Editing Vennesla (section)

==Attractions==
===Vikeland Hovedgård===
[[File:Vigeland Hovedgård.jpg|thumb|right|Vikeland Hovedgård]]
Vikeland Hovedgård is a manor house located along the [[Otra]] River in the village of [[Vennesla (village)|Vennesla]]. Vigeland Manor was completed in 1847. The building was constructed of wood in both Empire and Swiss style. It was built as part of Vigeland Brug, then one of the largest sawmills in the area. Vigeland Manor was built by Caspar Wild who bought the farm and adjacent sawmill in 1833. In 1894, the farm was sold to John Clarke Hawkshaw whose family retained the manor until around 1960. The current annex was built around 1900. During the 1980s, there was restoration with the main building subsequently used as lodging, corporate, and meeting facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vigeland hovedgård (Vigelands verk) |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/Lokaliteter/Vest-Agder/Vennesla/VIGELAND-HOVEDGAARD-VIGELANDS-VERK |access-date=2016-02-01 |publisher=Kulturminnesøk}}</ref>

The manor house has been said to be haunted by a ghost known as "the Blue Lady" ''(den Blå Dama)''. Mari was a farm worker who fell in love with the owner's son. They were not allowed to marry, so it is said Mari committed suicide in the "blue room", hence the title "the Blue Lady".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historien til Vigeland hovedgård |url=http://www.vigelandhovedgard.no/historie/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007095159/http://www.vigelandhovedgard.no/historie/ |archive-date=7 October 2018 |access-date=2016-02-01 |publisher=Vigeland Hovedgård}}</ref>

===Vennesla Church===
[[File:Vennesla kirke.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vennesla Church]]]]
[[Vennesla Church]] (''Vennesla Kirke'') serves Vennesla parish in [[Otredal prosti|Otredal deanery]] (''Otredal prosti''). The church was completed in 1829 and consecrated the following year. The church was built of stone and brick, while the west tower with side buildings are wooden. The church replaced a church from the first half of the 1600s. The tower was made higher in 1886, and the interior was restored in 1925.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

===Vindbjart Football Club===
The [[Association football|football]] club of Vennesla is [[Vindbjart FK]], founded in 1896. Vindbjart is currently playing in the [[Norwegian Third Division]] and the [[stadium]] is [[Moseidmoen gress]] in the village of [[Vennesla (village)|Vennesla]].