Editing Songdalen (section)

==History==
[[File:Songdalen Kvislevann Postveien.jpg|thumb|right|View of the old Vestlandske hovedvei, the 1790-era highway from Kristiansand to Mandal, in the Kislevann area in Songdalen]]
In 1964, [[Finsland (municipality)|Finsland]] and [[Greipstad]] municipalities, along with the Eikeland area of neighboring [[Øvrebø (municipality)|Øvrebø]], were merged to form Songdalen municipality.

Greipstad is mentioned in written sources as early as 1344. Through the [[Middle Ages]] records indicate that Greipstad, a small farm community with 34 farms, was continuously inhabited. Greipstad became an independent municipality in 1913; split off from the municipality of [[Søgne]].

Finsland, which lies further from the coast, has few preserved written records, but records have indications of farms there in the year 1000.

An {{convert|8|km|adj=on}} long section of the old Vestlandske Hovedvei (Westland Highway) passes through the municipality from Farvannet to Kvislevann. The [[highway]] was built in the 1790s and the section exists today in much the same way as it did for ordinary traffic in 1881.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Welle-Strand |first=Erling |title=Adventure Roads in Norway |publisher=Nortrabooks |year=1996 |isbn=9788290103717}}</ref>

The [[fortification]]s at Rossevann were built in 1916-1917 for the [[Stavanger]] [[Battalion]]. The municipality also has visible evidence of [[World War II]] fortifications.