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Tønsberg

Tønsberg (pronounced [ˈtœ̂nsbær(ɡ)] ), historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around 102 kilometres (63 miles) south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg. The city is the most populous metropolis in the district of Vestfold with a population of 52,419 in 2019.[4] The municipality has a population of 56,293 and covers an area of 329 square kilometres (127 square miles) in 2020. Tønsberg also serves as the seat for the County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark.

Tønsberg Municipality
Tønsberg kommune
Nickname(s): 
Sagabyen, The Saga City
Tønsberg within Vestfold og Telemark
Coordinates: 59°17′53″N 10°25′25″E / 59.29806°N 10.42361°E / 59.29806; 10.42361
CountryNorway
CountyVestfold og Telemark
DistrictVestfold
Administrative centreTønsberg
Government
 • Mayor (2020)Anne Rygh Pedersen (Ap)
Area
 • Total107 km2 (41 sq mi)
 • Land106 km2 (41 sq mi)
 • Rank#381 in Norway
Population
 (2014)
 • Total57,794 Metro 54,480 (2,022) (10th Norway)
 • Rank#21 in Norway
 • Density367/km2 (950/sq mi)
 • Change (10 years)
 +10.1%
DemonymTønsbergenser[1]
Official language
 • Norwegian formNeutral
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-3803[3]
WebsiteOfficial website
Data from Statistics Norway

Tønsberg is generally regarded as the oldest city in Norway, founded in the 9th century.[5][6][7] Tønsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Sem was merged into the municipality of Tønsberg on 1 January 1988. The neighboring municipality of Re was merged into Tønsberg on 1 January 2020.[8]

It is home to Tønsberg Fortress on Castle Mountain, which includes ruins from Castrum Tunsbergis, Norway's largest castle in the 13th century. An outdoor music festival is held at Tønsberg Fortress every July.[9][10][5] Tønsberg is also home of Oseberg Mound, where the 9th-century Oseberg Ship was excavated.

General information edit

Name edit

The Old Norse form of the name was Túnsberg. The first element is the genitive case of tún (n), meaning fenced area or garden. The last element is berg (n), meaning mountain. The name originally referred to the fortifications on Slottsfjellet. The old spelling has been retained in the name of the diocese, Tunsberg bispedømme.

Coat of arms edit

The coat of arms is an old city seal from as far back as 1349. The seal shows Tønsberg Fortress surrounded by a ring wall on a mountain with the sea in front. There is also a longship in the water in front of the fortress. Around the seal are the words (in Latin): This is the seal of Tunsberg.[11]

History edit

Viking age edit

 
Tønsberg Fortress
 
Tønsberg Cathedral

Tønsberg is the oldest city in Norway,[12][13][14][15] founded by Harald Fairhair in the 9th century.[16] It was also an ancient capital of Norway.[17] The first time the town was mentioned by a contemporary writer was in 1130. According to Snorri Sturluson, Tønsberg was founded before the Battle of Hafrsfjord, which, according to Snorri, took place in 871. The year of the battle is disputed and most current historians believe it was closer to 900. If it took place in 871, this makes Tønsberg one of the oldest present Scandinavian cities. It was based upon this that the city's 1000 years jubilee was celebrated in 1871, and 1100 years jubilee in 1971. The archaeological excavations conducted in 1987–88 underneath the monastery ruins revealed several Viking graves which have served to confirm the earlier age of the original settlement.[18]

The king or his ombudsman resided in the old Royal Court at Sæheimr, today the Jarlsberg Manor (Jarlsberg Hovedgård), and on the farm Haugar, (from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill or burial mound), which can be assumed to have been Tønsberg's birthplace. Haugar became the seat for the Haugating, the Thing for Vestfold and Norway's second most important place for the proclamation of kings. The site had probably been named after two Viking Era mounds, which tradition links to two sons of King Harald I, Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, who was king in Vestfold og Telemark, and his half-brother, Sigrød Haraldsson, king of Trondheim. Both are presumed to have fallen in battle at Haugar against their half-brother Eric Bloodaxe and to have been buried on the same spot.[19]

Slottsfjellet (Castle Mountain), north of the city centre, made for a near impregnable natural fortress. During the civil war era of the 12th century, it was fortified by the Baglers. The Birkebeiners besieged it for 20 weeks in the winter of 1201 before the Baglers surrendered. In the 13th century, King Haakon Haakonson set up a castle in Tønsberg, Tønsberg Fortress. The town was destroyed by fire in 1536, but Tønsberg remained one of the most important harbour towns in Norway.[20] James VI of Scotland stopped in Tønsberg on his way to meet Anne of Denmark in Oslo, and David Lindsay gave a sermon on 16 November 1589. The event was recorded by a painted inscription in the church, which survives in the museum.[21]

