Nøtterøy is an island and a former municipality in the present-day municipality of Færder in

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county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Borgheim. The parish of ''Nøtterø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

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). Two islands were later transferred from the municipality of

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to Nøtterøy: Håøya (in 1901) and Veierland (in 1964). The whole municipality was made up of a small island group south of Tønsberg municipality, including the islands of Nøtterøy, Føynland, Veierland, and about 175 smaller islands. Nøtterøy includes the villages of Borgheim, Glomstein,

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, and Torød. As 2010, 16,418 of the municipality lived within the town of Tønsberg, an urban area shared between the two municipalities. It is the largest island in Vestfold County. The highest point on Nøtterøy Island is Vetan with an elevation of 99.7 meters. The mountain has been operated by the Norwegian Armed Forces since 1897. The military currently operates a radio station at Vetan.

General information

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Nøtterøy Church

Nøtterøy Church (''Nøtterøy kirke'') is the main church in Nøtterøy parish. The church was originally built ca. 1100. It was constructed of the granite in Romanesque architecture style. The church was extended eastward in 1839 and 1883. In the midst of the church hangs a huge chandelier, which was bestowed as gift in 1868. It has approximately 600 seats and two galleries. Nøtterøy rectory is located west of church.

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was ''Njótarvin'' (Njotarin) from Njót and vin. The name of the island "Njót" and "vin" meaning pastures or farm.Nøtterø En Bygdebok
(1922) The name is probably derived from the verb ''njóta'' which means to "enjoy" or "benefit from". Prior to 1918, the island was known by its Riksmål name, ''"Nøtterø"''.

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 24 October 1986. The arms show a silver anchor on a blue background. It is an appropriate symbol for the municipality which consists of islands and is dependent on fishing and sailing. The anchor was already used in the 17th century as a local symbol.

Notable residents

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, Prime minister of Norway * Fred Anton Maier, speed skater *

Jan P. Syse (25 November 1930 – 17 September 1997) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the 31st Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the minister of Industry from 1983 to 1985. Syse was the pr ...

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Tor Thodesen Tor Thodesen (born 3 March 1966) is a Norwegian football coach. In 2006, he was awarded the "Coach of the year" award by his colleagues, for his work in Sandefjord. Career Early years Thodesen played youth football in Teie IF and was drafted int ...

, Professional football manager

References

External links

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Municipal fact sheet
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Remnants of the German gun battery from WW2Nøtterøy kulturhus website
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