Grimstad

Grimstad
Vestregate Grimstad
Coordinates: 58°21′7″N 8°32′40″E / 58.35194°N 8.54444°E / 58.35194; 8.54444
Area
• City	303.52 km2 (117.19 sq mi)
• Land	272.61 km2 (105.26 sq mi)
• Water	30.91 km2 (11.93 sq mi)
Area rank	275
Population (2015)
• City	12,172
• Rank	50
• Density	75.2/km2 (195/sq mi)
• Rural	22,098

Grimstad ( listen ) is a town and municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Other notable places in Grimstad include Eide, Fevik, Fjære, Landvik, Prestegårdskogen, Reddal, and Roresanden.

It is a little maritime town set among many small islands (Skjærgård). There is a harbor, a long pedestrian shopping street, a small market square, a church, and a museum dedicated to the early life of Henrik Ibsen, who served as an apprentice to Grimstad’s local pharmacist Reimann, from 1844 to 1847, before leaving Grimstad in 1850. Ibsen's intimate knowledge of the local people and surroundings can be seen in his poem Terje Vigen.