Whaling epoch edit

 
Whale-catchers in Tønsberg, 1952
 
Widerøe aerial photography of town, July 1958

The center of the world's modern whaling industry was concentrated in Tønsberg and neighboring Sandefjord.[22] Tønsberg along with neighboring Sandefjord and Larvik were dominant whaling towns in Norway. While whalers from Sandefjord established the first whaling station in the Faroe Islands, whalers from Tønsberg initiated whaling in Iceland and the Hebrides.[23]

During the 1850s, Tønsberg turned into a base of operation and source of expertise for whalers in the Arctic- and Antarctic Oceans.[24] Tønsberg has been called “the cradle of modern whaling.[25] In the 1892 publication “Handbook for Travellers in Norway” by John Murray, Tønsberg is described as “the centre of the Norwegian whaling and sealing industries in the Arctic Ocean.”[26]

The first whaling ventures to Antarctica was led by engineer Henrik Henriksen of Tønsberg.[27] Henrik Johan Bull was another noted whaler from the district, known for his expeditions to Antarctica. Bull traveled from Australia to Tønsberg in order to learn from local whaler Svend Foyn, who is recognized as the pioneer of the modern whaling industry.[28]

One of the city's most prominent residents, Svend Foyn, was a pioneer who embarked on an 1847 expedition to the Arctic, which led to a catch of 6,000 seals. Soon Tønsberg Harbor was home to a large fleet of sealing vessels, and the sealing industry grew further after the 1849 repeal of Britain's Navigation Acts. The hunters turned the seals to near extinction in the Arctic Ocean, and therefore turned to Bottle-nosed whales during the 1870s. Norway maintained a monopoly on European whaling until 1883, first and foremost due to Svend Foyn's patent rights to whaling techniques and inventions. Over-hunting in the Arctic eventually drove the whalers to Antarctica. By the beginning of the 20th century, Tønsberg had lost its preeminence in the whaling industry to the neighboring city of Sandefjord.[29][30] Sandefjord, which lies just south of Tønsberg, later became known as the world's whaling capital.[31][32][33]

World War II edit

During the German occupation of Norway in World War II, the Berg concentration camp was constructed near Tønsberg. In 1948, Tønsberg became the cathedral city of the Diocese of Tunsberg (Tunsberg bispedømme), created when the counties of Buskerud and Vestfold og Telemark were separated from the Diocese of Oslo.

Geography edit

 
Tønsberg Wharf in city centre

Tønsberg is a city and municipality in Vestfold County, on the western shore of the Oslofjord. Tønsberg lies north of Færder, south of Horten, and north-east of Sandefjord. It is the ninth-largest city in Norway (by population). The city center lies just north from Nøtterøy Island. Besides Tønsberg proper, the municipality is also home to the villages of Barkåker and Sem. The village of Åsgårdstrand is partly in Tønsberg, although most of the village is in Horten municipality.[8]

Tønsberg Station is 5–10 minutes walking from the main square in the city centre, known as Torvet. From the main square is a few hundred meters along Rådhusgaten to the waterfront Tønsberg Wharf ("Tønsberg Brygge"), where most cafes, bars and restaurants are located. Just south of Tønsberg are the islands of Nøtterøy and Tjøme, which are tourist destinations.[34]

The highest point in Tønsberg is Undrumsåsen at 145 meters (476 ft.). The villages of Vear and Hognes/Bjelland were merged into Tønsberg on January 1, 2017. The neighboring municipality of Re will be merged into Tønsberg on or before January 1, 2020.[8]

 
The Tønsberg Fjord as seen from Tønsberg Fortress.

Nature preserves edit

Tønsberg is home to five nature preserves:[8]

 
Presterødkilen Nature Preserve.

It is also a plant preserve at Karlsvika where the goal is the preservation of the threatened species fineleaf waterdropwort (Oenanthe aquatica), a rare species in Norway.[8]

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195112,208—    
196012,591+3.1%
197011,284−10.4%
19809,247−18.1%
199031,275+238.2%
200034,716+11.0%
201039,367+13.4%
Source: Statistics Norway. Note: The municipality of Sem, Norway was merged with Tønsberg 1 January 1988.

Tønsberg proper plus the nearby urban area makes Tønsberg the 9th most populous city in Norway, and the second-most populous city in Vestold County (after Sandefjord). City of Tønsberg is home to 51,061 residents as of 2016, whereas 17,073 residents were living on the Nøtterøy side of the border. Smaller communities in the municipality includes the villages of Barkåker (2016 pop. 1,696) and Sem (2,392). Åsgårdstrand on the Horten border lies in-between Horten- and Tønsberg municipalities. The village of Åsgårdstrand therefore has 176 residents living on the Tønsberg side of the border, despite a large majority of village residents residing in nearby Horten municipality. The city experienced a 20.8% population growth between 2000 and 2015, compared to 14.0% for Vestfold County as a whole. Furthermore, Tønsberg Municipality has the highest urbanization rate in Vestfold. While 94.6 percent of residents in Tønsberg Municipality are residing in cities, the equivalent number for Vestfold County is 84.8 percent.[8]

