Sande, Vestfold


Sande is a municipality in Vestfold County, Norway. Its administrative centre is the village of Sande i Vestfold. The municipality of Sande was established on 1 January 1838.
Sande is located in a beautiful area by the sea about south of Oslo. In recent years the administrative center of Sande has grown significantly due to many new apartments and stores.
Portions of the 1973 Olsenbanden movie Olsenbanden tar gull from were filmed in Sande. Another portion was filmed Stavern.

General information

Name

The municipality is named after the old Sande farm because the first church was built there. The first element in the name, sandr, means "sand", and the last element, vin, means "meadow" or "pasture".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. It was granted on 19 December 1986, and it represents silver-colored Sandebukta bay, with its typical shape, surrounded by forests and mountains.

Geography

is located in westernmost Sande municipality and is the highest point in Sande.

Media

The newspaper Sande Avis is published in Sande.

Sande Church

Sande in Vestfold is the site of the medieval era Sande Church. It is located in Sande parish in Nord-Jarlsberg rural deanery. The building material is stone and brick, and it was built in 1150. In 1783, the church burned down; only the walls remained. Over the next eight years, it was rebuilt, and 1860 the church was refurnished. But the older altarpiece, baptismal font, and pulpit were retained. The pulpit is also from 1783 and features Rococo-style carvings. The font of soapstone is the only medieval inventory preserved.

Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Sande: