Flostaøya is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

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 Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The island lies along the

Skaggerak The Skagerrak (; , , ) is a strait running between the North Jutlandic Island of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea. The Skagerrak contains some of the busiest shipping ...

coast between the islands of

Tromøy Tromøy (historic: ''Tromø'') is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1878 until its dissolution in 1992. The municipal area is now part of the municipality of Arendal in Agder county. Th ...

to the southwest and

Tverrdalsøya Tverrdalsøya is an island in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island lies between the Oksefjorden, Eikelandsfjorden, and Kilsundet straits just off the mainland coast at the entrance to the Tvedestrandsfjorden which leads nor ...

to the northeast. The island lies about northeast of the town of Arendal. Some of the larger villages on the island include Arnevik,

Narestø Narestø is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the island of Flostaøya, just south of the historic Flosta Church Flosta Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway ...

, and

Kalvøysund Kalvøysund is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the island of Flostaøya, about south of the village of Kilsund and about northeast of the village of Narestø. Militar ...

. The island has a bridge connection to the mainland at the southwest corner of the island and there is a bridge connection to

Kilsund Kilsund is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tverrdalsøya, although the village has grown over the bridge onto the nearby island of Flostaøya a short distance to the south. The vil ...

on the neighboring island of

at the north end. The island was historically part of the municipality of

Dypvåg Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand is List of municipalities of Nor ...

until 1902. In 1902, the island (along with Tverrdalsøya and part of the mainland) became a part of the new municipality of

Flosta Flosta is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Aust-Agder Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of Ar ...

. In 1962, the island became a part of the new municipality of

Moland Moland is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1962 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is located in what is now Agder county. The administrati ...

, but that only lasted until 1992 when the island was merged into the municipality of

. The historic

Flosta Church Flosta Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Narestø on the island of Flostaøyawooden church was built in a long church design in 1632 us ...

is located just north of

on the island of Flostaøya.

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