Editing Lyngdal

{{short description|Municipality in Agder, Norway}}
{{Infobox kommune
|name                   = Lyngdal
|native_name            = 
|native_name_lang       = 
|other_name             = 
|former_name            = 
|image_skyline          = LyngdalKirke.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the [[Lyngdal Church (Vest-Agder)|Lyngdal Church]]
|idnumber               = 4225
|county                 = Agder
|district               = [[Lister Region|Lister]]
|capital                = [[Alleen]]
|established            = 1 Jan 1838
|preceded               = none
|demonym                = Lyngdøl
|language               = Neutral
|coatofarms             = Lyngdal komm.svg
|flag                   = Flag of Lyngdal.png
|webpage                = www.lyngdal.kommune.no
|mayor                  = Unni Nilsen Husøy
|mayor_party            = [[Progress Party (Norway)|FrP]]
|mayor_as_of            = 2023
|area_rank              = 177
|area_total_km2         = 642.81
|area_land_km2          = 606.14
|area_water_km2         = 36.67
|area_water_percent     = 5.7
|population_as_of       = 2023
|population_rank        = 107
|population_total       = 10751
|population_density_km2 = 17.7
|population_increase    = 10.4
|coordinates            = {{coord|58|10|09|N|07|03|21|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
|utm_zone = 32V |utm_northing = 6449215 |utm_easting = 0385650 |geo_cat = adm2nd
}}

{{Audio|Lyngdal.ogg|'''Lyngdal'''}} is a [[List of municipalities of Norway|municipality]] in [[Agder]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Traditional districts of Norway|traditional district]] of [[Lister Region|Lister]]. The [[administrative centre]] of the municipality is the town of [[Alleen]]. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include [[Austad, Lyngdal|Austad]], [[Byremo]], [[Fleseland]], [[Hæåk]], [[Konsmo]], [[Korshamn]], [[Kvås]], [[Skomrak]], [[Svenevik]], and [[Vivlemo]].

The municipal economy centers around [[wood processing]], [[agriculture]], and [[commerce]]. [[Tourism]] is also central to the community, with the beaches along the [[Lyngdalsfjorden]] and [[Rosfjorden]] being popular resorts during the summer.

The {{convert|643|km2|adj=on}} municipality is the 177th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Lyngdal is the 107th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 10,751. The municipality's [[population density]] is {{convert|17.7|PD/km2}} and its population has increased by 10.4% over the previous 10-year period.<ref name="ssb pop">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=Table: 06913: Population 1 January and population changes during the calendar year (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/06913/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="ssb area">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |title=09280: Area of land and fresh water (km²) (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/09280/ |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==General information==
[[File:Satellittbilde av Lyngdal.jpg|thumb|left|Satellite view of Lyngdal]]
[[File:Fleseland.jpg|thumb|left|View of Fleseland on the Rosfjorden]]
The parish of ''Aa'' was established as the municipality of Lyngdal on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1909, the municipality was split into three: [[Austad (municipality)|Austad]] in the south (population: 1,263), [[Kvås (municipality)|Kvås]] in the north (population: 736) and Lyngdal in the central area (population: 2,698). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the municipalities of Austad (population: 608), Kvås (population: 493), Lyngdal (population: 2,916) as well as the Gitlevåg area (population: 103) in [[Spangereid]] municipality, west of [[Lenesfjorden]], were all merged to form one large municipality of Lyngdal. On 1 January 1971, the Ytre Skarstein and Indre Skarstein areas of Lyngdal (population: 21) was transferred to the neighboring municipality of [[Farsund]]. On 1 January 2001, the municipality of Lyngdal declared that the municipal centre of [[Alleen]] would be a [[List of towns and cities in Norway|town]] called ''[[Lyngdal (town)|Lyngdal]]''.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |year=1999 |isbn=9788253746845 |language=no}}</ref>

