Grim is a

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in the city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of

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 ...

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,

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. The borough has a population of about 16,000 people and is the second least populated borough in Kristiansand. Grim is located in the northwestern part of the municipality, north of

Vågsbygd Vågsbygd is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough and district in the Kristiansand (town), city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. ...

borough, northwest of Kvadraturen borough, and west of

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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borough. Grim also borders

Songdalen Songdalen is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1964 until 2020 when it was merged with Søgne and Kristiansand municipalities to form a new, much la ...

and

Vennesla Vennesla is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Venn ...

municipalities to the west and north, respectively. The borough of Grim is divided into five districts: Grim, Hellemyr,

Tinnheia Tinnheia is a district in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The population is around 3,660 (2014). It is part of the borough of Grim (Kristiansand), Grim, and it is generally populated with mostly apartment homes, with a high perce ...

Strai Strai is a village and a district in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder, Norway. It is located in the borough of Grim. Its population (2014) is about 1,000. The district of Mosby lies to the north, the districts of Lund, Kvadraturen, and ...

, and Mosby. The district of Grim is in the southeast part of the borough, forming a little centrum for the borough. The district of Hellemyr is located in the southwest part of the borough and the small district of

is in the south central part of the borough. The northern two-thirds of the borough is made up of the two rural districts of

(central Grim) and Mosby (far northern Grim). Both of these districts are both characterized by an agrarian environment.

History

The city of Kristiansand was founded because of the nearby farms in Grim, which included some crown land, along with the nearby area of Eg. The area was called Grimsmoen and in 1643 and 1644 it was transferred from Grim to the city of Kristiansand, and today that area is the city center, called Kvadraturen, after the quadrant-based town plan that was prepared using Renaissance ideals. The term Sanden is also used when referring to Grimsmoen. The districts of Strai and Mosby were both a part of

Oddernes Oddernes is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough in the Kristiansand (town), city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The borough covers eastern Kristiansand on the east side of the Topda ...

Municipality until it was merged into Kristiansand in 1965.

Population and demographics

The district of Grim has a population of 5,200. Some of the larger neighborhoods in the district is Grimsmyra, Krossen, and Suldalen. The centrum of Grim is called Grim Torv and is located in the middle of the district. Grim consist of many large, white houses and apartments. Tinnheia is the district in Kristiansand with the most apartment buildings. There is a little centrum for Tinnheia at the top of the hill called Tinnheia Torv. Hellemyr consists of typical Norwegian neighborhoods. Strai and Mosby both consist of a lot of farms and rural neighborhoods. The borough of Grim is the 3rd most populous place for immigrants in Kristiansand, making up 22% of the population and 19% of the population of the district of Grim. About 5% of the immigrants are from

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and

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while 17% are from

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Neighbourhoods

*Artillerivollen *

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* Breimyr *Brønnstykket *

Dalane Dalane is a traditional district in the southwestern part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities of Lund, Sokndal, Eigersund, and Bjerkreim. Dalane is one of the 15 districts in Western Norway. It sits to the southeast of the very flat ...

*Dueknipden * Eigevannskollen *Enrum * Fjellro * Fidje *Hellemyrtoppen *Hellemyrlia *Hellinga *Idda *Hannevik terasse *

Hannevika Hannevika or Hannevig / Hannevik is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Grim and in the district of Tinnheia. The neighborhood is located along the European route E39 highway and the ...

*Hannevikdalen *Hannevikåsen *Haus *Heisel *Hommeren *Høie * Høietun *Indre Strai * Koboltveien * Kolsberg * Kolsdalen *Lindekleiv *Fagerdal * Grim torv * Grimsmyra *Grimsvollen *Møllevannet * Klappane *

Krossen Krossen is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Mandalen valley, on the western shore of the river Mandalselva, about north of the town of Mandal and about south of the village of Øyslebø ...

