Official Name: | Helgerød |
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: | 3233 Sandefjord |
Coordinates: | 59.1486°N 10.2836°W |
Elevation M: | 14 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Helgerød is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about to the north of the villages of Solløkka and Lahelle, about to the northeast of the village of Freberg, and about to the east of the city of Sandefjord.
Helgerød is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the city of Sandefjord which has an area of and a population (in 2022) of 45,816.[2] The statistical area Helgerød, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 206.[3]
Helgerød was originally the name of a farm. The name derives from either Helgaruð (from the male name Helgi) or Helguruð (from the female name Helga).[4] A sports hall known as Helgerødhallen was established by Helgerød elementary school in 1986. A nearby park was constructed in 2007 and includes a BMX bike trail, ball pond, and skatepark. Two handball fields were built here in 2008.[5]