Dypvåg is a village in Tvedestrand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located along the Skagerrak coast and the Norwegian County Road 411, about east of the town of Tvedestrand and the village of Krokvåg lies immediately west of Dypvåg.
History The village was the administrative centre of the old Dypvåg Municipality which existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960. The historic Dypvåg Church is also located in the village.
Name The village is named after the old Dybvaag farm ( or ), since the first Dypvåg Church was built there. The first element comes from which means "deep" and the last element is which means "water" or "harbor". The spelling was changed from Dybvaag to Dypvåg around the early 20th century.
Notable people Jens Marcussen (1926–2007), a politician Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. (1894–1980), a theologian Peter Olrog Schjøtt (1833–1926), a philologist
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