Nykirke is a village in the municipality of

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

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 ...

, located near the E18. Its population as of 2005 is 662. It has its own church, which is more than 800 years old.

Famous people

Jørgen Jalland Jørgen Jalland (born 9 September 1977) is a retired Norwegian footballer who last played for Ørn Horten. Career Club In August 2003, Jalland joined Vålerenga from Sandefjord. In February 2007, Jalland returned to Vålerenga from Rubin Kaza ...

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Olaf Tufte Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian representative rower, firefighter and farmer. He is a seven time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He's been consiste ...

– competition rower, two times Olympic gold medalist Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{Vestfold-geo-stub