Arendal
Arendal is a city and municipality in the county of Agder, Norway. It is the administrative center of Aust-Agder county, and belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The municipality is bordered in the southwest by Grimstad, in the northwest by Froland, and in the northeast by Tvedestrand municipalities.
The name
The Norse form of the name was probably "Arnardalr". The first element is then the genitive case of "orn" m 'eagle', the last element is "dalr" m 'valley, dale'.
Arendal Media
The annual Norwegian Grand Prix for F1 Powerboat Racing is held at Arendal
Related pages
Other websites
- Arendal Kommune official website
- Arendal official tourist information Archived 2007-03-04 at the Wayback Machine