Kvelde is a village in the municipality of Larvik,

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 the ...

. Its population was 1058 on 1 January 2018. The village is located along the banks of the

Numedalslågen Numedalslågen is a river located in the counties of Vestfold and Telemark and Viken in southeastern Norway. It is one of the longest rivers in Norway. Location Numedalslågen stretches for over through the counties of Vestfold and Telemark and ...

. The name stems from a local word meaning "turn of the river". Musekollen is the highest point. The local church dates from 1871.

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Villages in Vestfold og Telemark Larvik Populated places on the Numedalslågen {{Vestfold-geo-stub