Editing Tvedestrand (section)

==General information==
[[File:Tvedestrand.jpg|thumb|left|From the town centre of Tvedestrand]]
[[File:Dypvåg Kirke.JPG|thumb|left|[[Dypvåg Church]]]]
The [[Tvedestrand (town)|town of Tvedestrand]] was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1960, the rural municipalities of [[Dypvåg]] (population: 1,805) and [[Holt, Aust-Agder|Holt]] (population: 3,759) were merged with the [[Tvedestrand (town)|town of Tvedestrand]] (population: 868) to form a new municipality named Tvedestrand.<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>

On 1 January 1962, the [[Strengereid]] area (population: 375) of Tvedestrand was transferred to neighboring [[Moland]] municipality. Then on 1 January 1964, the Holtegården area (population: 5) was transferred from Moland to Tvedestrand. The uninhabited Folevatnet area in Tvedestrand was transferred to the municipality of Risør on 1 January 1984.<ref name="Dag" />

===Name===
The town and municipality is named after the old ''Tveite'' farm ({{langx|non|Þveitar}}) since that is the location of the present [[Tvedestrand (town)|town of Tvedestrand]]. The first element is the farm name which is the [[genitive case]] of the word {{wikt-lang|non|þveit}} which means "[[Clearing (geography)|clearing]]" or "small farm". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|strǫnd}} which means "[[beach]]" or "strand". Thus this is the beach of the Tveit farm.<ref name="snl" /><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=48 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 4 April 1986. The official [[blazon]] is "[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], a [[tern]] [[Volant (heraldry)|volant]] [[argent]]" ({{langx|no|I blått en oppflyvende sølv terne}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[tern]], a type of local seabird. The tern has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color in the field and the tern were chosen to represent the [[sea]] since the municipality was historically dependent on it for its [[economy]]. The arms were designed by Daniel Rike. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Tvedestrand |access-date=2023-01-16 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-09-14.html |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-04-04 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-04-04-884?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>
{{See also|Coat of arms of Roan}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Tvedestrand'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Dypvåg||[[Dypvåg Church]]||[[Dypvåg (village)|Dypvåg]]||c. 1200
|-
|rowspan="2"|Holt||[[Holt Church]]||[[Fiane, Tvedestrand|Fiane]]||c. 1100
|-
|[[Laget Church]]||[[Laget]]||1908
|-
|rowspan="1"|Tvedestrand||[[Tvedestrand Church]]||[[Tvedestrand (town)|Tvedestrand]]||1861
|}

[[File:Lyngør august 2017 (1).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|View of the village of [[Lyngør]]]]