Kristiansand port eyes new district

The latest Sørlandet / Agder news from the past 48 hours includes a port development in Kristiansand, Norwegian participation in the Mrs. World competition and several police investigations and cases in Agder county. Here are the facts reported by NRK Sørlandet / Agder and Fædrelandsvennen between 23 and 24 October 2026.

Sørlandet / Agder news: Kristiansand port moves towards a new district

In Kristiansand, plans to relocate the container terminal from the city centre are taking shape. The port area is to be moved to a new facility in Kongsgårdsbukta, a little further east. Housing, a park and a new canal are planned on the current site (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Kristiansand havn has written to the business community to warn that the transfer could lead to higher prices for customers. The port company cites the high cost of relocating the container terminal and says it does not know whether selling the current site will be enough to finance the new facility (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

Industry is responding. “We did not request this relocation,” says Nils Gjelsten, CEO of Glencore Nikkelverk, one of Agder’s major industrial companies, according to NRK. On Friday 23 October, Nils Gjelsten sent a letter together with Odd Olsen, CEO of Elkem Carb, the same source reports. The issue concerns the future organisation of the port, the city centre and costs for businesses in Agder county (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). The port development leads this bulletin’s Sørlandet / Agder news.

Mrs. World: Memona from Kristiansand to represent Norway

Memona, from Kristiansand, is to represent Norway at the Mrs. World competition in Las Vegas. The competition is open to married women and highlights life experience and career, whereas traditional beauty pageants impose age limits and require participants to be unmarried (NRK Sørlandet / Agder). NRK presents Memona’s participation as local news linked to Kristiansand and Agder county.

📌 Local briefs

In Grimstad, the family of a 50-year-old woman missing for more than a week in Solberg is asking for public help. The police’s latest digital clue dates from Tuesday afternoon of the previous week. The official search was suspended last weekend without success, and on Thursday the police told Grimstad Adressetidende that they feared the worst while continuing their investigation (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

In Farsund, the police launched a new search after a 20-year-old man disappeared on Sunday. The search is focused on a maritime area considered relevant, while volunteers are to search land areas. The last confirmed sighting was on Sunday 18 October at 02:53, outside the Kiwi and Price stores on Listerveien. The police are asking anyone who saw the young man to get in touch (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

A teacher at an Agder secondary school is facing an investigation after sending a sexual video from his phone to several people. He is accused of sexually offensive behaviour. The school nurse criticises the use of Snapchat between teachers and pupils and calls for clear guidelines (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

A Romanian couple in their twenties has been held in pretrial detention after a series of jewellery shop robberies in several regions, involving losses exceeding 1 million kroner. The couple was arrested at Torp (NRK Sørlandet / Agder).

In Kristiansand, sex workers were threatened with a pistol and subjected to an attempted robbery, according to Fædrelandsvennen in a report published on 24 October at 03:00 (Fædrelandsvennen).

Sources: NRK Sørlandet / Agder, Fædrelandsvennen — Period: 23 October 2026 and 24 October 2026