Sandefjord 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 Sandefjord. Other population centres in Sandefjord include Andebu, Fevang, Fokserød, Fossnes, Freberg, Hafallen, Helgerød, Himberg, Høyjord, Kodal, Lahelle, Melsomvik, Råstad, Solløkka, Stokke, Storevar, Strand, and Unneberg
Sandefjord town centre during winter, 2019
The 9th century Gokstad Ship was discovered in Sandefjord.
Kurbadet is housed in one of the largest wooden buildings in the Nordics.
Whaler's Monument is made in style of a compass, and it rotates slowly.
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