As of 2018, the largest minority groups were Polish (1.68%), Lithuanians (1.11%), Iraqis (1.06%), Swedes (0.75%), and Syrians (0.64%).[35]

Population stats edit

On 1 January 2009, the population of Tønsberg municipality was 38,914.[36] The population of the urban area, Norway's tenth most populous, was 46,091. 30,061 lived in Tønsberg municipality, while 16,030 lived in Nøtterøy municipality. The urban area extends from Eik in the north, to Tolvsrød, Vallø and Ringshaug in the east and Borgheim on Nøtterøy in the south. Tønsberg municipality contains five additional urban areas: Sem, with 2,147 inhabitants of which 2,100 live in Tønsberg and 47 live in Stokke; Barkåker, with 1,292 inhabitants; Åsgårdstrand, with 2,847 inhabitants of which 2,794 in Horten and 53 in Tønsberg; Vear, with a population of 3,502 of which 2,263 live in Stokke and 1,239 live in Tønsberg, and Revetal, with 2,399 inhabitants all of which live in Tønsberg.[37]

Sports edit

FK Tønsberg is the premier football team in Tønsberg, currently playing in the 2. divisjon as of 2017. Tønsberg Vikings is the local hockey team. The club played in the GET-ligaen until 2014.

Tønsberg hosted a round of the UIM F2 World Championship from 2014 - 2018.

Tourist sites edit

 
Ruins of St. Olav's Church.

Perhaps the most important landmark in the town is Slottsfjellet, the tower standing on the hill. It was erected in 1888 as a memorial to Tønsberg Fortress (Tunsberg festning), the old fortress, of which just fragmentary ruins remain today. Below the mountain there is a museum dedicated to "Slottsfjellet" and Tønsberg. There are several exhibitions here about whaling and the fortress, Tønsberg Fortress. Several streets in the town are named after old kings of Norway.[38]

 
Ruins of St Michael's Church.

Other notable tourist sites include:

  • Haugar Art Museum (Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum) – located in the former Seamen's School in the middle of Tønsberg, the brick building was built 1918–21. The museum was established in 1993 as a foundation created by Vestfold county and municipality of Tønsberg. The museum is a division of Vestfold Museum (Vestfoldmuseene). Haugar Vestfold Art Museum is located in the parkland between the site of the ancient assembly of Haugating and the two Viking era mounds.[39]
  • Foynegården – the city's best-preserved merchant's yard. Foynegården is the site of a patrician houses from the 1700s where Svend Foyn was born in 1809.
  • Ruins of St. Olav's Church (Olavskirken) – Former monastery founded in 1191, located near the current Tønsberg Library.[40]
  • Ruins of St Michael's Church (Mikaelskirken) are still visible on top of Castle Mountain by Tønsberg Fortress. The church was mentioned among the royal chapels. It is believed to have been destroyed in 1503 when Swedish soldiers razed fortifications.[41]
  • Sem Church (Sem kirke) – Vestfold's oldest stone church built before 1100 in the Romanesque style, located near the Jarlsberg Estate[42]
  • Tønsberg Cathedral (Tønsberg domkirke) – Brick church from 1858 with pulpit from 1621 and an altarpiece from 1764.[43]
  • Slottsfjell festival, one of the biggest happenings in Tønsberg through the year. People all over the country come to Tønsberg to participate, this festival is one of Tønsberg newly landmarks.

Oseberg Mound edit

 
Oseberghaugen, the Oseberg burial mound from early Viking era.

Tønsberg is the site of Oseberg Mound, a Viking era burial mound. The Oseberg Ship was found in the Oseberg burial mound in 1904. This Viking era longship is now in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Archaeological excavations in 1904 uncovered history's largest and richest example of craftsmanship from the Viking Age. In addition to the Oseberg Ship, Oseberghaugen contained the Oseberg carriage, five intricately carved bed-posts shaped like animal heads, four sledges, beds, chests, weaving-frames, household utensils and much more. Scientific examinations in 1992 now date the burial to 834 AD, and indicate a probability that it was Queen Alvhild, the first wife of King Gudrød, who was buried here.[44]

When unearthed, the ship was buried in blue clay and covered with stones beneath the 6-meter high Oseberg Mound.[45]

Economy edit

 
Øvre Langgate street (Tønsberg)

Tønsberg is mostly a shopping town and an administrative centre. It is also noted especially for its silverware.

Transport edit

The city is served by the railway line Vestfoldbanen, which runs in a loop through the city before reaching Tønsberg Station.