* Mosby * Ravnedalen *Paradis * Sløyfen *Solholmen * Solkollen * Suldalen *Tinnheia nordvest *Tinnheia sørøst *Tinnheia torv *Tinnheiatoppen *Tjuvhelleren * Vestheiene *Vestre Fidjane *Ytre Strai *Øvre Mosby

Centrums

Grim torv is the small centrum for the district Grim, it is located in the middle of Grim with Grim Junior High. The centrum has a bakery, pharmacy, hair salon, pizza place, grocery stores, and other business. There is an old closed factory behind Grim torv. Tinnheia torv is located at the top of Tinnheia and has a little square with a playground in the middle. The square is surrounded by small stores and grocery stores. There is also a pizza place at Tinnheia torv along with an activity club, solarium and karate center. Vestheiene is the centrum for Hellemyr. It has a small square street called Skomagergada, there is a hair saloon and a pizza place at the location along with a grocery store and Hellemyr Church. Mosby has a small centrum for both Strai and Mosby. There is a small park and some stores there.

Economy

is a large industrial area in Kristiansand and is a part of Tinnheia. The industrial areas largest businesses is Hennig-Olsen Is, a large Norwegian ice-cream company which has its headquarters here.

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has a fabric located in Hannevika.

Christianssands Bryggeri Christianssands Bryggeri (or CB, Kristiansand's Brewery) is a Norwegian brewery centred in Kristiansand. Together with Hansa Bryggeri in Bergen and Borg Bryggerier in Sarpsborg it makes up Hansa Borg Bryggerier AS, which is the second largest ...

is a local brewery located in Grim district and was founded 1859. Tine is the largest dairy company which has it fabric for Southern Norway located at Hellemyr. Idda Arena is an arena located in Grim district with a little skateboard park outside. The arena is the only ice hall in Southern Norway.

Nature

Ravnedalen is a park in Grim district with Grimsmyra. The park was created in 1874 as a suggestion from

Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland (17 November 1815 – 19 August 1895) was a Norway, Norwegian military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer. Personal life Wergeland was born in Kristiansand, Christianssand and grew up at Eidsvoll, Eidsvol ...

, brother of

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. Today the park has fountains, creeks, and a cafe named "The General". There is also statues there. Ravnedalen has some of the largest trees in Norway. The park also have a large outdoor scene.

Baneheia Baneheia is a recreational area in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The park is mostly known at the national level from the Baneheia case as the scene of a notorious murder of two girls ages 8 and 10 that took place in 200 ...

is next to Ravnedalen and there is a trail you can follow to get there. Eigevann is a lake between Hellemyr and Tinnheia. The lake has a little beach and trails to Koboltveien at Tinnheia where it meets another trail to Solkollen at Hellemyr. Dueknipden is a lookout point at Tinnheia. The view is of downtown Kristiansand, Kvadraturen, and the ocean. There is also a lake there and trails. The river

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runs through the

Torridal Torridal is a V-shaped valley in Agder county, Norway. The valley passes through portions of the municipalities of Kristiansand and Vennesla in an area that was historically a part of the former Oddernes (municipality), Oddernes municipality. Toda ...

valley where Strai and Mosby are located.

Education

Grim has two elementary schools, Solhomen and Krossen elementary. Grim is located with one junior high, Grim School which is for students in the entire Grim district. The closest high schools are at Kvadraturen.

Religion

There are three

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churches in the borough and one

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church. The Protestant churches are located at Vestheiene at Hellemyr, one with Grim torv and one in Strai called

Torridal Church Torridal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aukland, just south of the village of Mosby and just north of the village of Strai, on the west s ...

. The orthodox church is located at Tinnheia.

Grim Church Grim Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Grim in the city of Kristiansand, just northwest of the city centre. It is the church for the Grim par ...

was finished in 1969 and is made out of concrete, the church has seating capacity of 750 people and is the largest church in the borough. Grim is the Protestant church for the district Grim and the district Tinnheia. Hellemyr Church was built in 1988 also of concrete and has a seating capacity of 220 people. The church is located at Vestheiene which is a small centrum for the district Hellemyr. Torridal Church is the church for the districts Strai and Mosby and is located in Strai. The church was finished in 1978 and is built out of expanded clay aggregate. Grim and Tinnheia is its own parish in the

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. In 1997, Hellemyr became its own parish.

