Editing Sandefjord (section)

===Politics===
[[File:Bjørn Ole Gleditsch.JPG|thumb|With assets of nearly half a billion kroner, [[Bjørn Ole Gleditsch]] ([[Høyre (party)|H]]) is the richest mayor in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flesland |first=Stig |date=25 September 2008 |title=Norges rikeste ordfører |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/na24/norges-rikeste-ordfrer/2245090.html |website=Nettavisen}}</ref>]]
Sandefjord is a stronghold for the [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandefjord - Valg 2007 Østafjells - NRK Nyheter |url=http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostafjells/valg_2007_ostafjells/1.2602102 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514221232/http://nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostafjells/valg_2007_ostafjells/1.2602102 |archive-date=14 May 2013 |access-date=13 May 2013}}</ref> In the [[2011 Norwegian local elections|Norwegian local elections of 2011]], 47.9% of voters voted for the Conservative Party. The right-wing parties received a total of 70.4% of the vote in Sandefjord, compared to 51.2% nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nygaard |first1=Paal Even |last2=Holtan |first2=Merete |date=2011-09-13 |title=Høyre tok halve kommunen |language=no |work=[[Sandefjords Blad]] |url=https://www.sb.no/valg-2011/valg-2011/hoyre-tok-halve-kommunen/s/2-2.428-1.6487406}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ulrichsen |first1=Steinar |last2=Ude |first2=Tone Merethe |date=2011-09-12 |title=Her er det endelige resultatet |language=no |work=[[Sandefjords Blad]] |url=https://www.sb.no/valg-2011/valg-2011/her-er-det-endelige-resultatet/s/2-2.428-1.6486293}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Valg 2011 - |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/html/kmd/valgresultat/2011/bks.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209122907/https://www.regjeringen.no/html/kmd/valgresultat/2011/bks.html |archive-date=2017-02-09 |access-date=2018-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=NRK Valgresultat 2011 Landsoversyn |url=http://nrk.no/valg2011/valgresultat/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517015903/http://nrk.no/valg2011/valgresultat/ |archive-date=2013-05-17 |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> The current mayor, [[Bjørn Ole Gleditsch]], was elected in 2004 with the support of the [[Progress Party (Norway)|Progress Party]]. Gleditsch is the wealthiest mayor to ever be elected in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flesland |first=Stig |title=Norges rikeste ordfører |url=http://www.na24.no/article2245090.ece |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Na24.no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-10-19 |title=Han er Norges rikeste ordfører |work=[[Dagbladet]] |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/10/19/nyheter/innenriks/politikk/skattelista_2012/ordforer/23928138/ |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> [[Cathrine Andersen]] from the Progress Party has been deputy mayor since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2015 |title=+ Cathrine Andersen blir byens varaordfører |url=https://www.sb.no/valg2015/nyheter/cathrine-andersen-blir-byens-varaordforer/s/5-73-106915?ns_campaign=article&ns_mchannel=recommend_button&ns_source=facebook&ns_linkname=facebook&ns_fee=0 |website=[[Sandefjords Blad]]}}</ref>