Editing Sandefjord (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:Storstadion 05-july-2006.JPG|thumb|Sandefjord Fotball at [[Storstadion]].]]
[[Bugårdsparken|Bugårds Park]] is the sits of Sandefjord's largest sporting grounds and facilities, including areas for soccer, tennis, frisbee golf, handball, badminton, archery, rollerskating, horseback-riding, water sports, ice hockey, and ice skating. The {{convert|60|acre|adj=on}} park sits by [[List of schools in Sandefjord#Secondary/High Schools|Sandefjord High School]] and is also home to a walking path, [[duck pond]] and designated picnic areas. The swimming center with its {{convert|2500|m2|adj=on}} public pool is also located in Bugårds Park. Indoor handball courts are housed in Jotunhallen, while tennis courts are found in Pingvinhallen.<ref name="www.sandefjord.no2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bugårdsparken |url=https://www.visitvestfold.com/en/product/?TLp=697825 |website=visitvestfold.com}}</ref>

Sandefjord Golfbane is an 18-hole golf course located at Jåberg, about {{convert|5|km|adj=on}} from the city center. It was designed by [[Peter Chamberlin]]. It was established in August 2009.<ref name="SG" />{{rp|125}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banen – Sandefjord Golf |url=http://www.sandefjordgolf.no/banenv%C3%A5r |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808144016/http://www.sandefjordgolf.no/banenv%C3%A5r |archive-date=8 August 2017 |website=sandefjordgolf.no}}</ref>

=== Professional sports ===
[[Sandefjord Fotball]] is a professional [[association football|football]] club which plays in [[Tippeligaen]]/Eliteserien (Norwegian Premier League). The team previously played home games at [[Storstadion]], but has played at [[Komplett Arena]] since its opening in 2007. The club reached the [[Norwegian First Division]] in 1999, the year after its foundation.

Sandefjord is noted for its strong performance in professional handball. Sandefjord is home to two top league handball teams: [[Sandefjord TIF]] and [[IL Runar]].<ref name="HKB2000" />{{rp|166}} From 1991 to 2008 Sandefjord TIF won nine Men's Premier League and another local team, [[IL Runar|Runar Håndball]], won four.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hole |first=Arne |date=2016-05-19 |title=Gutta med 533 landskamper skal løfte Sandefjord igjen |language=no |work=[[Aftenposten]] |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-dOv961.html}}</ref> [[Sandefjord TIF Handball]] won the Men's Premier League again in 2005–2006.

In professional ice skating, Sandefjord has been the location of [[Norwegian Allround Championships]] in 1928, 1958, and 1961.<ref name="VM">{{Cite book |last=Møller |first=Vilhelm |title=Sandefjord - sett fra luften |publisher=[[Sandefjords Blad]] |year=1980 |isbn=8299070406 |pages=12, 28–30}}</ref>

The Gamle Stadion hosted [[motorcycle speedway]] around the pitch during the 1970s<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmIgcPhgzk |title=Speedwaystevne | website=YouTube |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref> and held the final of the [[Norwegian Individual Speedway Championship]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmnorwegii.php |title=Individual Speedway Norwegian Championship | website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego |access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>