History
The municipality of Grindum was established on 1 January 1902 when the old municipality of Bjelland og Grindum was divided into two separate municipalities. At that time, Grindheim had a population of 909.
On 1 January 1964, Grindheim was merged with Konsmo and the districts of Ågedal and Midtbø in Bjelland to create the new municipality of Audnedal. Before the merger Grindheim had a population of 701.
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