
Name
The municipality (originally the
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
) was named Finsland. The name comes from the old "Finsland" farm which is situated by the river Finnsåna, which flows into the
Mandalselva
Mandalselva, Mandalsåni, or Marna ( English: Mandal River, ) is a river in Agder county in Norway. The river has its origins in the mountains between Ose in Setesdal and the Upper Sirdal valley. The river flows south to its mouth at the North ...
. 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".
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Weather information for Finsland
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Villages in Agder
Geography of Kristiansand