Editing Sandefjord (section)

== Culture ==
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|+ Number of immigrants (1st and 2nd generation) in Sandefjord by country of origin in 2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by immigration category, country background and percentages of the population |url=https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selectvarval/Define.asp?subjectcode=&ProductId=&MainTable=FolkInnvkatLand&nvl=&PLanguage=1&nyTmpVar=true&CMSSubjectArea=befolkning&KortNavnWeb=innvbef&StatVariant=&checked=true |access-date=12 April 2018 |publisher=[[Statistics Norway]]}}</ref>
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! Ancestry !! Number
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| {{flag|Lithuania}} || 1,121
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| {{flag|Poland}} || 1,111
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| {{flag|Iraq}} || 733
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| {{flag|Vietnam}} || 504
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| {{flag|Sweden}} || 429
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| {{flag|Germany}} || 423
|-
| {{flag|Kosovo}} || 408
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 394
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| {{flag|Denmark}} || 319
|-
| {{flag|Syria}} || 298
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}} || 250
|-
| {{flag|Philippines}} || 207
|-
| {{flag|Thailand}} || 191
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| {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 189
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| {{flag|Afghanistan}} || 182
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[[File:HjertnesKulturhusSandefjord.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hjertnes Civic and Theater Center]]]]
[[File:Villa Midtås, Anders Jahres hjem, Sandefjord kommune, Vestfold.jpg|thumb|left|Former villa of [[Anders Jahre]] at Midtåsen]]

The 9th century [[Gokstad Ship]] was discovered in Sandefjord during an 1880 excavation led by [[Nicolay Nicolaysen]]. The ship itself, which is now at the [[Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)|Viking Ship Museum]] in Oslo, was built around year 910. It is the largest preserved Viking ship in Norway.<ref name="Schandy" />{{rp|170}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Will |title=Sharks, otters, and a man playing rugby: These are the 6 most beautiful banknotes in the world right now |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-bank-note-of-the-year-2017-2018-4 |website=Business Insider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sødal |first=Hedda |date=2009-09-24 |title=Fant 1000 år gammel fot |language=no |work=[[Aftenposten]] |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-7K2r8.html}}</ref> A Viking chieftain was buried at the [[Gokstad Mound]] ({{lang|no|Gokstadhaugen}}), along with the {{convert|23.5|m}} Gokstad Ship. Interpretive signs have been put up at the Gokstad Mound on Helgerødveien.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gokstad mound |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-gokstad-mound/2407/ |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Visitnorway.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Viking Trail through Vestfold – Articles |url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/articles/The-Viking-Trail-through-Vestfold/ |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Visitvestfold.com}}</ref>

Sandefjord has four churches remaining from the Middle Ages: [[Høyjord Stave Church]], [[Kodal Church]], [[Skjee Church]], and [[Andebu Church]]. While Andebu Church has Norway's oldest parish register (dated 1623), Høyjord Stave Church is the only [[stave church]] left in [[Vestfold]] county. Its chancel dates to the year 1100 and is the oldest part of the church. Burial mounds dating to the Viking Age can be seen around the church.<ref name="snl" /><ref name="HKB1998" />{{rp|113}} [[Sandar Church]] by [[Sandefjord Station]] was constructed atop of the ruins of a medieval church dated to the 13th century. The present church, however, was erected in 1792.<ref name="RD" />{{rp|352}}<ref name="HKB2000" />{{rp|83}}<ref name="DP91">{{Cite book |last=Philpott |first=Don |title=The Visitor's Guide to Norway |publisher=Moorland |year=1991 |isbn=9780861904242 |page=76}}</ref>
[[File:Sandefjord Bryggekapellet.jpg|thumb|[[Bryggekapellet|Harbour Chapel]] a floating church]]

Midtåsen Sculpture Park contains a collection of bronze and marble works by sculptor [[Knut Steen]], which is housed in a pine forest [[pavilion]] overlooking Sandefjord and the [[Sandefjordsfjord]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boff-MEN |first=Emma |date=19 June 2017 |title=Sandefjord – where is it, how to get there, and where to stay |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/trips-and-breaks/sandefjord-it-how-there-stay-13169385 |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Manchestereveningnews.co.uk}}</ref> The former estate of shipping magnate [[Anders Jahre]] is located at Midtåsen, and is now owned by the municipality. Guided tours of the villa are available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Midtåsen |url=https://www.visitoslo.com/en/osloregion/culture/history/?TLp=1137952&Midtasen |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Visitoslo.com}}</ref> The villa was designed by architect [[Arnstein Arneberg]]. It is located in a {{convert|60|daa|acre|adj=on}} park.<ref name="SG" />{{rp|265}}

[[Hjertnes Civic and Theater Center]] is home to three auditoriums and an outdoor [[amphitheater]]. A movie theater, City Hall and library are found at Hjertnes. Concerts, opera, and other cultural events also take place at Hjertnes Civic Center.<ref name="www.sandefjord.no2">{{Cite web |title=Fill your days with good experiences |url=http://www.sandefjord.no/en/new-residents/culture-and-leisure/fill-your-days-with-good-experiences/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031606/http://www.sandefjord.no/en/new-residents/culture-and-leisure/fill-your-days-with-good-experiences/ |archive-date=2017-12-12 |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Sandefjord.no}}</ref>

