Fokserød is a residential- and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

municipality,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Fokserød was originally the name of three former farms located near the current ''

Coop Obs! Obs is a chain of 31 hypermarkets throughout Norway managed by Coop Norge and owned by local cooperatives. The chain director is Lars Midttun. History The first hypermarket opened in Trondheim in 1968 under the name DOMUS Stormarked. Prior t ...

'' megastore, relatively near

Sandefjord Airport Torp Sandefjord Airport, Torp ( no, Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp; ) is an international airport located northeast of Sandefjord, Norway and south of Oslo. The airport features a runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Ves ...

. Former written forms were ''Foxarôyru'' (1346), ''Faxerrudt'' (1575), ''Fuxáeröd'' (1625), and ''Foxeröed'' (1664). It is home of

Fokserød Nature Preserve Fokserød is a residential- and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Sandefjord municipality, Norway. Fokserød was originally the name of three former farms located near the current ''Coop Obs!'' megastore, relatively near Sandefjord Airport Torp ...

, a preserved

birch tree A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 30 ...

forest located by the main entry road from E18 to Torp Airport. In the 1960s, it was one of the first places in Norway where nesting

Hawfinch The hawfinch (''Coccothraustes coccothraustes'') is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Coccothraustes''. Its closest living relatives are the Chinese grosbeak (''Eophona migratoria'') ...

were recorded. The nature preserve was established on June 13, 1980, and it occupies 38 decares (9.4 acres). The nature preserve is divided in two by the road Torpveien that leads to Torp Airport and Kullerød. The statistical area Fokserød, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 822. Fokserød is located between Haukerød borough in the south and

Fevang Fevang is a residential- and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Sandefjord municipality, Norway. The statistical area Fevang, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of ...

in the north. It is considered a part of the urban settlement ''Sandefjord'', which covers the greater Sandefjord city area and stretches towards

Stokke Stokke is a town in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. It lies in-between Sandefjord and Tønsberg, two of Vestfold's largest cities. It was a municipality from 1838 to 2016. The administrative centre of the municipality was the ...

and into peripheral parts of

Larvik Larvik () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. The municipality ...

municipality. The urban settlement Sandefjord has a population of 39,849, of which 39,144 people live within Sandefjord.

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Villages in Vestfold og Telemark Nature reserves in Norway {{vestfold-geo-stub