Flosta


Flosta is a former municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1902 until its dissolution in 1962. It is currently part of the municipality of Arendal in the Sørlandet region of NOrway. The administrative center of Flosta was at Staubø in the village of Kilsund. The municipality primarily encompassed the two islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and about on the mainland just north of the islands including the villages of Eikeland, Borås, and Vatnebu.

History

The municipality of Dybvaag was established on 1 January 1838, and this municipality included all of what would later become Flosta municipality. On 1 January 1902, the islands of Flostaøya and Tverrdalsøya and some of the mainland north of the islands was separated from the municipality of Dybvaag to form the municipality of Flosta.
During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1962, the municipalities of Stokken, Austre Moland, and Flosta as well as Strengereid area in Tvedestrand, creating the new municipality of Moland. Later, on 1 January 1992, Moland was merged into the municipality of Arendal.

Name

The name of the municipality comes from the old name for the island of Flostaøya since this is where the historic church is located.