The Kingdom of Norway (Norge in Norwegian) is one of the world's most maritime nations. The country is long and narrow, with drowned valleys called fjords that bring the sea far inland in most regions. The mainland coast is estimated to be 2650 km (1650 mi) long and when all the islands and minor indentations are counted the total coastline approaches an astonishing 60,000 km (37,500 mi), long enough the go around the world one and a half times. With such a lengthy and rocky shore it's not surprising that Norway has a large number of lighthouses. Norway is divided into 15 counties (fylker) and the counties are divided into townships (kommuner). This page lists lighthouses of the former county of Aust-Agder (East Agder), which faces south on the Skaggerak, the broad sound leading from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. and separating Norway from Denmark. On 1 January 2020 the counties of Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder were combined to form Agder county. Arendal is the county seat and largest port. In Norwegian a lighthouse is a fyrtårn (fire tower) or simply a fyr; a fyrlykt is a beacon and a lyktehus is a lantern. Øy is an island, holmen is an islet, skjær is a skerry (a tiny island or rocky reef), sund is a strait (often between an island and the mainland), bukt is a bay, nes is a headland, and havn is a harbor. Aids to navigation in Norway are maintained by the Kystverket (Coast Directorate), an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. NF numbers are from the Norsk Fyrliste. Admiralty numbers are from volume B of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 115, but in 2018 NGA dropped its listings for the fjords of southern Norway.
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Risør Lighthouses
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Tvedestrand Lighthouses
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Arendal Lighthouses
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Grimstad Lighthouses
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Lillesand Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: East: Telemark (Skien Area) | West: Vest-Agder (Kristiansand Area)
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Posted May 15, 2006. Checked and revised May 20, 2024. Lighthouses: 40. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.