| Official Name: | Øysand |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Trøndelag#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trøndelag |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gauldalen |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Melhus |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 7224 Melhus |
| Coordinates: | 63.3312°N 10.2156°W |
| Elevation M: | 4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Øysand is a small village in the northwestern part of the municipality of Melhus in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village sits on the south side of the mouth of the Gaula River, at the head of the Gaulosen, an arm off the main Trondheim Fjord.
The Øysand area measures about 3km2.[2] The Gaula River borders Øysand to the north and east, separating it from Leinstrand in the municipality of Trondheim. To the west there is a shallow sandy beach on the shore of Gaulosen, a branch of Trondheim Fjord. To the south, the section of European route E39 from Klett to Orkanger crosses the area. Øysand is a flat plain and most of the land is used for growing grain. There is also some industry there and a campground along the beach.[3] The best-known native of the area is the musician, composer, and actor Ivar Gafseth, who is known from the television series The Julekalender and the Trøndelag Theater.[4]
The name of the area was originally simply Øy 'island'.[2] The name Øysand is also found spelled as Øysandan and Øysanden, but these forms are hardly ever used in speech. The dative form of Øysand in the local dialect is på Øysaɲɲa. In 2012, the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority sought to standardize the spelling as Øysand.[2]
During the Second World War, the Germans developed plans to create a new German metropolis in Øysand called Nordstern.[5]