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{{about|the village in Hægebostad, Norway|the former municipality in Vest-Agder, Norway|Eiken, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Eiken
|other_name             =
|native_name            =
|nickname               =
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = NMS Eiken 240405 012.jpg
|image_caption          = View of the village church
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Southern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Agder]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Lister Region|Lister]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Hægebostad]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 4596 Eiken
|elevation_m            = 189
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Eiken, Hægebostad (Vest-Agder) |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Vest-Agder/H%C3%A6gebostad/Eiken/ |access-date=2016-10-24 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>
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'''Eiken''' is a village in [[Hægebostad]] municipality in [[Agder]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located on the northern shore of the lake [[Lygne]], about {{convert|10|km}} north of the municipal centre of [[Tingvatn]].  The village sits near the northern end of the [[Lyngdalen]] valley, about {{convert|7|km}} southeast of the village of [[Haddeland, Vest-Agder|Haddeland]].
There is some industry and [[agriculture]] as well as a good amount of [[tourism]].  The ''Sørlandets Rehabiliteringssenter Eiken'' (Southern Norway Rehabilitation Centre) 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, Norway|Eiken]].<ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Eiken – tettbebyggelse |url=https://snl.no/Eiken%2Ftettbebyggelse |access-date=2016-10-24 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==Name==
The village (originally the [[parish]]) is named after the old ''Eiken'' farm ({{langx|non|Æke}}).  The name of the farm means "[[oak]] tree".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/navnegransking/rygh_ng/rygh_bla.prl?enhid=149661&avid=33779 |title=Norske gaardnavne: Lister og Mandals amt |date=1912 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=9 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=264 |language=Norwegian |author-link=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>
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