Editing Nøtterøy (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of ''Nøtterø'' (later spelled ''Nøtterøy'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1877, an area on the north end of the [[Nøtterøy (island)|island of Nøtterøy]] (population: 102) was transferred into the [[Tønsberg (town)|city of Tønsberg]]. On 1 January 1901, the island of [[Håøya, Vestfold|Håøya]] (population: 70) was transferred from [[Stokke Municipality]] to Nøtterøy Municipality. On 1 July 1915, an area of northern Nøtterøy (population: 12) was transferred to [[Sem Municipality]].<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>

During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the [[Schei Committee]]. On 1 January 1964, the island of [[Veierland]] (population: 165) was transferred from [[Stokke Municipality]] to Nøtterøy Municipality.<ref name="Dag" /> On 1 January 2018, [[Tjøme Municipality]] (population: 4,928) and Nøtterøy Municipality (population: 21,748) were merged to form the new [[Færder Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-18 |title=Forskrift om sammenslåing av Tjøme og Nøtterøy kommuner, Vestfold fylke |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/2016-03-18-272 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> 

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the [[Nøtterøy (island)|island of Nøtterøy]] ({{langx|non|Njótarøy}}) since the first [[Nøtterøy Church]] was built there. The first element is the verb {{wikt-lang|non|njóta}} which means "to enjoy" or "to receive benefit from". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|øy}} which means "island".<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.vestfold-slekt.net/notteroy/bygdebok/bygdenavnet.html |title=Nøtterø En Bygdebok |year=1922 |language=no |accessdate=2023-12-16}}</ref><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 |page=233 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref> Historically, the name of the municipality was spelled ''Nøtterø'', using the [[Riksmal]] spelling. On 3 November 1917, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to ''Nøtterøy''. The letter ''y'' was added to the end of the word to "Norwegianize" the name ({{lang|da|ø}} is the Danish word for "island" and {{lang|no|øy}} is the Norwegian word).<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1917 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1917. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381014_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Kristiania, Norge |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |pages=1057–1065}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 24 October 1986. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]], an anchor [[argent]] [[in bend]]"'' ({{langx|no|I blått et skråstilt sølv anker}}). This means the arms have a blue [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is an [[anchor]] that is displayed diagonally. The anchor 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 blue color and the anchor were both chosen to emphasize the importance of fishing and sailing in this island municipality. The anchor was used as the municipal symbol since the 17th century. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard. The municipal flag has 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=Nøtterøy |access-date=2023-12-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Notteroy, Vestfold (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-07-22.html |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-11-07 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1986-11-07-2096 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref> {{See also2|the coats of arms of [[Coat of arms of Lillesand|Lillesand]] and [[Coat of arms of Narvik|Narvik]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Nøtterøy'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built
|-
|rowspan="2"|Nøtterøy||[[Nøtterøy Church]]||[[Borgheim]]||c. 1100
|-
|[[Veierland Church]]||[[Veierland]]||1901
|-
|rowspan="1"|Teie||[[Teie Church]]||[[Teie]]||1977
|-
|rowspan="1"|Torød||[[Torød Church]]||[[Torød]]||1915
|}