Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== SAS merge ===
[[File:Dalaåsen.jpg|thumb|Rural municipalities of Andebu and Stokke merged into Sandefjord in 2017.]]
The municipalities of Sandefjord (S), [[Andebu]] (A) and [[Stokke]] (S) merged on 1 January 2017. The merge was the first of numerous nationwide merges following a municipal reform by the [[Solberg Cabinet]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2017 |title=Sandefjord – Kommunesammenslåing |url=https://www.sandefjord.kommune.no/Politikk-og-innsyn/kommunesammenslaing-o/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044720/https://www.sandefjord.kommune.no/Politikk-og-innsyn/kommunesammenslaing-o/ |archive-date=9 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="EL3">{{Cite book |last=Larsen |first=Erlend |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020080407076 |title=Tre kommuner blir til én: Suksesskriteriene bak nye Sandefjord |publisher=E-forlag |year=2016 |isbn=9788293057277 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|8}} The "new" municipality became the most populous in Vestfold county.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|13, 171}} Proposed names for the "new" municipality were [[Gokstad]], [[Sandar, Norway|Sandar]], and [[Torp Airport|Torp]], however, the name ''Sandefjord'' was ultimately kept.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|116}}

A poll conducted by the ''[[Sandefjords Blad]]'' newspaper in January 2015 called 600 residents in Andebu, 750 in Stokke, and 1,000 in Sandefjord. All were given the question "Do you think Stokke, Andebu, and Sandefjord should establish one single municipality?". About 69% of Sandefjord residents answered "yes", while 64% (Andebu) and 61% (Stokke) answered "yes" in Stokke and Andebu.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|136}}

Few Stokke residents read ''[[Sandefjords Blad]]'', the main newspaper of Sandefjord, and relatively few residents commute to the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]] for work. Despite this, Stokke residents voted to merge with Sandefjord due to two key features: its wealth and the nearby international airport.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|72}} About 78 percent of Stokke residents ultimately voted to merge into Sandefjord during the September 2015 elections.<ref name="EL3" />{{rp|165}}