Larvik

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Larvik kommune

County	Vestfold
District
Municipality
Administrative centre	Larvik
Mayor (2003)	Øyvind Riise Jenssen (H)
Official language form	Bokmål
Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage	535 Square kilometre>km² 501 km² 0.17 %
Population  - Total (as of Jan. 1st. 2006>Jan. 1st. 2006)  - Percentage  - Change (10 years)  - Density	Ranked 17 41,211 0.90 % 5.5 % 82/km²
Coordinates
[www.larvik.kommune.no] [Data from Statistics Norway]

Coordinates: Larvik is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway, located approximately 105 kilometres (65 miles) southwest of Oslo. The municipality covers an area of 530 square kilometres, and has a population of 40,990 (23,100 of which in the town). The municipality is the product of a merger in 1988 between the five former municipalities of Larvik, Stavern, Brunlanes, Tjølling and Hedrum. The economy of the municipality relies heavily on agriculture, commerce and services, light industry and transportation. The district also includes the town Stavern (Population: 5,000), and the villages Nevlunghavn, Helgeroa, Kvelde, Hvarnes and Tjølling. Notable geographical features include the lake Farris and the river Numedalslågen, locally called Lågen, which terminates in Larvik, east of the town. Larvik is also noted for its natural springs of mineral water, Farriskildene, which have been commercially exploited under the brand name Farris. At Kaupang in Tjølling lie the remains of the medieval Skiringssal trading outpost. Larvik is also home to the world's northernmost natural occurrence of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) in the Bøkeskogen (Norwegian for: Beech Tree Forest).

Larvik has a daily ferry connection to Hirtshals in Denmark.

Larvik houses the Treschow estate which is currently owned by Mille-Marie Treschow, the most affluent woman in Norway. The Treschow estate was created in the 1820s when the last count of Larvik was declared bankrupt.

Notable natives

• Thor Heyerdahl
• Colin Archer
• Arne Nordheim
• Ingvar Ambjørnsen
• Bertrand Narvesen

Tourist attractions

• Mølen
• Beaches

See also

• Labrador blue pearl (Larvikitt)

External links

• [Municipality web site]

Municipalities of Vestfold
Andebu | Hof | Holmestrand | Horten | Lardal | Larvik | Nøtterøy | Re | Sande | Sandefjord | Stokke | Svelvik | Tjøme | Tønsberg

25 biggest cities of Norway (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Norway [link])

Oslo (811,700) | Bergen (213,600) | Stavanger (173,100) | Trondheim (147,100) | Fredrikstad (97,100) | Drammen (90,700) | Skien (85,100) | Kristiansand (70,700) | Tromsø (52,400) | Tønsberg (45,000) | Ålesund (44,100) | Haugesund (40,300) | Sandefjord (39,600) | Moss (34,500) | Bodø (34,100) | Arendal (30,900) | Hamar (28,800) | Larvik (23,100) | Halden (22,000) | Harstad (19,400) | Lillehammer (19,100) | Molde (18,600) | Mo i Rana (17,900) | Kongsberg (17,700) | Horten (17,700)

 

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