28 Facts About Kristiansand

Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway.

In 2012, the city's mayor, Arvid Grundekjøn, proposed that the city be renamed Christianssand, arguing that "Kristiansand" is grammatically meaningless and that Christianssand stands for tradition.

City of Kristiansand had a quarantine station for maritime traffic and hospital at Odderøy Island for cholera patients that opened in 1804.

Kristiansand was attacked by German naval forces and the Luftwaffe during the Operation Weserubung on 9 April 1940.

Older municipal archives for Kristiansand are currently held at the Inter-Municipal Archives in Vest-Agder .

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Arms of Kristiansand were granted on 8 December 1909 and are based on the oldest seal of the city, dating from 1643.

Kristiansand is strategically located on the Skagerrak, and until the opening of the Kiel Canal between the North Sea and the Baltic was very important militarily and geopolitically.

Kristiansand is a gateway to and from the continent, with ferry service to Denmark and a terminus of the railway line along the southern edge of South Norway.

All municipalities in Norway, including Kristiansand, are responsible for primary education, outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment and other social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads.

Kristiansand has no local parliamentary government, but is managed by the municipal council and an executive committee.

Municipal council of Kristiansand is made up of 71 representatives that are elected to four year terms.

Kristiansand is owned by the Anglo-Swiss company Glencore and has about 500 employees.

Kristiansand continues to have major shipbuilding and repair facilities that support Norway's North Sea oil industry.

Kristiansand Dyrepark is the zoo that sells most giraffe in Europe.

Main part of the industrial park is in Kristiansand, including the mall Sørlandssenteret with 195 stores and Kristiansand Zoo, it is the largest mall and zoo in Norway.

Christianssands Kunstforening, now renamed Kristiansand Kunsthall, is one of the oldest and largest art associations in Norway, founded in 1881, and has approximately 650 square metres of exhibition space for contemporary art in central Kristiansand.

In 2007 Kristiansand was awarded the designation Norges kulturkommune, a distinction awarded every other year by the Norwegian Culture Forum.

Kristiansand is known for its handball teams, ice hockey, basketball and volleyball clubs and has a baseball team .

Kristiansand is a summer tourist destination, attracting many visitors in particular to its zoo, Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park, just east of the city.

Kristiansand is home to many other festivals as well, running throughout the year.

Kristiansand is an important transport and communications node, connected to continental Europe by air and sea.

When E39 comes to Kristiansand, it goes to the harbor and continues through Denmark.

Local city buses in Kristiansand has their main stop in Kvadraturen with city terminals in the streets Henrik Wergelands gate and Tollbodgata, both streets crosses Markens gate.

Kristiansand Station opened in 1895 and is located in the city centre, close to the ferry terminal.

In Kristiansand it is housed on a campus on the former parade ground of Gimlemoen in the Lund section.

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Kristiansand was a garrison and cathedral town from 1664; Kristiansand Cathedral School was founded in 1684 and a Latin school in 1734.

Kristiansand is host to an International School on Kongsgard Alle in Lund.

Kristiansand Avis is a free newspaper paid by ads, and is delivered to all households in the region except Lillesand, Birkenes and Iveland.