Sande is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020. The area is now part of

Holmestrand Municipality is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Holmestrand. The town was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistri ...

in the traditional district of Jarlsberg. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

was the village of Sande. Other villages in the municipality included

Eikeberg Eikeberg is a village in the municipality of Sande, 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 Scandi ...

, Klever, and

Selvik Selvik is a village in the municipality of Holmestrand, Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and nor ...

General information

The parish of Sande was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () is the name for Norwegian local self-government districts that were legally enacted on 1 January 1838. This system of municipalities was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan on 14 January ...

law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1966, the village area of Berger (population: 131) was transferred from Sande Municipality to the neighboring Svelvik Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old '' Sande'' farm ( non, Sandvin) since the first Sande Church was built there. The first element comes from the word which means " sand". The last element comes from the word which means " meadow" or " pasture".

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted on 19 December 1986. The official blazon is ''"

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and argent"'' ( no, Delt av grønt og sølv ved sparresnitt). This means the arms are divided with an upside-down V-shaped

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. The field (background) above the line has a tincture of green. Below the line, the field has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The white/silver color in the lower field symbolizes the ''Sandebukta''

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and the green color of the upper field symbolizes the forests and mountains that surround the bay. The arms were designed by Einar Engebretsen. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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had one parish () within the municipality of Sande. At the time of the municipal dissolution, it was part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (

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) in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Geography

The tall mountain Presteseteråsen was the highest point in Sande, located in westernmost part of the municipality. The mountain Lauvkollen lies just northeast of Presteseteråsen.

Government

Sande Municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

health services Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the preventive healthcare, prevention, diagnosis, therapy, treatment, wiktionary:amelioration, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other disability, physical and menta ...

, senior citizen services, unemployment,

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, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council. The municipality was under the jurisdiction of the

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and the Borgarting Court of Appeal.

Mayors

The

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( no, ordfører) of Sande: *1838-1839: Captain Beichmann *1840-1843: Captain Schrøder *1844-1845: Halvor Olsen Rud *1846-1847: Lars Jørgensen Holst *1848-1851: Hans Tømmeraas *1852-1855: Hans Thoresen *1856-1857: Johan Thingelstad *1858-1861: Lars Holst *1862-1865: Bent Aasnæs *1866-1869: Stillef Breda *1870-1877: Otto Galleberg *1878-1881: Lars Windern *1882-1897: Johan Thingelstad *1898-1899: Lars Windern *1899-1901: Sven Aarrestad *1902-1904: Hans Gravningen *1905-1907: Sven Aarrestad *1908-1910: Otto Bonden (

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) *1911-1913: Reier Kjeldaas ( H) *1914-1916: Emil Mørkassel ( V) *1917-1925: Hans Aasnæs ( H) *1926-1926: Johannes Utne *1927-1928: Reier Kjeldaas ( H) *1929-1934: Karl Stampe ( Bp) *1935-1936: Evald Nilsen ( Ap) *1936-1937: Ole Kjennerud ( Ap) *1938-1941: Albert Pedersen ( Ap) *1945-1945: Albert Pedersen ( Ap) *1946-1951: Herman Trolsrud ( Ap) *1952-1953: Karl Demberg ( Ap) *1954-1955: Karsten Dalsrud ( Ap) *1956-1979: Hans K. Evensen ( Ap) *1980-1987: Erling Bamrud ( Ap) *1988-1989: Sverre K. Nedberg ( H) *1990-1991: Knut H. Slevigen ( H) *1991-2015: Karl Einar Haslestad ( Ap) *2015-2019: Elin G. Weggesrud ( Ap)

Municipal council

The municipal council of Sande was made up of 25 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The tables below show the historical composition of the council by political party.

Sister cities

Sande once had sister city agreements with the following places: * Akaa, Western Finland, Finland * Klippan,

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Notable people

Rune Høydahl Rune Høydahl (born 10 December 1969) is a Norwegian former mountain biker. He won 11 UCI World Cup races, and three times came second overall. Besides John Tomac, Hoydahl is the only mountain biker with World Cup victories in both downhill and c ...

, a former silver medalist in the

World Mountain Bike Championship The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships are the world championship events for mountain bike racing in the disciplines of cross country, downhill, and four-cross. They are organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the governing b ...

Anne-Sofie Østvedt Anne-Sofie Østvedt (later married Strømnæs) (2 January 1920 – 16 November 2009) was one of the leaders of the Norwegian intelligence organisation XU. She started her resistance work by publishing underground newspapers, and in December 1 ...

(1920-2009), a Norvegian Resistance Member

References

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