In popular culture edit

Tønsberg has been featured as a location in several films, most notably those set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is first mentioned in the 2010 film Iron Man 2 as a location under surveillance by S.H.I.E.L.D.[46] In the 2011 film Thor, it is established that centuries ago, Tønsberg was the invasion point of the Frost Giants of Jotunheim, who sought to conquer Earth before they were defeated by Odin and the forces of Asgard. It is then seen in Captain America: The First Avenger, where the Red Skull acquires the Tesseract from a church.[46] In the 2017 film Thor: Ragnarok, Odin chooses the town as the site of his death. In Avengers: Endgame, the town is renamed "New Asgard" and serves as a refuge for the Asgardians who survived Thanos's attack during the events of Infinity War, with Valkyrie as its leader.[46] In Thor: Love and Thunder, New Asgard has become a tourist attraction but suffers political turmoil as a result of the discrimination of Earth's governments against otherworldly beings. The Tønsberg raid by Hydra is also recreated in the first episode of What If...?, albeit it occurs much later than in Captain America: The First Avenger.

Tønsberg is also featured in the 2010 game Mount and Blade: Warband's Viking Conquest expansion as the capital of the Kingdom of Northvegr.

Notable residents edit

 
Margaret, Maid of Norway in Lerwick Town Hall
 
CP Stoltenberg, 1820
 
Johan Sverdrup, 1874
 
Laila Riksaasen Dahl, 2006

Royalty edit

Public Service & Business edit

The Arts edit

 
Clara Tschudi, 1911
 
Lene Nystrøm, vocalist in Aqua
 
Hjalmar Andersen, 2010
 
Ronny Johnsen, 2017)
 
John Arne Riise, 2009

Sport edit

Gallery edit

Twin towns – sister cities edit

The following cities are twinned with Tønsberg:[52]

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External links edit

  • Municipal fact sheet from Statistics Norway
  •   Vestfold travel guide from Wikivoyage
  •   Tønsberg travel guide from Wikivoyage
  • Municipality website 21 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  • Haugar Art Museum

