Editing Sirdal (section)

==History==
From the oldest times the Sirdalen valley was divided by the river [[Sira (river)|Sira]] with [[Rogaland]] county controlling the west side and [[Agder]] county controlling the east side. The two sides of the valley, however, was established as one single parish in Christian times, even though it crossed county lines, something that was not very common in Norway.

In 1837, it was decided that every [[parish]] should be a municipality, but no municipality should belong to more than one county (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). Sirdal parish was therefore first divided in two municipalities. This was a bad decision because they had very few inhabitants separately. A new solution was found in 1839 when the two municipalities were re-joined, and the county border was moved so that all of Sirdalen was in Vest-Agder county.

At Kvæven, in northern Sirdal one finds the Sirdal Mountain Museum. This museum has a collection of old Sirdal buildings. Former lifestyles are visible in the farmhouse, a schoolhouse, stable, [[blacksmith]]'s shop, barn, and mountain farm cottage as well as original equipment.