Transportation

Road

The two main roads in the area is

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

and

Norwegian National Road 9 Norwegian National Road 9 (, ) is often called the ''Setesdal Road'' () and it is the main thoroughfare through the Setesdalen valley. It runs from the city of Kristiansand in the southern coast of Norway, through the Torridal and Setesdal v ...

. E39 starts with Bellevue and goes in tunnel under Hannevika which is called Hanneviktunnelen. The most traffical stretch in Kristiansand starts with Hanneviktunnelen. There is an exit of the highway to Hannevika and Tinnheia. The road splits and E39 goes towards Hellemyr and has an exit for

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and again Tinnheia, then twice Hellemyr. E39 leads out to Songdalen. Norwegian National Road 9, shortened Rv9, starts with Garnterløkka roundabout and goes past the Christianssands Brewery and Grimsmyra. Rv9 passes Grim torv and goes through the neighborhoods Klappane, Krossen, Dalane, Bymoen before it goes through Strai and Mosby. The road is the main road for these three districts and leads past Høietun before it leads into Vennesla municipality.

Bus

The main public transport is bus; bus lines 15 Tinnheia-Kvadraturen, 32 Høietun-Kvadraturen and 30

-Kristiansand go through Grim, while 13 Grimsyra-

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and 19 Suldalen-UiA cover most of Grim and end there. The railroad into Kristiansand is built through Grim; it is the only way in for trains, but the closest stop is Kristiansand Station, the main train station for the city.

Train

The railroad goes through Grim from

next to Hellemyr and

before entering Kristiansand Station. The railroad eastbound continues through entire Grim to Vennesla Station. There are no stops between. The

Setesdal Line The Setesdal Line () was a railway between Kristiansand and Byglandsfjord in southern Norway, long. It was built with a narrow gauge of , and opened to Hægeland 26 November 1895, and to Byglandsfjord 27 November 1896. Stations along the line ...

, which operated from 1891 to 1988, started at Grimsbroen where Norwegian National 9 goes today. The line had stops at Mosby and Aukland in Strai in the borough. Both stations closed down in 1991 and was a part of the Setesdal Line and

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Photos

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File:Idda.jpg, Idda arena File:Grim-2.jpg, Krossen and Suldalen seen from

File:Krossen.jpg, Parking lot with Elisenhøy File:Krossen-2.jpg, Krossen File:Suldalen-3.jpg, Krossen File:Krossen1.jpg, Krossen File:Grim and Tinnheia.jpg, Møllevann with Tinnheia in the background File:Suldalen-4.jpg, Suldalen File:Suldalen1.jpg, Suldalen seen form Krossen File:Hannevika Kristiansand.jpg, Tinnheia seen from Hannevika File:Hannevika.jpg, Hannevika seen from Tinnheia File:Tinnheia apartments.jpg, Apartments at Kolsberg in Tinnheia File:Messingveien-1.jpg, Tinnheitoppen File:Koboltveien-3.jpg, Koboltveien File:Tinnheia-10.jpg, Welcome sign at Tinnheia File:Tinnheia-23.jpg, View from Tinnheia to

File:Tinnheia-22.jpg, Kolsåsen File:Tinnheia torv.jpg, Tinnheia torv is a little centrum at Tinnheia File:Tinnheia-torv-1.jpg, Tinnheia torv File:Tinnheia-torv-4.jpg, Welcome sign at Tinnheia torv File:Karljohanmemorialschool.jpg, Karl Johan Memorial School at Tinnheia File:Grim-20.jpg, Tinnheia File:Eigevann1.jpg, Eigevann is a lake between Tinnheia and Hellemyr File:Hellemyr kirke2.JPG, Hellemyr Church File:Fjellro2.jpg, Fjellrotjønn File:Fjellro1.jpg, Fjellrotjønn with Slettheia File:Skomagergada.jpg, Skomagergada at Vestheiene in Hellemyr File:Torridal kirke.JPG,

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References

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