| Official Name: | Birkeland |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Agder |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Birkenes |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.07 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 2962 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1431 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 4760 Birkeland |
| Coordinates: | 58.3308°N 8.2323°W |
| Elevation M: | 51 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Birkeland is the administrative centre of the municipality of Birkenes in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the river Tovdalselva, across the river from the village of Flakk. The Norwegian National Road 41 runs through the village. The village is located about northeast of the city of Kristiansand and about northwest of the town of Lillesand.[2]
The 2.07km2 village has a population (2019) of 2,962 and a population density of .[3]
The old Lillesand–Flaksvand Line was a railway line that passed through Birkeland, but it was closed in 1953. The newspaper Birkenesavisa is published in Birkeland.[4] The Southern Norway Folk high school is located in Birkeland and the Birkenes Church is located just south of Birkeland in the small village of Mollestad.