Finsland
Finnsland | |
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Village | |
 View of the village church (c. 1900) | |
  Finsland Location of the village  Finsland Finsland (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 58°19′06″N 07°35′33″E / 58.31833°N 7.59250°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Southern Norway |
| County | Agder |
| Municipality | Kristiansand |
| Elevation | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 4646 Finsland |
Finsland or Finnsland is a village in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Nodeland and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of the village of Bjelland. The village is very small and it is located in a very rural area, but it is the site of Finsland Church, the main church for the northern half of Songdalen municipality. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Finsland which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964.[2]
- ^ "Finsland, Songdalen (Vest-Agder)". yr.no. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Finsland" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2017.