Editing Stokke (section)

==General information==
The [[prestegjeld|parish]] of Stokke was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see [[formannskapsdistrikt]] law). On 1 January 1901, the island of Håøya (population: 70) was transferred from Stokke to the neighboring [[Nøtterøy]] municipality. 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 to the neighboring [[Nøtterøy]] municipality. Then on 1 January 1967, there was a very small boundary adjustment between the municipalities of [[Sem Municipality|Sem]] and Stokke: an area of Sem (population: 2) and an area of Stokke (population: 5) were swapped.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ormestad |first=Stian |date=31 December 2016 |title=Her går en god nabo gjennom 179 år over i historien |url=http://www.reavisa.no/2016/12/31/gar-nabo-gjennom-179-ar-historien/ |access-date=2018-12-10 |website=Reavisa.no}}</ref><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 a nationwide municipal reform by the [[Solberg Cabinet]], 77.8 percent of Stokke residents voted to merge with [[Sandefjord]] during the September 2015 elections.<ref name="EL" /> On 1 January 2017, a municipal merger took place: the municipalities of [[Sandefjord]] (population: 45,820), Stokke (population: 11,657), and [[Andebu (municipality)|Andebu]] (population: 5,937) were merged to form a new, larger [[Sandefjord Municipality]]. Stokke now makes up the central 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> On the same date, the village of [[Vear]] was transferred from the old Stokke municipality to the neighboring [[Tønsberg Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Indreiten |first=Aina Beate |date=2015-12-18 |title=Vear skal til Tønsberg |url=https://www.nrk.no/vestfold/vear-skal-til-tonsberg-1.12711046 |access-date=2018-12-10 |website=Nrk.no}}</ref>

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) is named after the old ''[[Stokke (village)|Stokke]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Stokkar}}) since the first [[Stokke Church]] was built there. The name is the [[plural]] form of {{lang|non|stokkr}} which means "[[Wooden log|log]]" or "stick". This is probably referring to some hills/ridges near the local church site.<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=27 and 179 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] was granted on 13 January 1984. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], three {{wikt-lang|en|ragged staff}}s [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|I rødt tre opprette kvistede gull trestammer}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a set of three {{wikt-lang|en|ragged staff}}s. The charge has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The arms are [[canting arms|canting]] since {{wikt-lang|nn|stokk}} means "sticks" or "logs". The arms show three to represent the three main parishes in the municipality: Stokke, Skjee and Arnadal. The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard, who based it off an original proposal by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]] which was further developed by Hans Gerhard Sørensen. 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=Stokke |access-date=2023-11-17 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stokke, Vestfold (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-07-20.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1984-03-15 |title=Godkjenning av våpen og flagg |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1984-01-13-38 |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref><ref name="EL" />{{rp|158}} {{See also2|Coats of arms of [[Nes, Akershus#Coat of arms|Nes]] and [[Søndre Land#Coat of arms|Søndre Land]]}}

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="font-size:medium"|'''''Churches in Stokke'''''
!Parish ({{lang|no|sokn}})!!Church name!!Location of the church!!Year built!!Photo
|-
|rowspan="1"|Arnadal||[[Arnadal Church]]||[[Fossnes]]||1882||[[File:Arnadal kirke 2018.jpg|x90px]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|Skjee||[[Skjee Church]]||[[Skjee]]||c. 1100||[[File:Skjee krk 2.JPG|x90px]]
|-
|rowspan="1"|Stokke||[[Stokke Church]]||[[Stokke (village)|Stokke]]||1886||[[File:Stokke Vestfold IMG 4991 Stokke kirke rk 85572.JPG|x90px]]
|}