Rysstad is a village in Valle municipality in

Agder Agder is a county (''fylke'') and traditional region in the southern part of Norway. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties were merged. Since the early 1900s, the term Sørlandet ("sou ...

county,

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. The village is located along the river

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in the

Setesdal Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the ...

valley. The

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 ( no, Riksvei 9, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' ( no, Setesdalsveien) and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, throu ...

runs through the village. The village of Besteland lies about to the south and the villages of Brokke and

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lie about to the north. Rysstad was the

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of the old municipality of Hylestad which existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. Hylestad Church is located in Rysstad. So is a graveyard,

Hylestad kyrkjegard Hylestad is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Aust-Agder Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The former municipality existed from 1915 until its dissolution in 1962. It was located in the southern part o ...

.Hallvard T. Bjørgum. "Fiskealbert, del 2". 28 October 2020.

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. P. 32. "Albert bygde hus og fekk si grav på Hylestad kyrkjegard på Rysstad ..Bjørgum, statsstipendiat"

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Villages in Agder Valle, Norway {{Agder-geo-stub