Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== Population growth ===
The municipality experienced a 98.6 percent population growth from 1875 to 1900. Even not including the boundary adjustments between the municipalities of Sandar and Sandefjord in 1888, this population increase was substantially higher than most Norwegian cities. Sandar experienced the largest population growth of any Norwegian town, and over twice the growth of other towns in Vestfold County.<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|111}}

From 1875 to 1900, the disposable income of people from Sandefjord increased by over 200 percent.<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|80}} Total assets in local banks also increased, and in 1895–1900, total assets went from [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] 0.6 to 1.9 million in Aktiekreditbanken and from NOK 1.1 million to 1.3 million in Sandefjords Sparebank.<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|85}} Even after whaling lost its importance, Sandefjord remained Norway's richest city, and from 1913 to 1917, the median income increased by over 350 percent.<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|295}}

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Norge Sandefjord (7998937239).jpg|Postcard of Sandefjord − about 1970
Ommestadkollen, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway - panoramio.jpg|Ommestadkollen
Sandefjord_(14547787946).jpg|Sandefjord in 1947
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