RoinestadRoinestad is a hamlet of Kvinesdal municipality, Agder, Norway.GeographyRøynestad is located 7km north of the municipal seat of Kvinesdal, on the river Kvina. It is contiguous with the village of Storekvina. It is 135m above sea level.As surnameAs typical in Norwegian tradition, persons who inhabited that area known as "Roinestad" in Kvinesdal adopted the name as their family name. While Roinestad 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.