===Art===
[[File:Midtåsen_skulpturpaviljong.png|thumb|right|The Sculpture [[pavilion]] at Midtåsen Sculpture Park.]]
Sandefjord is the city in Norway with the most sculptures per inhabitant. There are around 100 sculptures from over 50 artists and sculptors including [[Ørnulf Bast]], [[Nils Aas]], [[Dagfin Werenskiold]], [[Knut Steen]], [[Per Krohg|Per Krogh]], and others. Notable sculptures include the [[Whaler's Monument]] and the Sea Queen ({{lang|no|Havdronningen}}) by [[Arnold Haukeland]], which is located outside [[Hjertnes Civic and Theater Center]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tveitan |first=Flemming Hofmann |date=2011-06-08 |title=Skulpturbyen Sandefjord |language=no |work=[[Sandefjords Blad]] |url=https://www.sb.no/skulpturbyen/skulpturbyen/skulpturbyen-sandefjord/s/2-2.428-1.6291115 |access-date=2021-08-21}}</ref> [[Midtåsen Sculpture Park]] contains a collection of bronze and marble works by Knut Steen in a park and villa designed by [[Arnstein Arneberg]]. Poseidon Sculpture Park, which is located in [[Badeparken]], features Greek mythology sculptures by [[Nina Sundbye]]. [[Arne Durban]]'s sculpture "Mother and Child" is located in the City Park (“Byparken”), while a sculpture of priest [[Magnus Brostrup Landstad]] made by [[Hans Holmen]] can be seen at ''Landstads plass'' by [[Sandar Church]]. A polar bear sculpture by [[Skule Waksvik]] is located outside [[Sandefjord Museum]], while a whale jawbone arch is placed outside [[Scandic Park Hotel]]. A memorial to fallen sailors (''Sjømannsminnesmerket'') was placed outside [[Sandefjord Church]] in 1920 and was made by sculptor [[Gustav Lærum]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lundh |first=Gro Laheld |title=Verd å se: skulpturer, monumenter og større dekorative arbeider i Sandefjord |publisher=Sandefjord kommune |year=2003 |isbn=8299671701 |language=no}}</ref>

The fountain at Christopher Hvidts Plass, the Thaulow fountain, was donated to the city in 1875 by [[Heinrich Arnold Thaulow]], the city's first physician and founder of [[Sandefjord Spa]]. It is the city's oldest sculpture and its first donation.<ref name="SG" />{{rp|335}}

In 2017, the NGO ''Art for All in the World'' conducted a project where seven mural artists contributed. A mural by [[Eduardo Kobra]], “Peace between nations”, can be seen behind ''Peter Grøns gate 2B''. Street art by graffiti artist [[Victor Ash (artist)|Victor Ash]] can be seen at ''Stockfeldsgate 6-8''.<ref name="MS" />{{rp|108}}

===Museums===
Sandefjord is home to Europe's only museum dedicated to [[whaling]], which is located in the city center.<ref name="visitnorway.com" /><ref name="DP91" /> The museum was one of the first original museums in Norway when established in 1917. Today it boasts over 150,000 photographs as well as exhibits of marine animals, a restored whale catcher, and more.<ref name="atlasobscura.com" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of The Museum – Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-museum/history-of-the-museum/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060433/http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-museum/history-of-the-museum/ |archive-date=22 June 2018 |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Hvalfangstmuseet.no}}</ref> A whale catcher named ''[[Southern Actor]]'' is docked at Museum's Wharf and is a part of the Maritime Museum. It is the only whale catcher from the Modern Whaling Epoch still to be in its original working order. It was constructed by [[Sevilla Whaling Co.]] in 1950 and brought to Sandefjord in 1989.<ref name="FO97" />{{rp|395}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Actor – Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/southern-actor/ |access-date=28 December 2017 |website=Hvalfangstmuseet.no}}</ref> Museum's Wharf ("Museumsbrygga") was established in 1995 and both the ''[[Gaia ship]]'' and ''Southern Actor'' were placed at the wharf.<ref name="FO97" />{{rp|394}}

There are six protected buildings in Sandefjord as of 2008: City Museum (Bymuseet), Maritime Museum (Sjøfartsmuséet), and the three farms Elverhøy, Nordby, and Auve farms. The city's oldest house, which is located at Skippergaten 6 and was built in 1667, is also one of the city's protected structures.<ref name="RD" />{{rp|258}} The City Museum and Maritime Museum, along with [[Sandefjord Museum]], are the three museums found in Sandefjord. Sandefjord Museum is among the world's largest whaling museums.<ref name="IT94" />{{rp|104}}<ref name="TS" />{{rp|140}} It was established in 1917 and was a gift to the city from [[Lars Christensen]].<ref name="FO95" />{{rp|314–315}}