Eiken, Vest-Agder
Eiken is a village in Hægebostad municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the northern shore of the lake Lygne, about north of the municipal centre of Tingvatn. The village sits near the northern end of the Lyngdalen valley, about southeast of the village of Haddeland.
There is some industry and agriculture as well as a good amount of tourism. The Sørlandets Rehabiliteringssenter Eiken is located in Eiken and run by the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority. The village is also the site of Eiken Church which serves all of northern Hægebostad. From 1916 until 1963, the village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Eiken.Name
The village is named after the old Eiken farm. The name of the farm means "oak tree".
