Dypvåg (village) explained

Official Name:Dypvåg
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 Name3:Østre Agder
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tvedestrand
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:4900 Tvedestrand
Coordinates:58.6263°N 9.0523°W
Elevation M:35
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Dypvåg is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Skagerrak coast and the Norwegian County Road 411, about east of the town of Tvedestrand and the village of Kråkvåg lies immediately west of Dypvåg. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Dypvåg which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. The historic Dypvåg Church is located in the village.[2]

Name

The village is named after the old Dybvaag farm (Old Norse: Djúpvágr or Djúpivágr), since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from dype which means "deep" and the last element is våg which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling was changed from Dybvaag to Dypvåg around the early 20th century.[3]

Notable residents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dypvåg, Tvedestrand (Aust-Agder). yr.no. 1 January 2018.
  2. Encyclopedia: Dypvåg – tettbebyggelse i Tvedestrand. Geir. Thorsnæs. 30 December 2017. 24 July 2015. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Norwegian.
  3. Book: Rygh, Oluf. Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt. 8. Oluf Rygh. W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri. 1905. Kristiania, Norge. 36. Norwegian.