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=== Etymology === The name Sandefjord was first mentioned in chapter 169 of ''[[Sverris saga]]'' from the year 1200. It was then referring to the fjord which is now known as ''Sandefjordsfjord''.<ref name="RD">{{Cite book |last=Davidsen |first=Roger |title=Et Sted i Sandefjord |publisher=Sandar Historielag |year=2008 |isbn=9788299456753 |location=Sandefjord, Norge |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|353}} The municipality (originally the city of Sandefjord) is named after the local fjord, now called [[Sandefjordsfjorden]] since the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]] grew up at the head of the fjord. The first element of the name comes from the old ''Sande'' farm ({{langx|non|Sandar}}). The old farm name is the [[plural]] form of {{wikt-lang|non|sandr}} which means "[[sand]]" or "[[sandbank]]s". The last element comes from the word {{wikt-lang|non|fjǫrðr}} which means "[[fjord]]".<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=260 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref><ref name="TS">{{Cite book |last1=Sandberg |first1=Tore |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2015111907579 |title=Sandefjord zoomet inn av fotograf Tore Sandberg |last2=Arveschoug |first2=Cato |publisher=C. Arveschoug and Magne Helland |year=2001 |isbn=9788299616706 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|6}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aadnevik |first=Kjell-Einar |title=Turguide til Larvik og Omegn |publisher=Dreyers forlag |year=2019 |isbn=9788282654418 |page=135 |language=no}}</ref>
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