Official Name: | Sandvika |
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: | 4916 Borøy |
Coordinates: | 58.57°N 9.0012°W |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Sandvika is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern coast of the island of Borøya, along the Oksefjorden, about south of the town of Tvedestrand. The village is mentioned in the first scene of Richard Wagner's opera Der fliegende Holländer.