On 1 January 2020, the neighboring municipality of [[Audnedal]] was merged into Lyngdal municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nye Lyngdal kommune Informasjonsbrosjyre |url=https://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/globalassets/bilder-og-dokumenter/kommunereformen/nye-lyngdal-kommune/informasjonsbrosjyrer/infobrosjyre-nye-lyngdal-1-2017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055508/https://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/globalassets/bilder-og-dokumenter/kommunereformen/nye-lyngdal-kommune/informasjonsbrosjyrer/infobrosjyre-nye-lyngdal-1-2017.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2017 |access-date=2017-11-05 |publisher=Lyngdal kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality is named after the Lyngdalen valley ({{langx|non|Lygnudalr}}) since it is the valley in which the municipality is located. The first element is the [[genitive case]] of the river name ''[[Lygna]]''. This name comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|logn}} which means "quietness" or "calm". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". Prior to 1908, the [[parish]] (but not the municipality) of Lyngdal was called ''Aa'', named after the vicarage. The name of the vicarage was first mentioned in 1312 as "a Am", the dative plural of ''á'' which means "(small) river". The farm lies between two rivers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=229–230 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Lyngdal gamle våpen.svg|thumb|left|100px|Arms from 1987 to 2019]]
[[File:Lyngdal komm.svg|thumb|left|100px|Current arms since 2020]]
The original [[coat of arms]] was granted on 27 March 1987 and in use until 1 January 2020 when the municipality was enlarged. The official [[blazon]] was "[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]] a cow [[statant]] [[argent]]" ({{langx|no|I grønt en stående sølv ku}}). This means the arms had a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] was a [[cow]] that was facing to the left. The cow had a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which meant it was commonly colored white, but if it was made out of metal, then silver was used. The cow was chosen since the local breed of cows ({{lang|no|lyngdalsku}}) has been very well known across Norway since the 19th century. The yearly cattle fair traders from all over [[Southern Norway]] and [[Western Norway]] visit the municipality to get cows. The arms were designed by Torgeir Schjølberg.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Lyngdal |access-date=2023-01-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyngdal, Vest-Agder (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-10-32.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1987-03-27 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1987-03-27-219?q=flagg |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

The current [[coat of arms]] was approved for use starting on 1 January 2020. The arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a tree on top of three wavy lines. The tree and wavy lines have a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The tree symbolizes growth. It has nine leaves symbolizing the nine main population centres within Lyngdal. The wavy lines represent waves and meadows. There are three white lines to represent the three large rivers in the municipality: [[Lygna]], [[Audna]], and [[Mandalselva]]. The two green wavy lines (between the white wavy lines represent the two valleys in the municipality: [[Lyngdalen]] and [[Audnedalen]]. The arms were designed by Richard Haugland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunevåpenets bakgrunn og symbolikk |url=https://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/no/om-kommunen/kommunevapenets-bakgrunn-og-symbolikk/ |access-date=2020-12-05 |website=Lyngdal kommune |language=no}}</ref>

===Churches===
[[File:Austad Kirke Lyngdal.jpg|275px|thumb|[[Austad Church (Lyngdal)|Austad Church]]]]
The [[Church of Norway]] has five parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Lyngdal. It is part of the [[Lister og Mandal prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Agder og Telemark]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Lyngdal'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Austad||[[Austad Church (Lyngdal)|Austad Church]]||[[Austad, Lyngdal|Austad]]||1803
|-
|[[Korshamn Chapel]]||[[Korshamn]]||1906
|-
|rowspan="1"|Grindheim||[[Grindheim Church (Agder)|Grindheim Church]]||[[Byremo]]||1783
|-
|rowspan="1"|Konsmo||[[Konsmo Church]]||[[Konsmo]]||1802
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kvås||[[Kvås Church]]||[[Kvås]]||1836
|-
|rowspan="1"|Lyngdal||[[Lyngdal Church (Vest-Agder)|Lyngdal Church]]||[[Lyngdal (town)|Lyngdal]]||1848
|}

==History==
[[File:Pop. Lyngdal, 1900 - 2001.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Population of Lyngdal, 1900-2001 ([[Statistisk Sentralbyrå|SSB]]).]]
The island of [[Sælør]] on the southern coast of the municipality is mentioned in [[Snorri Sturluson|Snorre]], as the king [[Olaf II of Norway|Saint Olav]] spent a winter here in 1028. Based around the port of [[Agnefest]], Lyngdal prospered on maritime trade, and in 1771 an application was made for status as a small coastal town. Its coastal location also facilitated emigration; in the 17th and 18th century largely to the [[Dutch Republic]], and in the 19th century to the [[United States]].

