Larvik is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Other main population centres in the municipality include the town of Stavern and the villages of Gjone, Helgeroa, Hem, Kjose, Kvelde, Nevlunghavn, Skinmo, Svarstad, Ula, Verningen, and Tjøllingvollen.
Larvik town square, 2008
Istrehågan contains rock carvings dated to 1500-500 BCE.
Helgeroa Harbour in 1953.
Beach at Ula.
Vestfold is a county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the largest city is Sandefjord. With the exception of the city-county of Oslo, Vestfold is the smallest county in Norway by area. Vestfold was until 2019 the only county in which all municipalities had declared Bokmål to be their sole official written form of the Norwegian language.
Norway's largest preserved Viking ship, Gokstad ship, was discovered at Gokstad Mound, Sandefjord.
Istrehågan, ancient burial ground which dates to the Roman Iron Age, 1500-500 BC
Halfdan the Black, 9th century king of Vestfold. His brother was long believed to be buried at the Gokstad Mound.
Southern Actor, whale-catcher turned museum ship
