Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The Tveit district is located in the northeastern part of Kristiansand, northeast of the Topdalsfjorden along the lower part of the Tovdalselva river. Tveit is the site of the main airport for Southern Norway: Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. The district was the separate Tveit Municipality from 1838 until it was merged into Kristiansand Municipality in 1965.
The village of Tveit lies along the Tovdalselva river, about northeast of the airport. Tveit Church is located in the village. The stone church was built in the 12th century, and it is the oldest building in the village. The village has a population (2025) of 1,613 and a population density of .
Name The district (originally the parish) was named after the old Tveit farm (), since the Tveit Church was built there. The name is identical with the word which means 'a piece of cleared land cut from a forest'. The name spelled differently over the centuries: Tved, Thvet, and Tveid.
Sports In 2010, the municipal council of Kristiansand Municipality voted on which district should have a new sports hall. The 2 finalists were Tveit and Randesund. In a final bid to win the facility, the people from Tveit launched a supporters meeting outside the council offices with about 300 attendees. Randesund supporters were also there numbering about 10. The same day it was announced that Tveit had won the bid. Therefore, a new Tveit sports hall will be built in the coming years with a budget of . Currently there is a small sports hall in Tveit at the Ve School which is used by various organisations.
The Tveit Skisenter is also the largest ski resort in Kristiansand. It even has ski escalators.
Transportation + Bus transportation from/through Tveit Line Destination 35 Kjevik-Brattvollshei - Kristiansand 35 Kjevik-Brattvollshei o/ Grødum - Kristiansand 36 Tveit-Grødum - Kristiansand 36 Tveit-Grødum - Ve 36 Tveit-Grødum o/ Kjevik - Rona 37 Birkeland - Kristiansand 37 Birkeland o/ Dønnestad - Kristiansand 220 Solsetta/Grødum/Dønnestad - Ve FLY Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik - Kristiansand
Politics The 10 largest political parties in Tveit + Kristiansand City Council Party Percent of votes Votes 26.8% 288 24.2% 260 12.4% 133 12.4% 127 11.8% 88 8.2% 38 3.5% 37 2.7% 33 1.7% 29 0.9% 10 Others 1.6% 17 Total 99.7% 1060
Neighbourhoods
Boen Bjørndalen Brattvollsheia Drangsholt Dønnestad Foss Grødum Hamre Hamreheia Hamresanden Kjevik Kråkebumoen Ryen Solsletta Topdalen Ve
Media gallery
Notable people Bernt Balchen (1899–1973), a Norwegian American aviator Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz, the First Minister of Norway from 1814 to 1815 Karl Ove Knausgaard (born 1968), an author
Notable visitor
Former Vice President of the United States, Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978), had family ties to the area, and visited relatives here in 1951 and 1969, and is honored by a memorial stone near Tveit Church.
References
External links Tveit Snow Ski field Tveit Veterinary Clinic Tveit Boxing Club Tveit Sports Association
Tveit Historical Society Weather information for Tveit