Fjotland

Fjotland a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of present-day municipality of Kvinesdal.

Name

The name of the municipality (originally the parish) comes from the old Fjotland farm (Old Norse: Fjósaland). The first element in the name comes from the word fjøs which means "barn" and the last element in the name comes from the word land which means "land".

History

The municipality of Fjotland was established in 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt), but the municipality was short-lived. In 1841, Fjotland (population: 980) was merged into the neighboring municipality of Kvinesdal. This union, however, only lasted until 1858 when Fjotland was separated to form its own municipality again. At that time, Fjotland had a population of 1,044.

On 1 January 1874, an unpopulated area of Fjotland was transferred to neighboring Sirdal. On 1 January 1903, a small area of Sirdal (population: 63) was transferred to Fjotland. On 1 January 1963, Fjotland (population: 1,244) was re-incorporated into Kvinesdal (again) along with the neighboring municipality of Feda.