- Founded
- January 1, 1838
- Country
- Employees
- 3,092(October 13, 2026)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- 3,092(October 13, 2026)
- Website
- grimstad.kommune.no
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- grimstad.kommune.no
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
110 statements · 57% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Located in
- Agder(since 2020)
- Aust-Agder(until 2019)
- Head of government
- Beate Skretting(since 2019) member of political party: Conservative Party of Norway
- Hans Antonsen(2007–2015)
- Kjetil Glimsdal(2015–2019) member of political party: Christian Democratic Party
- Population
- 25,569(January 1, 2026)
1
Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2026”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 25,419(January 1, 2025)
1
Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2025”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 24,969(January 1, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2024”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 24,587(January 1, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.“07459: Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2023”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 24,017(January 1, 2022)
1
Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2022”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 23,891(January 1, 2021)
1
Sources- 1.“Alders- og kjønnsfordeling i kommuner, fylker og hele landets befolkning (K) 1986 - 2021”ssb.no/statbank/table/07459/
- 23,544(January 1, 2020)
- 22,550(January 1, 2016)
1
Sources- 1.“Befolkning, 1. januar 2016”ssb.no/befolkning/statistikker/folkemengde/aar-per-1-januar/2016-02-19?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=256001
- 25,569(January 1, 2026)
- Area
- 303.59 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
1
- 941.83 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: whole · including: territorial sea
1
- 16.19 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: open area
1
- 0 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: snow, ice
1
- 30.9 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: lake
1
- 0.33 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: river, arroyo
1
- 6.04 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: bog
1
- 221.86 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: forest
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- 21.27 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: arable land
1
- 5.65 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: urban agglomeration
1
- 0.54 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: industrial zone
1
- 0.81 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: other
1
- 303.5889 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: landmass, island
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 941.8192 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: whole
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 638.2303 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: territorial sea
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 15.476 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: open area
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: snow, ice
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 30.8934 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: lake
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.3307 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: river, arroyo
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 6.0509 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: bog
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 222.8672 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: forest
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 21.3185 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: arable land
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 5.4123 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: urban agglomeration
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.5499 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: industrial zone
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 0.6899 km²(January 18, 2018) applies to part: other
1
Sources- 1.“Arealstatistikk for Norge”kartverket.no/kunnskap/Fakta-om-Norge/Arealstatistikk/Arealstatistikk-Norge/
- 303.59 km²(January 1, 2020) applies to part: landmass, island
- Language used
- Bokmål(October 1, 2015)
- Number of households
- 10,500(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
1
- 7,259(2018) applies to part: single-family detached home
1
- 373(2018) applies to part: semi-detached house
1
- 831(2018) applies to part: terrace house
1
- 1,141(2018) applies to part: apartment building
1
- 896(2018) applies to part: statistic residue
1
- 10,500(2018) applies to part: statistic sum
- Significant event
- boundary change(January 1, 1971) gained territory from: Fjære Municipality, Landvik Municipality
- boundary change(January 1, 1960) gained territory from: Fjære Municipality
- boundary change(January 1, 1878) gained territory from: Fjære Municipality
- Highest point
- Dobbedalshei elevation: 360.738 m
2
Sources- 1.kartverket.no/til-lands/fakta-om-norge/hoyeste-fjelltopp-i-kommunenRetrieved 2021-03-10
- 2.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
- Dobbedalshei elevation: 360.738 m
- Postal code
- 4876–4879
- Elevation
- 29 m
- Official language
- Bokmål
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- Bokmål
- Industry
- general public administration activities
1
Sources- 1.Stated in Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal EntitiesRetrieved 2026-10-24
- general public administration activities
On other databases
37 identifiers linking Grimstad across the web's reference databases
- ArchINFORM location ID8152
- BBC Things ID7d3826d7-ddef-4b13-b872-7674c60aee52
- BIBSYS ID98021737
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q90590
- Facebook usernamegrimstadkommune
- FAST ID1283501
- Freebase ID/m/018917
- GeoNames ID6453401
- GND ID4374369-9
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDgrimstad
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0470627
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDGrimstad
- IdRef ID179822241
- INaturalist place ID40060
- Instagram usernamegrimstadkommune
- ISNI0000000404604493
- J9U entity ID987007535749105171
- KulturNav-ID35661f0f-11fa-4445-9387-ed0d6b2cb5c3
- Lex IDGrimstad
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn98025479
- LinkedIn company or organization IDgrimstadkommune
- Lokalhistoriewiki.no article IDGrimstad_kommune
- Museum-digital place ID43936
- MusicBrainz area IDfdfb900c-78dc-45d8-8f33-938ea6e65ffe
- NE.se IDgrimstad
- Norwegian municipality number0904
- Norwegian organisation number864964702
- OpenStreetMap relation ID406035
- Ringgold ID25556
- Setesdalwiki IDGrimstad
- SSR place name number388397
- VIAF cluster ID139195843
- Who's on First ID1159297075
- X (Twitter) usernamegrimstadkommune
- Yale LUX IDplace/4d5b040c-14b0-478e-84ea-5daa44c25615
- YouTube channel IDUCn7IIT5qMKCz3eJHTBo7KSw
- YouTube handlegrimstadkommune