Dvergsøya
View of Dvergsøya as seen from Odderøya
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 Dvergsøya
Location of the island
Dvergsøya
Location of the island
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| Location | Vest-Agder, Norway |
| Coordinates | 58°06′32″N 8°03′31″E / 58.1089°N 08.0585°ECoordinates: 58°06′32″N 8°03′31″E / 58.1089°N 08.0585°E |
| Area | 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.16 km (0.721 mi) |
| Width | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Coastline | 3 km (1.9 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
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| County | Vest-Agder |
| Municipality | Kristiansand |
Dvergsøya is an island in Kristiansand municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 0.27-square-kilometre (67-acre) island lies in the archipelago in the Kristiansandsfjorden to the southeast of the city of Kristiansand. The island is used as a recreational area and it has wharfs for visiting boats as well as toilet facilities. Dvergsøya is only accessible by boat. Dvergsøya is best known as the island where the Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon Magnus and Crown Princess Mette-Marit spend their annual summer vacation with their children. However, the island's fairly dramatic history is less known.
Dvergsøya was originally a smallholding under the mainland farm Dvergsnes. The island was historically used for farming.
Maren was a smallholders wife from Dvergsøya. She was arrested on 20 April 1670 in connection with the sinking of a ship bound for Jutland. There were several people involved in this case, all women. One of Maren's "accomplices" explained in court what should have happened. They had flown through the air down to the ship. There they met the devil, disguised as a priest. It was Maren who ensured that the boat sank. Maren denied the story, and was therefore doomed to undergo torture. Under torture, she confirmed the story and was the last witch in Norway to be sentenced to death and burned at the stake. The sentence was executed on 9 September 1670.
More recently, in the 20th century, two wealthy men named Jebsen and Vogt from Kristiansand built country houses (villas) on Dvergsøya. Jebsen's villa was the scene of an infamous crime. On the night of Easter Sunday in 1933 three men broke into Jebsen's villa and then set fire to it afterwards to hide the traces of the burglary. Afterwards, one of the thieves and arsonists tried to break with the other two. As punishment, they killed him by drowning him in a basin and dump him in the Kristiansandsfjorden. Today, the ruins of Jebsen’s villa are still visible.
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