tønsberg, this, article, about, municipality, other, uses, disambiguation, this, article, needs, updated, please, help, update, this, article, reflect, recent, events, newly, available, information, january, 2020, pronounced, ˈtœ, nsbær, historically, tunsberg. This article is about the municipality For other uses see Tonsberg disambiguation This article needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2020 Tonsberg pronounced ˈtœ nsbaer ɡ historically Tunsberg is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county eastern Norway located around 102 kilometres 63 miles south southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tonsberg The city is the most populous metropolis in the district of Vestfold with a population of 52 419 in 2019 4 The municipality has a population of 56 293 and covers an area of 329 square kilometres 127 square miles in 2020 Tonsberg also serves as the seat for the County Governor of Vestfold og Telemark Tonsberg Municipality Tonsberg kommuneMunicipalityFlagCoat of armsVestfold og Telemark within NorwayNickname s Sagabyen The Saga CityTonsberg within Vestfold og TelemarkCoordinates 59 17 53 N 10 25 25 E 59 29806 N 10 42361 E 59 29806 10 42361CountryNorwayCountyVestfold og TelemarkDistrictVestfoldAdministrative centreTonsbergGovernment Mayor 2020 Anne Rygh Pedersen Ap Area Total107 km2 41 sq mi Land106 km2 41 sq mi Rank 381 in NorwayPopulation 2014 Total57 794 Metro 54 480 2 022 10th Norway Rank 21 in Norway Density367 km2 950 sq mi Change 10 years 10 1 DemonymTonsbergenser 1 Official language 2 Norwegian formNeutralTime zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST ISO 3166 codeNO 3803 3 WebsiteOfficial websiteData from Statistics NorwayTonsberg is generally regarded as the oldest city in Norway founded in the 9th century 5 6 7 Tonsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 see formannskapsdistrikt The rural municipality of Sem was merged into the municipality of Tonsberg on 1 January 1988 The neighboring municipality of Re was merged into Tonsberg on 1 January 2020 8 It is home to Tonsberg Fortress on Castle Mountain which includes ruins from Castrum Tunsbergis Norway s largest castle in the 13th century An outdoor music festival is held at Tonsberg Fortress every July 9 10 5 Tonsberg is also home of Oseberg Mound where the 9th century Oseberg Ship was excavated Contents 1 General information 1 1 Name 1 2 Coat of arms 2 History 2 1 Viking age 2 2 Whaling epoch 2 3 World War II 3 Geography 3 1 Nature preserves 4 Demographics 4 1 Population stats 5 Sports 6 Tourist sites 6 1 Oseberg Mound 7 Economy 8 Transport 9 In popular culture 10 Notable residents 10 1 Royalty 10 2 Public Service amp Business 10 3 The Arts 10 4 Sport 11 Gallery 12 Twin towns sister cities 13 References 14 External linksGeneral information editName edit The Old Norse form of the name was Tunsberg The first element is the genitive case of tun n meaning fenced area or garden The last element is berg n meaning mountain The name originally referred to the fortifications on Slottsfjellet The old spelling has been retained in the name of the diocese Tunsberg bispedomme Coat of arms edit The coat of arms is an old city seal from as far back as 1349 The seal shows Tonsberg Fortress surrounded by a ring wall on a mountain with the sea in front There is also a longship in the water in front of the fortress Around the seal are the words in Latin This is the seal of Tunsberg 11 History editViking age edit nbsp Tonsberg Fortress nbsp Tonsberg CathedralTonsberg is the oldest city in Norway 12 13 14 15 founded by Harald Fairhair in the 9th century 16 It was also an ancient capital of Norway 17 The first time the town was mentioned by a contemporary writer was in 1130 According to Snorri Sturluson Tonsberg was founded before the Battle of Hafrsfjord which according to Snorri took place in 871 The year of the battle is disputed and most current historians believe it was closer to 900 If it took place in 871 this makes Tonsberg one of the oldest present Scandinavian cities It was based upon this that the city s 1000 years jubilee was celebrated in 1871 and 1100 years jubilee in 1971 The archaeological excavations conducted in 1987 88 underneath the monastery ruins revealed several Viking graves which have served to confirm the earlier age of the original settlement 18 The king or his ombudsman resided in the old Royal Court at Saeheimr today the Jarlsberg Manor Jarlsberg Hovedgard and on the farm Haugar from the Old Norse word haugr meaning hill or burial mound which can be assumed to have been Tonsberg s birthplace Haugar became the seat for the Haugating the Thing for Vestfold and Norway s second most important place for the proclamation of kings The site had probably been named after two Viking Era mounds which tradition links to two sons of King Harald I Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf who was king in Vestfold og Telemark and his half brother Sigrod Haraldsson king of Trondheim Both are presumed to have fallen in battle at Haugar against their half brother Eric Bloodaxe and to have been buried on the same spot 19 Slottsfjellet Castle Mountain north of the city centre made for a near impregnable natural fortress During the civil war era of the 12th century it was fortified by the Baglers The Birkebeiners besieged it for 20 weeks in the winter of 1201 before the Baglers surrendered In the 13th century King Haakon Haakonson set up a castle in Tonsberg Tonsberg Fortress The town was destroyed by fire in 1536 but Tonsberg remained one of the most important harbour towns in Norway 20 James VI of Scotland stopped in Tonsberg on his way to meet Anne of Denmark in Oslo and David Lindsay gave a sermon on 16 November 1589 The event was recorded by a painted inscription in the church which survives in