CHRISTIANSAND (KRISTIANSUND)  , a seaport on the west coast of Norway, in Romsdal amt (county), 259 M . N.E. by N. of Bergen, in the latitude of the Faeroe Islands . Pop . (1901) 11,982 . It is built on four small islands, by which its harbour is enclosed . The chief exports are wood, cod, herrings and fish products, and butter to Great Britain . The town is served by the principal steamers between the south Norwegian ports, Hull, Hamburg, &c., and Trondhjem, and it is the chief port of the district of Nordmore . Local steamers serve the neighbouring fjords, including the Sundalsfjord, from which at Sundalsoren a driving road past the fine Dovrefjeld connects with the Gudbrandsdal route . Till 1i42, when it received town privileges from Christian VI., Christiansund was called Lille-Fosen .