CHRISTIANSAND, a fortified seaport-town of Norway, capital of a stift of the same name, on a fiord of the Skagerrak, in Lat. 58. 8. N., Long. 8. 4. E. Pop. (1845) 8548. The town, for the most part of wood, is regularly built, and the streets are wide. The cathedral is a fine building of gray
stone, and after those of Drontheim and Stavanger it is the finest in Norway. The principal branch of industry is ship-building; and a considerable trade is carried on in lobsters and timber. The harbour is one of the best in Norway.