Tveit

This article is about the district in Kristiansand, Norway. For other uses, see Tveit (disambiguation).

District Tveit
District
Coat of arms
Interactive map of District Tveit
Coordinates: 58.2236°N 08.1098°E / 58.2236; 08.1098
Country	Norway
Region	Southern Norway
County	Agder
City	Kristiansand
Boroughs	Oddernes
Elevation	33 m (108 ft)
Population  (2014)
• Total	2,000
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	NO-030112
Website	kristiansand.kommune.no

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Tveit is a village and surrounding district in Oddernes borough in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The Tveit district is located in the northeastern part of Kristiansand, northeast of the Topdalsfjorden along the lower part of the Tovdalselva river. Tveit is the site of the main airport for Southern Norway: Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik. The district was the separate Tveit Municipality from 1838 until it was merged into Kristiansand Municipality in 1965.

The village of Tveit lies along the Tovdalselva river, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeast of the airport. Tveit Church is located in the village. The stone church was built in the 12th century, and it is the oldest building in the village. The 1.07-square-kilometre (260-acre) village has a population (2025) of 1,613 and a population density of 1,507 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,900/sq mi).