Editing Kristiansand (section)

==Name==
The city is named after the Dano-Norwegian King [[Christian IV of Denmark|King Christian IV]], who founded it on 5 July 1641. The second part of the city's name, ''sand'', comes from the [[Old Norse]] word {{wikt-lang|non|sandr}} which means "sand" or "sandy ground". This refers to the sandy headland upon which the city was originally built. (See also: [[Lillesand#Name]])

Historically, the name was usually written ''Christianssand'' until 1877, although the map of the [[Cartography|mapmaker]] [[Pontoppidan]] from 1785 spelled the name ''Christiansand'' (with a single 's'). In 1877, an official spelling reform aimed at bringing city names into line with regular Norwegian orthography changed it to ''Kristianssand''. [[Kristiansund (town)|Kristiansund]] and [[Oslo|Kristiania]] ([[Oslo]]), also had their spellings changed under the same reform. Despite that, a number of businesses and associations retain the "Ch" spelling. The name was again changed to its present form, ''Kristiansand'' (single "s"), in 1889.

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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2012 |title=Kristiansand eller Christianssand? - Sørlandet - NRK Nyheter |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/sorlandet/1.7981794 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205040015/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/sorlandet/1.7981794 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=2013-05-14 |publisher=Nrk.no}}</ref> This proposal was not well received by the locals and the mayor has not pushed this further.