page_title: Hidra, Vest-Agder
hierarchical_section_title: Hidra, Vest-Agder
caption_attribution_description: Kirkehavn on Hidra, Vest-Agder, Norway
context_page_description: Hidra is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord. The 20.8-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1893 until its dissolution in 1965. It encompassed the islands and southern coastal part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord. The municipality included the islands of Hidra and Andabeløya as well as 56 other islands, plus the mainland coast from Abelsnes to the river Sira. The administrative centre was the village of Kirkehavn where Hidra Church is located.
  Hidra was home to the landscape and coastal painter Olav Omland. He was also a poet and songwriter, and composed the song about Hidra "Hidrasangen". Hidra was also home to the eccentric personality and artist Tatjana Lars Kristian Guldbrandsen.
context_section_description: Hidra is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway.  It is located in the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord. The 20.8-square-kilometre (8.0 sq mi) municipality existed from 1893 until its dissolution in 1965.  It encompassed the islands and southern coastal part of the present-day municipality of Flekkefjord.  The municipality included the islands of Hidra and Andabeløya as well as 56 other islands, plus the mainland coast from Abelsnes to the river Sira.  The administrative centre was the village of Kirkehavn where Hidra Church is located.
  Hidra was home to the landscape and coastal painter Olav Omland (1909–1998). He was also a poet and songwriter, and composed the song about Hidra "Hidrasangen".  Hidra was also home to the eccentric personality and artist Tatjana Lars Kristian Guldbrandsen.
caption: The village of Kirkehavn on Hidra
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