Even before the merger of the municipalities in 1964, the [[parish]]es of Austad and Kvås, together with Å (or ''Aa'' - Lyngdal proper), made up the greater Lyngdal parish. A census from 1801 showed 3529 inhabitants in the area that today makes up Lyngdal: 1850 in Å, 929 in Austad, 585 in Kvås and 165 in the eastern part of Spangereid. The number today is approximately 8000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2001 |title=Folkemengde ved folketellingene, 1769-2001 |url=http://www.ssb.no/fob/kommunehefte/1032/fob_1032_tabeller.pdf |access-date=2008-01-09 |publisher=[[Statistisk Sentralbyrå]] |language=no}}</ref>

Religious life and missionary work have always had a strong position in Lyngdal, and worthy of special note is the minister Gabriel Kielland (1796–1854), who served in the parish from 1837 to 1854, and his wife [[Gustava Kielland|Gustava]] (1800–1889). Known today as a missionary pioneer and a popular songwriter, Gustava also wrote one of the first autobiographies by a woman in Norway: her "''Reminiscence from my Life''" from 1880.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/getfile.aspx/document/epcx_id/570/epdd_id/292 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420055554/http://www.lyngdal.kommune.no/getfile.aspx/document/epcx_id/570/epdd_id/292 |archive-date=2012-04-20 |access-date=2008-01-09 |publisher=Lyngdal Municipality}}</ref>

{{wide image|Lyngdal panorama.jpg|770px|Panorama of Lyngdal, Vest-Agder}}

==Geography==
[[File:Lyngdal natural harbour Agnefest harbour official registered since 1771 - Norway Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann IMG 9432.jpg|thumb|left|upright 1.1|Agnefest in the south of Lyngdal has since 1771 an approved natural harbor on the Rosfjord]]
Lyngdal is a coastal municipality that and borders [[Lindesnes]] municipality to the east, [[Evje og Hornnes]] and [[Åseral]] to the north, [[Hægebostad]] and [[Kvinesdal]] and [[Farsund]] to the west. Lyngdal municipality includes the southern portion of the [[Lyngdalen]] valley which follows the river [[Lygna]] to the [[Lyngdalsfjorden]] in the west. The [[Lenesfjorden]], [[Grønsfjorden]], and [[Rosfjorden]] also are located in the southern part of Lyngdal. As part of Lyngdal village there is Agnefest on site in the south with a natural harbour at Rosfjorden; the harbour is registered since 1771.

===Climate===
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|location     = [[Lyngdal (town)|Lyngdal]] 1991-2020 (6 m, precipitation 1961-90)
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| Jan mean C = 1.3
| Feb mean C = 1
| Mar mean C = 2.8
| Apr mean C = 6.5
| May mean C = 10.5
| Jun mean C = 13.9
| Jul mean C = 16.1
| Aug mean C = 15.6
| Sep mean C = 12.2
| Oct mean C = 8.0
| Nov mean C = 4.5
| Dec mean C = 1.9
|year mean C = 
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| Jan precipitation mm = 167
| Feb precipitation mm = 112
| Mar precipitation mm = 118
| Apr precipitation mm = 79
| May precipitation mm = 104
| Jun precipitation mm = 95
| Jul precipitation mm = 109
| Aug precipitation mm = 148
| Sep precipitation mm = 198
| Oct precipitation mm = 219
| Nov precipitation mm = 223
| Dec precipitation mm = 173
|year precipitation mm = 1745
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|source 1= Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=eKlima Web Portal |url=http://eklima.met.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614073527/http://eklima.met.no/ |archive-date=2004-06-14 |publisher=Norwegian Meteorological Institute}}</ref>
}}

==Government==
Lyngdal Municipality is responsible for [[primary education]] (through 10th grade), outpatient [[Health care|health services]], [[old age|senior citizen]] services, [[welfare spending|welfare]] and other [[Social work|social services]], [[zoning]], [[economic development]], and municipal [[road]]s and utilities. The municipality is governed by a [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] of [[Direct election|directly elected]] representatives. The [[mayor]] is [[Indirect election|indirectly elected]] by a vote of the municipal council.<ref name="ks">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=kommunestyre |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/kommunestyre |date=2022-09-20 |editor-last=Hansen |editor-first=Tore |language=Norwegian |editor2-last=Vabo |editor2-first=Signy Irene |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref> The municipality is under the jurisdiction of the [[Agder District Court]] and the [[Agder Court of Appeal]].

