Grinde, Rogaland

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Grinde is a village in Tysvær municipality, Norway. It was previously located in Skjold municipality, despite that Tysvær was separated from Skjold in 1849. On 1 January 1965 Skjold municipality was dissolved and its territory dispersed between three municipalities. The districts Grinde, Dueland and Yrkje with 1,133 inhabitants in total were moved to Tysvær.

Grinde is located at the end of the Grindafjord inlet, a few kilometres east of Aksdal, the administrative centre of Tysvær.