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Langø (or Langøya) is a 0.55 km2 (55 ha, 136 acres) island which lies outside Skravestad in the Tønsbergfjord of
Langø (or Langøya) is a 0.55 km2 (55 ha, 136 acres) island which lies outside Skravestad in the Tønsbergfjord of Sandefjord, Norway
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 ...
. The island was part of 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 ...
municipality with the exception of a minor cape that belonged to Sandefjord. The island became part of Sandefjord municipality when Stokke merged into Sandefjord in 2016. The island is accessible through a bridge that connects to the road Sandsveien. The island was named for its long shape. Langø has previously been a part of Sandeherred and Stokke municipalities. Prior to Stokke’s merge into Sandefjord, a small part, Skravestadholmen, was part of Sandefjord. Langø is a 1.5 km long island that is 550 decares (0.55 km2). It consists of farm fields, small mountains, hills, and forests. Five burial mounds from the Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
have been discovered on the island. Throughout most of the 1600s, the island belonged to residents of Tønsberg
Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...
. In the 1660s, it was purchased and managed from Skravestad in Stokke.
It is a car-free island consisting of meadows, knolls, salt meadows, small bays, and forests. It became a landscape conservation area in 2006. It is known for its wide variety of rare wildflowers including species such as sea thrift, alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage, cowslip, greater yellow-rattle, sticky catchfly, and many others.Schandy, Tom and Tom Helgesen (2012). ''Naturperler i Vestfold''. Forlaget Tom & Tom v/Schandy. Pages 148-151. .
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