Søndeled (village)

Søndeled is a village in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the western end of the Søndeledfjorden at the mouth of the river Brøbøvann. The villages of Fiane and Eikeland (in Gjerstad) lie about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the north, the village of Akland lies about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) to the south, and the town of Risør is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the southeast.[2]

Søndeled
Village
View of a road through the village
Søndeled
Location of the village
Søndeled
Søndeled (Norway)
Coordinates: 58.7609°N 09.0749°E / 58.7609; 09.0749
CountryNorway
RegionSouthern Norway
CountyAgder
DistrictØstre Agder
MunicipalityRisør
Elevation12 m (39 ft)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
4990 Søndeled

Historically, the village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Søndeled which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. People from this area are called søndølingar. The Norwegian County Road 418 runs through the village, connecting to the European route E18 highway a short distance to the southwest. The village has a school, shops, and Søndeled Church.

Name

The village (and municipality) is named after the fjord that it sits along (Old Norse: Sundaleiðr, now called the Søndeledfjorden). The first element comes from the word sundene 'straits' and the last element is led (Old Norse: leið) 'path, way'. Hence the name means the 'path between the straits'.[3]

Notable residents

References
  1. "Søndeled, Risør (Aust-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (21 November 2014). "Søndeled – tettbebyggelse". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. Rygh, Oluf (1905). Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt (in Norwegian) (8 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. p. 20.


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