the museum 21 Whaling epoch edit nbsp Whale catchers in Tonsberg 1952 nbsp Wideroe aerial photography of town July 1958The center of the world s modern whaling industry was concentrated in Tonsberg and neighboring Sandefjord 22 Tonsberg along with neighboring Sandefjord and Larvik were dominant whaling towns in Norway While whalers from Sandefjord established the first whaling station in the Faroe Islands whalers from Tonsberg initiated whaling in Iceland and the Hebrides 23 During the 1850s Tonsberg turned into a base of operation and source of expertise for whalers in the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans 24 Tonsberg has been called the cradle of modern whaling 25 In the 1892 publication Handbook for Travellers in Norway by John Murray Tonsberg is described as the centre of the Norwegian whaling and sealing industries in the Arctic Ocean 26 The first whaling ventures to Antarctica was led by engineer Henrik Henriksen of Tonsberg 27 Henrik Johan Bull was another noted whaler from the district known for his expeditions to Antarctica Bull traveled from Australia to Tonsberg in order to learn from local whaler Svend Foyn who is recognized as the pioneer of the modern whaling industry 28 One of the city s most prominent residents Svend Foyn was a pioneer who embarked on an 1847 expedition to the Arctic which led to a catch of 6 000 seals Soon Tonsberg Harbor was home to a large fleet of sealing vessels and the sealing industry grew further after the 1849 repeal of Britain s Navigation Acts The hunters turned the seals to near extinction in the Arctic Ocean and therefore turned to Bottle nosed whales during the 1870s Norway maintained a monopoly on European whaling until 1883 first and foremost due to Svend Foyn s patent rights to whaling techniques and inventions Over hunting in the Arctic eventually drove the whalers to Antarctica By the beginning of the 20th century Tonsberg had lost its preeminence in the whaling industry to the neighboring city of Sandefjord 29 30 Sandefjord which lies just south of Tonsberg later became known as the world s whaling capital 31 32 33 World War II edit During the German occupation of Norway in World War II the Berg concentration camp was constructed near Tonsberg In 1948 Tonsberg became the cathedral city of the Diocese of Tunsberg Tunsberg bispedomme created when the counties of Buskerud and Vestfold og Telemark were separated from the Diocese of Oslo Geography edit nbsp Tonsberg Wharf in city centreTonsberg is a city and municipality in Vestfold County on the western shore of the Oslofjord Tonsberg lies north of Faerder south of Horten and north east of Sandefjord It is the ninth largest city in Norway by population The city center lies just north from Notteroy Island Besides Tonsberg proper the municipality is also home to the villages of Barkaker and Sem The village of Asgardstrand is partly in Tonsberg although most of the village is in Horten municipality 8 Tonsberg Station is 5 10 minutes walking from the main square in the city centre known as Torvet From the main square is a few hundred meters along Radhusgaten to the waterfront Tonsberg Wharf Tonsberg Brygge where most cafes bars and restaurants are located Just south of Tonsberg are the islands of Notteroy and Tjome which are tourist destinations 34 The highest point in Tonsberg is Undrumsasen at 145 meters 476 ft The villages of Vear and Hognes Bjelland were merged into Tonsberg on January 1 2017 The neighboring municipality of Re will be merged into Tonsberg on or before January 1 2020 8 nbsp The Tonsberg Fjord as seen from Tonsberg Fortress Nature preserves edit Tonsberg is home to five nature preserves 8 nbsp Presterodkilen Nature Preserve Akersvannet wetland shared with Sandefjord Bliksekilen wetland Gullkronene deciduous forest Ilene wetland Presterodkilen wetland It is also a plant preserve at Karlsvika where the goal is the preservation of the threatened species fineleaf waterdropwort Oenanthe aquatica a rare species in Norway 8 Demographics editHistorical populationYearPop 195112 208 196012 591 3 1 197011 284 10 4 19809 247 18 1 199031 275 238 2 200034 716 11 0 201039 367 13 4 Source Statistics Norway Note The municipality of Sem Norway was merged with Tonsberg 1 January 1988 Tonsberg proper plus the nearby urban area makes Tonsberg the 9th most populous city in Norway and the second most populous city in Vestold County after Sandefjord City of Tonsberg is home to 51 061 residents as of 2016 whereas 17 073 residents were living on the Notteroy side of the border Smaller communities in the municipality includes the villages of Barkaker 2016 pop 1 696 and Sem 2 392 Asgardstrand on the Horten border lies in between Horten and Tonsberg municipalities The village of Asgardstrand therefore has 176 residents living on the Tonsberg side of the border despite a large majority of village residents residing in nearby Horten municipality The city experienced a 20 8 population growth between 2000 and 2015 compared to 14 0 for Vestfold County as a whole Furthermore Tonsberg Municipality has the highest urbanization rate in Vestfold While 94 6 percent of residents in Tonsberg Municipality are residing in cities the equivalent number for Vestfold County is 84 8 percent 8 As of 2018 the largest minority groups were Polish 1 68 Lithuanians 1 11 Iraqis 1 06 Swedes 0 75 and Syrians 0 64 35 Population stats edit On 1 January 2009 the population of Tonsberg municipality was 38 914 36 The population of the urban area Norway s tenth most populous was 46 091 30 061 lived in Tonsberg municipality while 16 030 lived in Notteroy municipality The urban area extends from Eik in the north to Tolvsrod Vallo and Ringshaug in the east and Borgheim on Notteroy in the south Tonsberg municipality contains five additional urban areas Sem with 2 