Greipstad

Greipstad is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the southeastern part of the present-day municipality of Songdalen.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Greipstad farm (Old Norse: Greipsstaðir), which is the location of the church. The first element of the name comes from the male name, Greipr, and the last element stad means "place".

History

The municipality of Greipstad was established on 1 July 1913 when it was separated from the municipality of Søgne to form a municipality of its own. Initially, the municipality had a population of 822 residents.

On 1 January 1964, Greipstad was merged with Finsland and a small part of Øvrebø to form the new municipality of Songdalen. Prior to the merger, the population of Greipstad was 2,061.

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