Nøtterøy is a former municipality in

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

county,

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. The island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of

Færder Municipality Færder is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. Other villages in the municipality include Årøysund, Bj ...

. The

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was the village of

Borgheim Borgheim is the administrative centre of Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the central part of the island of Nøtterøy. The village lies about west of the village of Nesbrygga, about to the northwest ...

. Other villages in Nøtterøy included

Årøysund Årøysund is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern coast of the island of Nøtterøy. The village lies about to the northeast of the village of Torød and about to the southe ...

, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen,

Kjøpmannskjær Kjøpmannskjær is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the southern shore of the island of Nøtterøy, about east of the village of Tenvik, about north of the village of Sundene (on Tjøme ...

, Nesbrygga,

Oterbekk Oterbekk is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern coast of the island of Nøtterøy. The village is located about to the northwest of the village of Årøysund, about to the no ...

, Skallestad,

Skjerve Skjerve is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located in the central part of the island of Nøtterøy. Skjerve is located about east of the village of Glomstein, about south of the village of Borghei ...

Strengsdal Strengsdal is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the southern coast of the island of Nøtterøy. It lies about east of the village of Kjøpmannskjær Kjøpmannskjær is a village in Færde ...

Tenvik Tenvik is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the coast of the island of Nøtterøy, along the Tønsbergfjorden. It is located about west of the village of Kjøpmannskjær, about to the nort ...

Torød Torød is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located near the southern coast of the island of Nøtterøy. The village lies about to the northeast of the village of Buerstad, about to the southwest of ...

Vestskogen Vestskogen is a village in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern coast of the Nøtterøy (island), island of Nøtterøy. The village area lies about to the southwest of the centre of the Tøn ...

, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area. The municipality was made up of nearly 200 islands, including the main island of Nøtterøy plus

Veierland Veierland is a populated, Car-free islands, car-free island in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island is located in the Tønsbergfjorden, between the mainland (to the west), the island of Tjøme (island), Tjøme (to the east ...

and Føynland. At the time of its dissolution in 2017, the municipality was the 410th largest by area out of the 426 municipalities in Norway. Tjøme was the 15th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,748. The municipality's

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was and its population had increased by 7.1% over the previous 10-year period.

General information

The

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of ''Nøtterø'' (later spelled ''Nøtterøy'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

law). On 1 January 1877, an area on the north end of the island of Nøtterøy (population: 102) was transferred into the city of Tønsberg. On 1 January 1901, the island of Håøya (population: 70) was transferred from Stokke Municipality to Nøtterøy Municipality. On 1 July 1915, an area of northern Nøtterøy (population: 12) was transferred to

Sem Municipality Sem is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1988. The area is now part of Tønsberg Municipality. The administrative centre was the ...

. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

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. On 1 January 1964, the island of

(population: 165) was transferred from Stokke Municipality to Nøtterøy Municipality. On 1 January 2018, Tjøme Municipality (population: 4,928) and Nøtterøy Municipality (population: 21,748) were merged to form the new

Name

The municipality (originally the

) is named after the island of Nøtterøy () since the first

Nøtterøy Church Nøtterøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borgheim. It is one of the churches for the Nøtterøy parish which is part of the Tønsberg domp ...

was built there. The first element is the verb which means "to enjoy" or "to receive benefit from". The last element is which means "island". Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nøtterø'', using the Riksmal spelling. On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nøtterøy''. The letter ''y'' was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name ( is the Danish word for "island" and is the Norwegian word).

Coat of arms

The

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was granted on 24 October 1986. The official

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is ''" Azure, an anchor

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"'' (). This means the arms have a blue

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(background) and the

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is an

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that is displayed diagonally. The anchor has a

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which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The blue color and the anchor were both chosen to emphasize the importance of fishing and sailing in this island municipality. The anchor was used as the municipal symbol since the 17th century. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard. The municipal flag has the same design as the coat of arms.

