Editing Grimstad (section)

==General information==
[[File:Grimstad-4K.jpg|thumb|left|Map of the merged areas in 1971 that formed present-day Grimstad]]
[[File:Grimstad 078.jpg|thumb|left|View of the city centre]]
[[File:Grimstad-krk.jpg|thumb|left|[[Grimstad Church]]]]
[[File:Storgata Grimstad 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|The narrow main pedestrian street Storgata in the city center.]]

The [[Grimstad (town)|town of Grimstad]] was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1878, part of the neighboring municipality of [[Fjære]] (population: 948) was transferred to Grimstad. Again, on 1 January 1960, another part of Fjære (pop: 344) was transferred to Grimstad. On 1 January 1971, the rural municipalities of Fjære (pop: 6,189) and [[Landvik]] (pop: 2,781) were merged with the town of Grimstad (pop: 2,794) to form a significantly larger municipality of Grimstad with a total population of 11,764 at the time of the merger.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the historic town of [[Grimstad (town)|Grimstad]] ({{langx|non|Grómstǫð}}). The first element is the name of after the old ''Grøm'' farm. The farm name is the combination of two items. First, the old local river name ''Gróa'' which comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|gróa}} which means "to grow" and the second part is {{wikt-lang|non|heimr}} which means "home" or "abode". The last element of the name is {{wikt-lang|non|stǫð}} which means "landing place" or "[[Harbor|harbour]]". The town's name was originally spelled ''Grømstad'', when Norway was part of the [[Kingdom of Denmark-Norway]]. At some point, the spelling of the name was misunderstood and became spelled as "Grimstad" during the registration of Norwegian cities and small places.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Grimstad |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Grimstad |access-date=2017-11-17 |date=2017-11-02 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4pBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nedenes amt |date=1905 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=8 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=115 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted in 1899 and was based upon a seal of the city dating back to 1847. The [[blazon]] is ''"Azure, a [[brig]] above three [[barrulet]]s wavy [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"''. This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a two-masted [[brig]], a type of sailing ship, on top of three wavy lines which symblize the ocean. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms usually have a [[mural crown]] above the shield. The design was chosen as a symbol for the importance of [[fishing]] and [[shipping]].<ref name="snl" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Grimstad |access-date=2023-07-12 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Grimstad kommune, våpen |url=https://foto.digitalarkivet.no/fotoweb/archives/5003-Kommunev%C3%A5pen/Kart%20og%20tegninger%20og%20segl/Grimstad%20fra%20SNL.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Kommunev%25C3%25A5pen%2F%3Fq%3Dgrimstad |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] has four parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Grimstad. It is part of the [[Vest-Nedenes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Grimstad'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Eide||[[Eide Church (Aust-Agder)|Eide Church]]||[[Eide, Aust-Agder|Eide]]||1795
|-
|rowspan="2"|Fjære||[[Fevik Church]]||[[Fevik]]||1976
|-
|[[Fjære Church]]||[[Fjære]]||c. 1150
|-
|rowspan="1"|Grimstad||[[Grimstad Church]]||[[Grimstad (town)|Grimstad]]||1881
|-
|rowspan="2"|Landvik||[[Landvik Church]]||[[Roresand]]||1825
|-
|[[Østerhus Church]]||[[Østerhus]]||1980
|}