===Municipal council===
The [[Municipal council (Norway)|municipal council]] ({{lang|no|Kommunestyre}}) of Lyngdal is made up of 29 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political [[Political party|party]]. 
{{div col}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2023
|end                       = 2027
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2023 - Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2023/ko/agder/lyngdal#seats |access-date=2024-01-28 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = 
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 10
|Høyre                     = 5
|INP                       = 1
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2019
|end                       = 2023
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2019 – Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2019/ko/agder/lyngdal#seats |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 35
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|Høyre                     = 10
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 8
|Rødt                      = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2015
|end                       = 2019
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg">{{Cite web |title=Table: 04813: Members of the local councils, by party/electoral list at the Municipal Council election (M) |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/04813/ |publisher=Statistics Norway |language=no}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 12
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2011
|end                       = 2015
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kommunestyrevalg 2011 – Vest-Agder |url=https://valgresultat.no/valg/2011/ko/vest-agder/lyngdal#seats |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=[[Valgdirektoratet]]}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 13
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Venstre                   = 1
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2007
|end                       = 2011
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 2
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 1
|Senterpartiet             = 2
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 7
|Venstre                   = 3
|Høyre                     = 8
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 6
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 2003
|end                       = 2007
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 5
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 7
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Sosialistisk_Venstreparti = 2
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1999
|end                       = 2003
|reference                 = <ref name="ssb valg" />
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 4
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 11
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1995
|end                       = 1999
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1995 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c342.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 5
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 9
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1991
|end                       = 1995
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1991 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_c057.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 8
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1987
|end                       = 1991
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1988 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1987 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b765.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 3
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 8
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|DLF/V                     = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1983
|end                       = 1987
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1984 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1983 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b450.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo-Kongsvinger}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Fremskrittspartiet        = 2
|Høyre                     = 9
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 7
|Senterpartiet             = 3
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1979
|end                       = 1983
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1979 |title=Kommunestyrevalget 1979 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_b093.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|DLF                       = 1
|Høyre                     = 12
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 4
|Venstre                   = 2
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1975
|end                       = 1979
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1977 |title=Kommunevalgene 1975 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a769.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|DLF                       = 3
|Høyre                     = 10
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1971
|end                       = 1975
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=Kommunevalgene 1972 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a457.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 7
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1967
|end                       = 1971
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1967 |title=Kommunevalgene 1967 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_a214.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo |volume=I}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Venstre                   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|start                     = 1963
|end                       = 1967
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1964 |title=Kommunevalgene 1963 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_138.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 29
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 6
|Høyre                     = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Venstre                   = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1959
|end                       = 1963
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1960 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1959 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xii_022.pdf |access-date=2020-12-05 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Høyre                     = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 5
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1955
|end                       = 1959
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1957 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1955 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_252.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 21
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Høyre                     = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 4
|Venstre                   = 3
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1951
|end                       = 1955
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1952 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1951 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_120.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Høyre                     = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 6
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 5
|Venstre                   = 4
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1947
|end                       = 1951
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1948 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1947 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_165.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 3
|Høyre                     = 5
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Kristelig_Folkeparti      = 3
|Venstre                   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1945
|end                       = 1947
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1947 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1945 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_x_133.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 5
|Høyre                     = 4
|Senterpartiet             = 10
|Venstre                   = 5
|}}
{{Kommunestyre table
|name                      = Lyngdal
|herad                     = yes
|start                     = 1937
|end                       = 1941* 
|reference                 = <ref>{{Cite web |date=1938 |title=Kommunevalgene og Ordførervalgene 1937 |url=https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_ix_133.pdf |access-date=2020-12-06 |publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå |language=no |location=Oslo}}</ref>
|collapsed                 = yes
|Total                     = 24
|Høyre                     = 6
|Senterpartiet             = 8
|Venstre                   = 6
|Arbeiderpartiet           = 4
|}}
{{div col end}}

