| Tveit herred | |
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| — Former Municipality — | |
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Norway |
| County | Vest-Agder |
| District | Sørlandet |
| Municipality ID | NO-1013 |
| Adm. Center | Tveit |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 107 km2 (41.3 sq mi) |
| Created as | Formannskapsdistrikt in 1838 |
| Merged into | Kristiansand in 1965 |
Tveit is a village and a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansand. Tveit is home to Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. Tveit is located on the east side of the Tovdalselva river (also known as Topdalselva). The population of Tveit is approximately 2,831 (2004).
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The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the old Tveit farm (Old Norse: Þveit), since the first church was built there. The name is identical with the word þveit which means "a piece of cleared land cut from a forest".[2] The name spelled differently over the centuries: Tved, Thvet, and Tveid.[3]
Tveit was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). On 1 January 1965, the municipalities of Tveit, Oddernes, and Randesund were merged with the town of Kristiansand to form a new, larger municipality of Kristiansand. Prior to the merger, Tveit had a population of 2,802.[4]
Former Vice President of the United States, Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978) had family ties to the area, and visited relatives here in 1951 and 1969, and is honored by a memorial stone close to Tveit Church.