Grindheim
Grindheim is a former municipality in the old Vest-Agder county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Byremo where Grindheim Church is located. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1964. It was generally located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Lyngdal in what is now Agder county. History The municipality of Grindum was established on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was divided into two separate municipalities: Grindheim (population: 909) and Bjelland (population: 907). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1964, Grindheim (population: 701) was merged with the Ågedal and Midtbø areas (located just east of the lake Ytre Øydnavatnet; population: 96) in Bjelland and the neighboring municipality of Konsmo (population: 712) to create the new municipality of Audnedal. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Grindem farm () since the first Grindheim Church was built there. The first element is which means "gate" or "fence". The last element is which means "home" or "abode". Prior to 1889, the name was written as Grindem. Then from 1889 to 1917,