page_title: Gjerstad
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Gjerstad / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Niels Henrik Abel memorial in Gjerstad Norsk bokmål: Minnesmerke etter Niels Henrik Abel i Gjerstad. Laget av billedhugger: Brynjulf Bergslien
context_page_description: Gjerstad is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional region of Sørlandet, in the southeastern part of the county, along the border with Telemark county. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Gjerstad. Other villages in the municipality include Ausland, Eikeland, Fiane, Gryting, Østerholt, Rød, Sundebru, and Vestøl.
  The 322-square-kilometre municipality is the 264th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Gjerstad is the 295th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,511. The municipality's population density is 8.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 0.1% over the last decade.
context_section_description: Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829), a Norwegian mathematician who was the son of Søren Georg Abel. His grandfather, Hans Mathias Abel, served as the priest at Gjerstad Church from 1785 to 1804. His father, Søren, became the priest at Gjerstad in 1804, so Niels Abel spent his boyhood in the rectory at Gjerstad.  Abel spent his last months at the nearby Frolands verk.
caption: Abel Memorial close to the local Church in Gjerstad. Foto: ©Torgrim Landsverk
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