Færder is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

Vestfold og Telemark Vestfold og Telemark (; ) is a county under disestablishment in Norway. The county is the southernmost one of Eastern Norway and consists of two distinct and separate traditional regions: the former counties of Telemark and (most of) Vestfold ...

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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 ...

. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. The municipality was established in 2018 by the unification of the former municipalities of

Tjøme Tjøme () is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of ''Tjømø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see f ...

and Nøtterøy. The municipality is the 380th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway. Færder is the 39th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 26,676. The municipality's

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is and its population has increased by 7.6% over the last decade. The

Færder National Park Færder National Park ( no, Færder nasjonalpark) is a national park in Nøtterøy and Tjøme in Vestfold, Norway. It is mostly a marine park, and includes some islands and coastal areas. To the east, the national park borders to the Ytre Hvaler ...

, which was established in 2013, comprises islands and sea area east of the municipality.

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Færder, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality is governed by a

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of elected representatives, which in turn elect a

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. The municipality falls under the Tønsberg District Court and the

Agder Court of Appeal The Agder Court of Appeal ( no, Agder lagmannsrett) is one of six courts of appeal in the Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the town of Skien. The court has jurisdiction over the counties of Vestfold og Telemark and Agder (except for Si ...

Municipal council

The

''(Kommunestyre)'' of Færder is made up of 39 representatives that are elected to four year terms. Currently, the

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breakdown is as follows:

Climate

Færder lighthouse has one of the longest temperature records in Norway, with recording from the same location continuously since 1885. The 1991-2020 base period shows a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb). Færder is known in Norway for warm lows in summer; from the start of recording to summer 2020 Færder recorded 191 nights with lows or warmer. The all-time high temperature was recorded July 1955 and August 1947; the all-time low is recorded in January 1942.

Notable people from Nøtterøy and Tjøme

Marcus Jacob Monrad Marcus Jacob Monrad (19 January 1816 – 30 December 1897) was a Norwegian philosopher, a university professor for more than 40 years. He was born in Nøtterøy to parish priest Peder Monrad and Severine Elisabeth Ambroe, and grew up in Mo i ...

(1816–1897), a philosopher and academic. * Even Tollefsen (1841–1897), a sea captain and inventor. * Oscar Albert Johnsen (1876–1954), an historian. * Bernhard Folkestad (1879–1933), a naturalist painter and essayist, bought a cottage on Brøtsøy. * Anton Barth von der Lippe (1886–1960), a whaler. * Leiv Amundsen (1898–1987), a librarian and philologist. * Lauritz Johnson (1906–1992), a children's writer, radio and TV host, ''"Uncle Lauritz".'' * Helge Skappel (1907–2001), an aviator, photographer and cartographer. * Trygve Bratteli (1910–1984), a politician who served as

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from 1971 to 1972 and 1973 to 1976. * Torgeir Andersen (1916–1991), a politician who was Mayor of Nøtterøy from 1959 to 1969. * Aasmund Brynildsen (1917–1974), an essayist, biographer and magazine editor. * Hanna-Marie Weydahl (1922–2016), a pianist. * Jan P. Syse (1930–1997), a lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Norway from 1989 to 1990. * Wenche Blomberg (1943–), an author, journalist, and criminologist who was brought up on Tjøme. *

Kjersti Holmen Kjersti Holmen (8 February 1956 – 26 September 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was born on Nøtterøy, and later moved to Alnabru, where she grew up with her parents and two sisters. She graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of T ...

(born 1956–), a TV and film actress.IMDb Database
retrieved 30 January 2021 * Tony Mills (1962–2019), an English rock singer who lived on Tjøme from 2016 until his death. * Fredrik Kjølner (born 1970–), a footballer with almost 300 club caps. * Emma Ellingsen (2001–), a transgender model and YouTuber.

References

External links

* {{authority control Municipalities of Vestfold og Telemark 2018 establishments in Norway Populated places established in 2018