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RisrRisr is a city in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Srlandet. The town is east in Aust-Agder, located at Sndeledfjord and Sandnesfjord. (No connection with Sandnes in Rogaland.) It is a popular tourist place. The surrounding area includes many small lakes and hills. It is known for its beautiful coastline as well. Risr has in the last decade got a growing reputation as the regional capital of arts and craft, which culiminates in the "Villvin-festival" during the summer holiday. left The place is known for a church building from the Middle Ages, as well as one from the 1600s. Risr played a role in the napoleonic war in 1807-14, when Denmark-Norway took the side with France, and therefore became enemy with Norway's most important trading-partner: Great Britain. (It is from this period Henrik Ibsen took his subject, when he created his famous poem Terje Vigen.) It was north of Risr, in Lyngr that the English navy sunk the pride of Norway: The beautiful sailing ship Najaden under the Napoleonic wars. left Risr was almost wiped off the map in 1861. A great fire swept across the small town leaving jut 85 houses. The city was rebuildt - and today - the impression of a well kept town with white wooden houses. Risr was a city buildt as a result of shipping and industrial interrests. Today both the industry and the sailingvessels are gone - leaving behind a town with a lot of summer tourist attractions. External links
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