Sannidal

Sannidal Municipality
Sannidal herred
Sandøkedal herred  (historic name)
Sannikedal herred  (historic name)
View of Sannidal Church
Telemark within Norway
Telemark within Norway
Sannidal within Telemark
Sannidal within Telemark
Coordinates: 58°53′45″N 9°17′06″E / 58.89597°N 9.28508°E / 58.89597; 9.28508
CountryNorway
CountyTelemark
DistrictVestmar
Established1 Jan 1838
 • Created asFormannskapsdistrikt
Disestablished1 Jan 1964
 • Succeeded byKragerø Municipality
Administrative centreKil
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total
196.83 km2 (76.00 sq mi)
Population
 (1960)
 • Total
2,604
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
DemonymSannidøl[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formBokmål[2]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-0816[4]

Sannidal is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The 197-square-kilometre (76 sq mi)[5] municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. The area is now part of Kragerø Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Kil where the Sannidal Church is located.

Sannidal Municipality was located just inland from the town of Kragerø. The main population centre of Sannidal was the village of Kil, which is situated at the end of the Kilsfjord. For this reason it was one of the earliest settlements in the area, being an important link between the sea and the land. The village was important for both exports and imports since the boat was the main means of transport at the time. Exports of timber dating from 1600s-1700s gave the area a good income and made Kil the first commercial center for Sannidal and surrounding country.

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ "Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1932. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m". Norsk Lovtidend (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway: Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri: 453–471. 1932.
  3. ^ "Forskrift om målvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar" (in Norwegian). Lovdata.no.
  4. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  5. ^ Helland, Amund (1900). "Sannikedal herred". VIII. Bratsberg Amt. Anden del. Norges land og folk (in Norwegian). Kristiania, Norway: H. Aschehoug & Company. p. 156. Retrieved 16 September 2023.