| Official Name: | Tonstad |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Agder#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| 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: | Lister |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sirdal |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 874 |
| Population Density Km2: | 767 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 4440 Tonstad |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 58.6642°N 6.7164°W |
Tonstad is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sirdal in Agder county, Norway. The village is located at the northern end of the lake Sirdalsvatnet in the Sirdalen valley. The 1.14km2 village has a population (2015) of 874, giving the village a population density of .[2]
Tonstad Hydroelectric Power Station and the Tonstad ski center are both located in and around this village. The Tonstad Church is also located in the village.
The village of Tonstad was the administrative center of the old municipality of Tonstad from 1905 until its dissolution in 1960. In 1960, it became the part of Sirdal, and it continued to be the administrative center of that new municipality.
The municipality of Tonstad was named after the old Tonstad farm (Old Norse: Þornýjarstaðir ), since the Tonstad Church is located there. The first element of the name comes from the female name Tone (Old Norse: Þorný) and the last element is staðir which means "homestead" or "farm".[3]