Roinestad ( Norwegian: Røynestad) is a hamlet of Kvinesdal municipality, Agder, Norway. [1]
Røynestad is located 7km north of the municipal seat of Kvinesdal, on the river Kvina. [2] It is contiguous with the village of Storekvina. [2] It is 135m above sea level. [1]
As typical in Norwegian tradition, persons who inhabited that area known as "Roinestad" in Kvinesdal adopted the name as their family (last) name. While Roinestad (sometimes spelled "Roynestad") is not a common name, there are some Norwegian and United States residents with this name. Most notably Brooklyn, New York has a relatively high concentration of Roinestads who migrated from Kvinesdal at various times.[ citation needed]