Editing Andebu (section)

== General information ==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Andebo'' (later spelled ''Andebu'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1878, an area of [[Hedrum]] municipality (population: 61) was transferred to Andebu.<ref name="Dag">{{Cite book |last=Jukvam |first=Dag |year=1999 |title=Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen |url=http://www.ssb.no/emner/00/90/rapp_9913/rapp_9913.pdf |publisher=[[Statistics Norway|Statistisk sentralbyrå]] |language=no |isbn=9788253746845}}</ref> On 1 January 2017, a municipal merger took place: the municipalities of [[Sandefjord]] (population: 45,820), [[Stokke (municipality)|Stokke]] (population: 11,657), and Andebu (population: 5,937) were merged to form a new, larger [[Sandefjord Municipality]]. Andebu now makes up the northern part of the new municipality.<ref name="EL">{{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Erlend |title=Tre kommuner blir til én: Suksesskriteriene bak nye Sandefjord |publisher=E-forl |year=2016 |isbn=9788293057277 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|64}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-24 |title=Vedtak om sammenslåing av Stokke, Andebu og Sandefjord kommuner, Vestfold |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2015-04-24-413 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Andebu (village)|Andebu]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Andabú}}) since the first [[Andebu Church]] was built there. The meaning of the first element is unknown, but one possibility is that it comes from the old male name  {{lang|non|Andi}}, but this is not certain. The last element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|bú}} which means "dwelling" or "farm". Prior to 1889, the name was spelled ''"Andebo"''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YpBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt |date=1907 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=6 |location=Kristiania, Norge |pages=155–156 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 12 December 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Vert (heraldry)|Vert]], three triangles [[argent]], one over two"'' ({{langx|no|I grønt tre sølv triangler, 1-2}}). This means the arms have a green [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three equilateral triangles with one over two. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[argent]] which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used. The green color in the field symbolizes the importance of [[agriculture]] and [[forestry]]. The three triangles were chosen to symbolize the three villages/parishes in the municipality: Andebu, [[Høyjord]], and [[Kodal]]. The three triangles also are set up to look like the letter [[A]], the first letter of the municipal name. The arms were designed by Kjell Skoli. The municipal flag had the same design as the coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway - Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Andebu |access-date=2023-11-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Andebu, Vestfold (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-07-19.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-12-12 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-12-12-2289 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="EL" />{{rp|158}}

===Churches===
The [[Church of Norway]] had three parishes ({{lang|no|sokn}}) within the municipality of Andebu. It was part of the [[Sandefjord prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Tunsberg]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Andebu'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="1"|Andebu||[[Andebu Church]]||[[Andebu (village)|Andebu]]||c. 1100||[[File:Andebu kirke 2.jpg|x90px]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|Høyjord||[[Høyjord Stave Church]]||[[Høyjord]]||c. 1100||[[File:Høyjord stavkirke, Sandefjord Norway.jpg|x90px]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|Kodal||[[Kodal Church]]||[[Kodal]]||c. 1100||[[File:Kodal kirke.jpg|x90px]]
|}

Andebu Church was the main church for the municipality. It was built around the year 1100. It is a stone church with seating for 300. The soapstone baptismal font is from the 1100s. The altarpiece and the pulpit are in Renaissance style and date from about 1650. The church was extensively restored in 1686. The church is home to Norway's oldest existing written parish register from 1623. The ridge turret was destroyed in a storm in 1701 and had to be rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andebu kirke |url=http://www.kirkesok.no/kirker/Andebu-kirke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306130133/http://www.kirkesok.no/kirker/Andebu-kirke |archive-date=2016-03-06 |access-date=2016-10-01 |publisher=Den norske kirke}}</ref>

The [[Høyjord Stave Church]] is also located in Andebu and it is the only [[stave church]] in Vestfold County.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Børresen |first=Svein E. |title=Vestfoldboka: en reise i kultur og natur |publisher=Skagerrak forlag |year=2004 |isbn=9788292284070 |page=67 |language=no}}</ref>