Larvik

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 41,211 (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 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.

1 The name
2 Notable natives
3 Tourist attractions
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The name

The Norse form of the name must have been *Lagarvík. The first element is the genitive case of logr m 'water; river' (here Numedalslågen), the last element is vík f 'inlet'. (The meaning is 'the inlet at the mouth of (Numedals)lågen'.)

[edit] Notable natives

Thor Heyerdahl - Known around the world for his voyage on the Kon Tiki expedition.
Colin Archer
Arne Nordheim
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
Bertrand Narvesen
Lasse Gjertsen
Michael Nybråten

[edit] Tourist attractions

[edit] See also

Labrador blue pearl (Larvikitt)

[edit] External links

Municipality web site

Municipalities of Vestfold
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25 most populous municipalities of Norway (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Norway)

Oslo (538,500) · Bergen (242,000) · Trondheim (158,613) · Stavanger (115,157) · Bærum (105,928) · Kristiansand (76,917) · Fredrikstad (70,791) · Tromsø (63,596) · Sandnes (58,947) · Drammen (57,759) · Asker (51,484) · Skien (50,761) · Sarpsborg (50,115) · Bodø (44,992) · Skedsmo (43,201) · Sandefjord (41,555) · Larvik (41,211) · Ålesund (40,801) · Arendal (39,826) · Karmøy (37,928) · Tønsberg (36,919) · Porsgrunn (33,550) · Ringsaker (31,923) · Haugesund (31,738) · Lørenskog (30,929)