| Official Name: | Vanse |
| 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: | Farsund |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.83 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 2,016 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1102 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 4557 Vanse |
| Elevation M: | 6 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Coordinates: | 58.0981°N 6.6917°W |
Vanse is a village in Farsund municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located about west of the town of Farsund and about east of the village of Vestbygd. The Farsund Airport, Lista is located just west of Vanse. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Lista from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The old municipality was known as Vanse from 1838 until 1911.[2]
The 1.83km2 village has a population (2015) of 2,016 which gives the village a population density of .[3]
Vanse Church is a medieval stone church, built in 1037 in the village of Vanse. A stone monument stands near the church. it is a memorial of fatalities during the Gunboat War (1807–1814). It is surrounded by authentic small cannons and a circle of stones with chain. A speech is held by this stone each year on Constitution Day, May 17.[4]
Kjell Elvis also has his own star in Selvaagpark modelled on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.[5]