Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== Antarctic expeditions ===
[[File:Peter I Island 1929A.jpg|thumb|The [[Norwegian flag]] was raised at Framnæsodden in [[Sandefjord Cove]] on Antarctica's [[Peter I Island]] in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index of /ekspedisjoner/Norvegia II |url=http://www.polarhistorie.no/ekspedisjoner/Norvegia%20II |access-date=27 April 2023}}</ref>]]
[[File:Bouvet island.jpg|thumb|Norway achieved sovereignty of [[Bouvet Island]] during [[Nils Larsen]]'s Antarctic expeditions.]]
Towards the beginning of [[World War I]], Norwegian whaling spread throughout the world, most and foremost from Sandefjord. Expeditions from Sandefjord went as far as [[Point Cloates|Norwegian Bay]] in Australia, [[Stewart Island]] in New Zealand, [[Walvis Bay]] in Namibia, [[Corral, Chile]], and also isolated places such as [[Kerguelen Islands]], [[South Georgia Island]], [[Bouvet Island]], and the [[Southern Ocean]].<ref name="FL17">{{Cite book |last=Lund |first=Fredrik Larsen |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2020042248016 |title=Norske utposter : nordmenn utenfor allfarvei |publisher=Vega forlag |year=2017 |isbn=9788282115377 |language=no}}</ref>{{rp|618–619}}

In the 1910s, affluent resident [[August F. Christensen]] was given a grant to practice whaling outside [[Peru]] and [[Ecuador]]. He was also appointed Ecuador's consul to Norway. He achieved an agreement with Ecuadorian government officials which allowed Norwegians to inhabit the [[Galápagos Islands]], and also receive {{convert|200|ha}} of land, pay no taxes for ten years, and be allowed to keep their Norwegian citizenship.<ref name="FL17" />{{rp|665–666}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoff |first=Stein |url=https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2007080704011 |title=Drømmen om Galapagos: En ukjent norsk utvandrerhistorie |publisher=Grøndahl & Søn |year=1985 |isbn=8250407687 |pages=16–18 |language=no}}</ref> Christensen created huge local interest of Galápagos, and the local company ''[[La Colonia de Floreana A/S]]'' was established on 21 March 1925. Its main goal was to exploit the Norwegian fishing rights at the Galápagos Islands. A ship named ''Floreana'' departed from Sandefjord on 15 May 1925, equipped with enough men and goods to establish a colony.<ref name="FL17" />{{rp|666–667}}

[[File:Modell av Grytviken kirke (HS.03422).jpg|thumb|Model of [[Norwegian Anglican Church, Grytviken|Whalers Church]] in Grytviken, exhibit at [[Sandefjord Museum]].]]
On 16 November 1904, [[Carl Anton Larsen]] of Sandefjord established the whaling community of [[Grytviken]], the largest settlement in [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Headland |first=Robert |title=The Island of South Georgia |publisher=CUP Archive |year=1992 |isbn=9780521424745 |page=130}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beginnings – Hvalfangstmuseet |url=http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-beginnings/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142228/http://www.hvalfangstmuseet.no/en/the-beginnings/ |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> [[South Georgia Island]] lies a few thousand kilometers east of [[Cape Horn]].<ref name="FL17" />{{rp|619}}

[[Nils Larsen]] (1900–1976) was a sea captain from Sandefjord, famous for his expeditions of [[Antarctica]] in the early 20th century. It was under his expeditions that Norway achieved annexation of [[Bouvet Island]] in 1927 and [[Peter I Island]] two years after. A cove on Antarctica's Peter I Island is named [[Sandefjord Cove]] in honor of Larsen's hometown.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lars Christensen |url=http://www.polarhistorie.no/personer/Christensen%2C%20Lars |access-date=1 June 2017 |publisher=Norsk Polarhistorie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Norvegia ekspedisjon |url=http://www.polarhistorie.no/hendelser/1209014058.72 |access-date=2017-06-01 |publisher=Norsk Polarhistorie}}</ref> [[Sandefjord Ice Bay]] in continental Antarctica is also named after Sandefjord.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gazetteer - AADC |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=98 |publisher=[[Australian Antarctic Data Centre]]}}</ref> [[Mount Nils Larsen]] in [[Queen Maud Land]], [[Mount Nils]] in [[Enderby Land]] and [[Nils Larsen Glacier]] are examples of many geographical names given in honor of Nils Larsen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Susan |date=2014-09-28 |title=Nils Larsen – 2 |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Nils_Larsen_-_2 |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=Nbl.snl.no}}</ref>