| Official Name: | Fokserød |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Norway Vestfold#Norway |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the village |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Norway |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Norway |
| Subdivision Name2: | Vestfold |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vestfold |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sandefjord Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
| Postal Code: | 3241 Sandefjord |
| Coordinates: | 59.1821°N 10.2046°W |
| Elevation M: | 103 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Fokserød is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E18 highway, just west of the Sandefjord Airport, Torp. The village lies about to the north of the city of Sandefjord. Fokserød is located between the Haukerød borough to the south and the village of Fevang to the north. Due to its proximity to the city of Sandefjord, Fokserød is considered a part of the city of statistical purposes by Statistics Norway. The statistical area Fokserød, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, had a population of 822 in 2007.[2]
Fokserød was originally the name of three former farms located near the current Coop Obs! megastore, relatively near Sandefjord Airport Torp. Former written forms were Foxarôyru (1346), Faxerrudt (1575), Fuxáeröd (1625), and Foxeröed (1664).[3]
The Fokserød Nature Preserve, a preserved beech tree forest, is located in the village.[4] In the 1960s, it was one of the first places in Norway where nesting Hawfinch were recorded. The nature preserve was established on 13 June 1980. The preserve occupies of land in the village. The nature preserve is divided in two by the road Torpveien that leads to Torp Airport and Kullerød.[5] [6]