Sem is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 102-square-kilometre (39 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Semsbyen. Other villages in Sem included Barkåker, Eik, Husvik, Husøy, Ringshaug, and Tolvsrød.
View of Semsbyen
View of the local Sem Church
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
