Kongshavn or Kongshamn is a village in the municipality of

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 ...

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county,

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. Its population (2009) was 862. Kongshavn is located on the north side of the island of

Tromøya Tromøya () or Tromøy () (historic: ''Tromø'') is the largest island in Southern Norway. The island is entirely located in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The island has about 5,300 residents (in 2015) which gives it a p ...

, across the Tromøysundet

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from the village of

Eydehavn Eydehavn or Eydehamn is a village in the municipality of Arendal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the centre of the town of Arendal, about northeast of the village of Saltrød, about south of the village of ...

. It is about east of the town of Arendal and it is directly west of the village of

Åmdalsøyra Åmdalsøyra or Omdalsøyra is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote ...

Name

It is said that Kongshamn was a safe haven for the king's ships during the

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

. Kongshavn is a

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word meaning "King's Landing" or "King's Port".

References

Villages in Agder Arendal {{Agder-geo-stub