Churches

The

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had three parishes () within the municipality of Nøtterøy. It was part of the Tønsberg domprosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Tunsberg Tunsberg is a diocese of the Church of Norway. It includes all of the parishes located within the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, with the cathedral located in the city of Tønsberg. The Diocese of Tunsberg consists of the cathedral deanery and ...

Geography

The whole municipality was made up of a group of islands located to the south of

Tønsberg Municipality Tønsberg () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jarlsberg. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tønsberg, ...

and between the Tønsbergfjorden and the

Ytre Oslofjord Ytre Oslofjord () is part of a fjord in eastern Norway. The Ytre Oslofjord is the outer part of the Oslofjord which is south of point where the Hurumlandet peninsula splits the fjord between the Drøbak Sound (the strait where the fjord narrows ...

. The municipality included almost all of the island of Nøtterøy plus the smaller islands of Føynland,

, Bolærne, Bjerkøy, Nordre Årøy, and Søndre Årøy. In addition to this, there were also about 175 smaller islands and

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. The island of Nøtterøy is the largest island in

County. The highest point in the municipality was Vetan on the island of Nøtterøy, which reached an elevation of . The mountain was controlled by the

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since 1897. The military operated a radio station at Vetan. The Fulehuk Lighthouse was located in Nøtterøy municipality.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for

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(through 10th grade), outpatient

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services,

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, and municipal

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s. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a

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of directly elected representatives. The

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was

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by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council

The

of Nøtterøy is made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four year terms. The tables below show the current and historical composition of the council by political

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Mayors

The

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() of Nøtterøy: *1838-1838: Christian Severin Bloch Wille *1838-1839: Lars Evensen Glomsten *1839-1847: Jacob Andreas Wille *1847-1855: Johan Henrik Davidsen *1856-1857: Nils Ambjørnsen *1858-1859: Hans Christian Foden *1860-1867: Anders H. Gundersen *1868-1876: Anders Berg Bull *1877-1877: Peter Michael Bugge *1878-1891: Christian Kaldager *1892-1894: Nils Jacobsen *1895-1897: Anders O. Gundersen ( H) *1898-1916: Jonathan Johnson ( H) *1917-1919: Edvard Martin Jespersen ( H) *1920-1922: Nils Christensen Agerup ( H) *1923-1928: Edvard Martin Jespersen ( H) *1929-1931: Jørgen Øhre ( H) *1932-1941: Peter Syse ( H) *1941-1942: Johannes Margido Jønland ( NS) *1943-1945: Olaf Frich ( NS) *1945-1948: Peter Syse ( H) *1948-1953: Johan Møller Warmedal ( H) *1954-1959: Hans Thorød-Hanssen ( H) *1959-1969: Torgeir Andersen ( H) *1969-1987: Sigurd Tjomstøl ( H) *1987-1991: Bernt Johannessen ( H) *1991-2003: Svein Harding Hansen ( H) *2003-2007: Bjørn Kåre Sevik ( FrP) *2007-2017: Roar Jonstang ( H)

Notable people

Trygve Bratteli Trygve Martin Bratteli (11 January 1910 – 20 November 1984) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, a politician with the Norwegian Labour Party, and Nazi concentration camp survivor. He served as the prime minister of Norway from 1971 to 1972 a ...

, a

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Fred Anton Maier __NOTOC__ Fred Anton Maier (15 December 1938 – 9 June 2015) was a speed skater from Norway. He was among the dominating skaters throughout the 1960s, specialising in the longer distances. Maier won four Olympic medals: silver on the 10,000&nb ...

, a speed skater * Jan P. Syse, a Prime Minister of Norway * Tor Thodesen, a professional football manager

References

External links

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Remnants of the German gun battery from WW2Nøtterøy kulturhus website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Notteroy Færder Former municipalities of Norway 1838 establishments in Norway 2018 disestablishments in Norway