Kragerø (town)
{{short description|Town in Kragerø, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Kragerø
|other_name =
|native_name =
|nickname =
|settlement_type = TownIn the Norwegian language, the word by can be translated as "town" or "city".
|image_skyline = Kragerø1.jpg
|image_caption = View of the town
|pushpin_map = Norway Telemark#Norway
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of the town
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Norway
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Eastern Norway
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Telemark
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Vestmar
|subdivision_type4 = Municipality
|subdivision_name4 = Kragerø Municipality
|timezone1 = CET
|utc_offset1 = +01:00
|timezone1_DST = CEST
|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00
|established_title = Established as
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|established_title1 = Ladested
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|established_title2 = Kjøpstad
|established_date2 = 1666
|established_title3 = Town ({{lang|no|By}})
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|area_total_km2 = 3.32
|population_as_of = 2022
|population_total = 5366
|population_density_km2 = 1617
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|postal_code_type = Post Code
|postal_code = 3770 Kragerø
|coordinates = {{coord|58.8693|9.41493|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 1
|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Kragerø by, Kragerø |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/1-22690/Norge/Vestfold%20og%20Telemark/Krager%C3%B8/Krager%C3%B8 |access-date=2023-09-09 |publisher=yr.no}}}}
Kragerø is a town that is the administrative centre of Kragerø Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located on the shore of the Kilsfjord, about {{convert|5|km}} to the southeast of the villages of Vadfoss and Helle.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Kragerø |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Kragerø |date=2023-08-15 |editor-last=Nilsen |editor-first=Jan Erik |language=no |accessdate=2023-09-09}} Kragerø Church is located in the town centre.
The {{convert|3.32|km2|acre|adj=on}} town has a population (2022) of 5,366 and a population density of {{convert|1617|PD/km2}}.{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}
History
File:Kragerø, Norway - panoramio (2).jpg
Kragerø is located at the end of a peninsula between the Kilsfjorden and Hellefjorden. The peninsula to the south, the island of Skåtøy, and several other large islands provide for a sheltered harbor for the town. By the 1500, this area began to grow up as an important harbour for shipping timber from the vast forests of Telemark. In 1666, the village was established as a kjøpstad, giving it "town" rights. The town's business life was characterized by timber exports, shipping, and shipbuilding from then until the end of the First World War. Kragerø was one of Norway's largest shipping towns in the latter half of the 19th century. In addition to timber, later came shipping of wood pulp and products from quarries in the upland.
=1694 murder=
On 17 August 1694, Christian Hansen Ernst was killed at the present-day Knivstikkersmauet ("knife stabber alley"). He was an employee of the postal service, and a former servant of Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve. He was one of few Africans of the time living in Norway, whose identity is known.{{Cite news |last=Kagge |first=Gunnar |date=2014-09-08 |title=Historien om den lille gutten i skapet |page=14 |work=Aftenposten}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://runeberg.org/norgeslof/8-2/0011.html Map of the town of Kragerø in 1900] {{in lang|no}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Norway
Category:Populated places in Telemark
Category:1666 establishments in Norway