Editing Andebu (section)

== History ==
Various historical artifacts and burial mounds dated to the [[Viking Age]] have been discovered in Andebu. Finds include a bronze key, a stone axe, arrows, and more. [[Burial mound]]s have been discovered on approximately 30 farms in Andebu, including 17 in the village of [[Andebu (village)|Andebu]], 5 in [[Høyjord]], and 7 in [[Kodal]]. Some mounds are dated back as far as 500 BCE (in other words, over a thousand years prior to the Viking Age). Large amounts of burial mounds are found at Nordre Haugan, Nedre Skjelland, Våle, Vestre Høyjord, Bjørndal, and Gjerstad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historisk Innledning |url=https://andebu.info/tema/bygdebok/historisk_innledning.htm#Gravhauger. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617010418/http://andebu.info/tema/bygdebok/historisk_innledning.htm#Gravhauger. |archive-date=2017-06-17 |access-date=2018-06-30}}</ref><ref name="BB">{{Cite book |last=Gallis |first=Arne |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2016060848209 |title=Andebu bygdebok. 1 : Kulturbind |year=1975 |isbn=8271650025 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|14}}

The 14th century [[Black Plague]] had a devastating impact on the population of Andebu. It is estimated that the population was 600 as of 1600 A.D., approximately the same amount as prior to the plague, meaning that it took about 200 years to regain the lost population for the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historisk Innledning |url=https://andebu.info/tema/bygdebok/historisk_innledning.htm#Folketall. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617010418/http://andebu.info/tema/bygdebok/historisk_innledning.htm#Folketall. |archive-date=2017-06-17 |access-date=2018-06-30}}</ref><ref name="BB" />{{rp|4}}

Andebu municipality was established on 1 January 1838, with priest [[Jens H. Otterbeck]] as its first mayor. Otterbeck served as mayor for 24 years and was the longest-serving mayor of Andebu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ormestad |first=Stian |date=2016-12-31 |title=Her går en god nabo gjennom 179 år over i historien |url=https://www.reavisa.no/2016/12/31/gar-nabo-gjennom-179-ar-historien/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140645/http://www.reavisa.no/2016/12/31/gar-nabo-gjennom-179-ar-historien/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |access-date=2019-06-06 |website=ReAvisa}}</ref>