147 inhabitants of which 2 100 live in Tonsberg and 47 live in Stokke Barkaker with 1 292 inhabitants Asgardstrand with 2 847 inhabitants of which 2 794 in Horten and 53 in Tonsberg Vear with a population of 3 502 of which 2 263 live in Stokke and 1 239 live in Tonsberg and Revetal with 2 399 inhabitants all of which live in Tonsberg 37 Sports editFK Tonsberg is the premier football team in Tonsberg currently playing in the 2 divisjon as of 2017 Tonsberg Vikings is the local hockey team The club played in the GET ligaen until 2014 Tonsberg hosted a round of the UIM F2 World Championship from 2014 2018 Tourist sites edit nbsp Ruins of St Olav s Church Perhaps the most important landmark in the town is Slottsfjellet the tower standing on the hill It was erected in 1888 as a memorial to Tonsberg Fortress Tunsberg festning the old fortress of which just fragmentary ruins remain today Below the mountain there is a museum dedicated to Slottsfjellet and Tonsberg There are several exhibitions here about whaling and the fortress Tonsberg Fortress Several streets in the town are named after old kings of Norway 38 nbsp Ruins of St Michael s Church Other notable tourist sites include Haugar Art Museum Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum located in the former Seamen s School in the middle of Tonsberg the brick building was built 1918 21 The museum was established in 1993 as a foundation created by Vestfold county and municipality of Tonsberg The museum is a division of Vestfold Museum Vestfoldmuseene Haugar Vestfold Art Museum is located in the parkland between the site of the ancient assembly of Haugating and the two Viking era mounds 39 Foynegarden the city s best preserved merchant s yard Foynegarden is the site of a patrician houses from the 1700s where Svend Foyn was born in 1809 Ruins of St Olav s Church Olavskirken Former monastery founded in 1191 located near the current Tonsberg Library 40 Ruins of St Michael s Church Mikaelskirken are still visible on top of Castle Mountain by Tonsberg Fortress The church was mentioned among the royal chapels It is believed to have been destroyed in 1503 when Swedish soldiers razed fortifications 41 Sem Church Sem kirke Vestfold s oldest stone church built before 1100 in the Romanesque style located near the Jarlsberg Estate 42 Tonsberg Cathedral Tonsberg domkirke Brick church from 1858 with pulpit from 1621 and an altarpiece from 1764 43 Slottsfjell festival one of the biggest happenings in Tonsberg through the year People all over the country come to Tonsberg to participate this festival is one of Tonsberg newly landmarks Oseberg Mound edit nbsp Oseberghaugen the Oseberg burial mound from early Viking era Tonsberg is the site of Oseberg Mound a Viking era burial mound The Oseberg Ship was found in the Oseberg burial mound in 1904 This Viking era longship is now in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo Archaeological excavations in 1904 uncovered history s largest and richest example of craftsmanship from the Viking Age In addition to the Oseberg Ship Oseberghaugen contained the Oseberg carriage five intricately carved bed posts shaped like animal heads four sledges beds chests weaving frames household utensils and much more Scientific examinations in 1992 now date the burial to 834 AD and indicate a probability that it was Queen Alvhild the first wife of King Gudrod who was buried here 44 When unearthed the ship was buried in blue clay and covered with stones beneath the 6 meter high Oseberg Mound 45 Economy edit nbsp Ovre Langgate street Tonsberg Tonsberg is mostly a shopping town and an administrative centre It is also noted especially for its silverware Transport editThe city is served by the railway line Vestfoldbanen which runs in a loop through the city before reaching Tonsberg Station In popular culture editTonsberg has been featured as a location in several films most notably those set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU It is first mentioned in the 2010 film Iron Man 2 as a location under surveillance by S H I E L D 46 In the 2011 film Thor it is established that centuries ago Tonsberg was the invasion point of the Frost Giants of Jotunheim who sought to conquer Earth before they were defeated by Odin and the forces of Asgard It is then seen in Captain America The First Avenger where the Red Skull acquires the Tesseract from a church 46 In the 2017 film Thor Ragnarok Odin chooses the town as the site of his death In Avengers Endgame the town is renamed New Asgard and serves as a refuge for the Asgardians who survived Thanos s attack during the events of Infinity War with Valkyrie as its leader 46 In Thor Love and Thunder New Asgard has become a tourist attraction but suffers political turmoil as a result of the discrimination of Earth s governments against otherworldly beings The Tonsberg raid by Hydra is also recreated in the first episode of What If albeit it occurs much later than in Captain America The First Avenger Tonsberg is also featured in the 2010 game Mount and Blade Warband s Viking Conquest expansion as the capital of the Kingdom of Northvegr Notable residents edit nbsp Margaret Maid of Norway in Lerwick Town Hall nbsp CP Stoltenberg 1820 nbsp Johan Sverdrup 1874 nbsp Laila Riksaasen Dahl 2006Main category People from Tonsberg Royalty edit Bjorn Farmann died ca 930 King of Vestfold founded Tonsberg Magnus VI of Norway 1238 1280 King of Norway as Magnus VI 1263 to 1280 Margaret Maid of Norway 1283 1290 Queen designate of Scotland from 1286 Else Werring 1905 1989 a Norwegian royal hostess and Chief Court Mistress from 1958Public Service amp Business edit Cecilie Christine Scholler 1720 1786 socialite built Stiftsgarden a royal residence Carl Peter Stoltenberg 1770 1830 merchant and rep at Norwegian Constituent Assembly Adrian