===Mayors===
The [[Mayor#Scandinavia|mayors]] ({{langx|no|ordfører}}) of Lyngdal (incomplete list):<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lian |first=Oddleif |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018031248018 |title=Lyngdal. 2: Midtre del : gard og folk |last2=Klev |first2=Ådne Fardal |publisher=Lyngdal kommune |year=1984 |isbn=9788299197908 |location=Lyngdal |language=no}}</ref>
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*1838-1838: Abraham Severin Holbye
*1842-1843: Abraham Kvelland
*1844-1847: Aanen Bergsager
*1849-1857: Aanen Bergsager
*1858-1859: Lars Tallaksen Foss
*1860-1861: Jørgen Thorsen
*1862-1874: Aanen Bergsager
*1878-1881: Eilert Paulsen Tjersland
*1882-1893: Erik Jaabæk
*1894-1901: Nils Tobias Larsen Foss
*1902-1904: Erik Jaabæk
*1905-1907: Nils Tobias Larsen Foss
*1909-1912: Gabriel A. Svenevig<ref>{{Cite news |date=1909-01-06 |title=Valg i Lyngdal |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digavis_listerfarsundatten_null_null_19090106_31_2_1 |work=[[Lister (Farsunds Avis)|Lister]] |location=Farsund, Norge |page=2 |language=no}}</ref>
*1913-1916: Karl B. Lehne
*1917-1919: Jørgen Aarnæs
*1920-1931: Olaus Kvaavik
*1932-1934: Abel Fidjeland
*1935-1937: Olaus Kvaavik
*1938-1941: Abel Fidjeland
*1942-1943: Olav Harveland ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
*1943-1945: Torleiv Seland ([[Nasjonal Samling|NS]])
*1945-1947: Abel Fidjeland
*1948-1955: [[Mikal Grøvan]] 
*1956-1959: Olav Drangeid 
*1960-1963: Thorvald Hagen
*1964-1967: Olav Benestvedt 
*1968-1975: Thorvald Hagen 
*1976-1979: Carl Johan Lehne ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*1980-1983: Oluf Opsahl  
*1984-1995: Anders Nøkland 
*1995-2007: [[Hans Fredrik Grøvan]] ([[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|KrF]])
*2007-2013: [[Ingunn Foss]] ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*2013-2023: Jan Kristensen ([[Conservative Party (Norway)|H]])
*2023-present: Unni Nilsen Husøy ([[Progress Party (Norway)|FrP]])<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-15 |title=Lyngdals-ektepar blir ordfører og varaordfører |url=https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/lyngdals-ektepar-blir-ordforer-og-varaordforer-1.16559834 |access-date=2024-01-28 |work=[[NRK]] |language=no}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

==Transportation==
Bus lines from/through Lyngdal Bus Terminal:
{| class="wikitable"
!Line
!Destination
|-
|451
|Lyngdal - [[Flekkefjord]]/[[Kvinesdal]]
|-
|781
|Lyngdal - [[Snartemo Station|Snartemo S]]
|-
|900
|[[Kristiansand]] - [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]] - [[Farsund]]
|-
|900
|Kristiansand - Mandal - [[Lista]]
|-
|900
|Lyngdal - Farsund-Lista
|}

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[[File:Ingvild Stensland.jpg|140px|thumb|Ingvild Stensland, 2012]]
* [[Teis Lundegaard]] (1774 in Austad – 1856), a Norwegian farmer, shipowner, and politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teis Lundegaard |url=http://snl.no/Teis_Lundegaard |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Abraham Berge]] (1851 in Lyngdal – 1936), a politician who was [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1923 to 1924<ref>{{Cite web |title=Abraham Berge |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Abraham_Berge |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Kristian Andvord]] (1855 in Lyngdal – 1934), a physician and medical researcher into [[tuberculosis]]
* [[Theodore Abrahamson]] (1900 in Lyngdal - 1978), a dairy farmer and politician; Mayor of [[Tigerton, Wisconsin]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Legislative Reference Bureau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27cGAQAAIAAJ&q=Theodore+Abrahamson+wi&pg=PA61 |title=The Wisconsin Blue Book |date=1962 |publisher=Legislative Reference Bureau |page=61}}</ref>
* [[Kjell Elvis]] (born 1968), a Norwegian professional [[Elvis Presley]] impersonator, lives in Lyngdal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kjell Elvis burner for children from Burma |url=http://www.lyngdalsavis.no/gammel/nyheter/2661/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305142446/http://www.lyngdalsavis.no/gammel/nyheter/2661/ |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Lyngdals Avis}}</ref>

=== Sport ===
* [[Ingvild Stensland]] (born 1981), a footballer, 144 caps for [[Norway women's national football team|Norway women]], grew up in Lyngdal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ingvild Stensland |url=http://snl.no/Ingvild_Stensland |access-date=February 24, 2014 |publisher=Norwegian Encyclopedia AS}}</ref>
* [[Stefan Strandberg]] (born 1990 in Lyngdal), a footballer with 230 club caps and 12 for [[Norway national football team|Norway]]
* [[Zlatko Tripić]] (born 1992), a Norwegian-Bosnian footballer with over 200 club caps, grew up in Lyngdal
*[[Julian Ryerson]] (born 1997), a Norwegian-American footballer playing for [[Borussia Dortmund]] in Germany, born in Lyngdal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Julian Ryerson: Who is Borussia Dortmund's new full-back? |url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/julian-ryerson-who-is-borussia-dortmund-full-back-union-berlin-norway-10697 |website=bunesliga.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[http://ssb.no/kommunefakta/lyngdal Municipal fact sheet] from [[Statistics Norway]] {{in lang|no}}
*[http://www.lyngdal.kommune.no Municipal website] {{in lang|no}}

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