Benjamin Bentzon 1777 1827 Governor of the Danish West Indies 1816 to 1820 Gregers Winther Wulfsberg 1780 1846 jurist and rep at Norwegian Constituent Assembly Svend Foyn 1809 1894 a shipping and whaling magnate introduced sealing to Vestfold Johan Henrik Dietrichs 1809 1886 merchant and mayor of the town Johan Sverdrup 1816 1892 liberal politician prime minister of Norway from 1884 to 1889 Wilhelm Wilhelmsen 1839 1910 a shipping magnate founder of the Wilh Wilhelmsen Shipping Company Henrik Johan Bull 1844 1930 a whaler and pioneer Antarctic explorer brothers Peter Christophersen 1845 1930 amp Soren Andreas Christophersen 1849 1933 diplomats in Argentina Niels Johan Foyn 1860 1945 meteorologist Axel Thue 1863 1922 Norwegian American mathematician Ditlef Hvistendahl Christiansen 1865 1944 Norwegian Supreme Court Justice 1911 1936 Ole O Lian 1868 1925 politician leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Halfdan M Hanson 1884 1952 Norwegian American architect Ole Aanderud Larsen 1884 1964 a ship designer designed the Endurance Eugene Olaussen 1887 1962 a newspaper editor and politician from communist to Nazi Arnold Rorholt 1909 1986 a Norwegian jurist and refugee worker Ebba Lodden 1913 1997 civil servant and politician first female County Governor Jan Mehlum born 1945 author and academic comes from Tonsberg Laila Riksaasen Dahl born 1947 theologian bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg 2002 2014 Jan Otto Myrseth born 1957 a prelate the current Bishop of Tunsberg Per Arne Olsen born 1961 a politician Mayor of Tonsberg 2003 to 2009 Reidar Hjermann born 1969 psychologist and former Children s Ombudsman of Norway Joshua French born 1982 a Norwegian British murderer convicted in the Congo grew up in ReThe Arts edit nbsp Clara Tschudi 1911 nbsp Lene Nystrom vocalist in AquaMathias Stoltenberg 1799 1871 a portrait painter and furniture restorer Clara Tschudi 1856 1945 a writer of biographies of contemporary and historical women Elisabeth Meyer 1899 1968 a Norwegian photographer and journalist Thomas Thomassen 1878 1962 a Norwegian actor director and theater manager 47 Per Gjersoe 1908 1980 a Norwegian actor and film director 48 Kare Holt 1916 1997 a Norwegian author from Vale Per Asplin 1928 1996 a Norwegian pianist singer composer and actor 49 Kjell Heggelund 1932 2017 a literary researcher lecturer editor poet and literary critic Wenche Blomberg born 1943 an author journalist librarian and criminologist Bjorn Floberg born 1947 a Norwegian actor of film TV and theatre 50 Jahn Teigen 1949 2020 singer and comedian 3 times in the Eurovision Song Contest Gro Dahle born 1962 author and poet grew up in Tonsberg twins Egil Nyhus amp Svein Nyhus born 1962 Norwegian illustrators Sturla Berg Johansen born 1967 stand up comedian comes from Tonsberg Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen Norwegian Wiki born 1971 Latvian filmmaker lives in Tonsberg Lene Nystrom born 1973 lead vocalist of the Danish Norwegian dance group Aqua siblings Line Horntveth born 1974 amp Martin Horntveth born 1977 amp Lars Horntveth born 1980 Norwegian jazz musicians Froy Aagre born 1977 a Norwegian jazz tenor and soprano saxophone player Seigmen formed 1989 an alternative rock band comes from Tonsberg Kyrre Gorvell Dahll born 1991 known as Kygo a DJ songwriter and record producer 51 Adelen born 1996 singer Emma Ellingsen born 2001 a Norwegian transgender model and YouTuber nbsp Hjalmar Andersen 2010 nbsp Ronny Johnsen 2017 nbsp John Arne Riise 2009Sport edit Hjalmar Andersen 1923 2013 speed skater three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympics Ronny Johnsen born 1969 former footballer with Manchester United F C has 384 club caps and 62 with Norway lives in Tonsberg Linda Cerup Simonsen born 1969 a sailor team gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics Anders Aukland born 1972 cross country skier team gold medallist 2002 Winter Olympics Rune Monstad born 1973 known as The Viking Biker a Norwegian cyclist who cycled around the world on a 27 speed Gekko mountain bike from 2005 to 2010 Morten Hagen born 1974 a Norwegian professional golfer Kristine Duvholt Havnas born 1974 a former Norwegian team handballer team silver medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and team bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tonje Larsen born 1975 a retired Norwegian Olympic team champion handballer Olaf Tufte born 1976 a rower firefighter and farmer has four Olympic medals John Arne Riise born 1980 former footballer with Liverpool F C has 546 club caps and 110 with Norway lives in Tonsberg Espen Bugge Pettersen born 1980 a former football goalkeeper with 440 club caps Lisa Marie Woods born 1984 a Norwegian professional football midfielder Kjetil Borch born 1990 world rowing champion team bronze medallist 2016 Summer Olympics Magnus Carlsen born 1990 chess grandmaster amp World Chess Champion Anine Rabe born 1992 a Norwegian former figure skater Ali Srour born 1994 known as Prince Ali a Lebanese professional boxer from TonsbergGallery edit nbsp Mollers Gaten nbsp Tonsberg during winter nbsp Torvgaten in the city centre nbsp Haugar Art Museum nbsp Tonsberg Barrel on East Island in Sandefjord nbsp Tonsberg in January 1908 nbsp Oseberg Mound where the 9th century 22 metre Oseberg Ship was discoveredTwin towns sister cities editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Norway The following cities are twinned with Tonsberg 52 nbsp Covarrubias Spain nbsp Evora Portugal nbsp Isafjordur Iceland nbsp Joensuu Finland nbsp Lamia Greece nbsp Linkoping Sweden nbsp Ravenna Italy nbsp Waterford IrelandReferences edit Navn pa steder og personer Innbyggjarnamn in Norwegian Sprakradet Forskrift om malvedtak i kommunar og fylkeskommunar in Norwegian 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