Sande, Vestfold Explained

Official Name:Sande
Other Name:Sande i Vestfold
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map: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:Jarlsberg
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Holmestrand Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Area Total Km2:1.36
Population As Of:2023
Population Total:2342
Population Density Km2:1727
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:3070 Sande i Vestfold
Coordinates:59.5868°N 10.2081°W
Elevation M:16
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Sande or Sande i Vestfold is a village in Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located along the Sandebukta bay off the Ytre Oslofjord about south of Oslo (about 50 minutes driving time). There are several nearby villages around Sande including the villages of Klever and Eikeberg about to the north, the village of Selvik about to the southeast, the town of Holmestrand about to the south, and the village of Hof about to the west. The European route E18 highway and the Vestfoldbanen railway line both past through the village of Sande.[2]

The 1.36km2 village has a population (2023) of 2,342 and a population density of .[3] In recent years the village of Sande has grown significantly due to many new apartments and stores. The newspaper Sande Avis is published in Sande.[4] Portions of the 1973 Olsenbanden movie Olsenbanden tar gull from were filmed in Sande. Another portion was filmed in Stavern.

History

Finds from the Stone Age indicate that the settlement in the area is up to 6,000–7,000 years old. The village was formerly called Angr (meaning "fjord"), but was later named after the rectory farm called "Sandvin". About 400 ancient artefacts and Burial mounds have been found in several places around Sande. The rock carvings on Sjøl are the only known carving field from the Bronze Age between Bærum and Sandefjord.

The village was the administrative centre of the old Sande Municipality which existed from 1838 until 2020 when the municipality became part of Holmestrand Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Sande farm (Norse, Old: Sandvin) since the first Sande Church was built there. The first element comes from the word which means "sand". The last element comes from the word which means "meadow" or "pasture".[5]

Sande Church

The medieval era Sande Church is located in the village of Sande. The parish is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti. The building material is stone and brick, and it was built in 1150. In 1783, the church burned down; only the walls remained. Over the next eight years, it was rebuilt, and 1860 the church was refurnished. But the older altarpiece, baptismal font, and pulpit were retained. The pulpit is also from 1783 and features Rococo-style carvings. The font of soapstone is the only medieval inventory preserved.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sande, Holmestrand . 2024-02-27 . yr.no.
  2. Encyclopedia: Sande (tidligere kommune i Vestfold) . . . 2024-01-17 . Thorsnæs . Geir . no . Lundbo . Sten . 2024-02-25.
  3. Web site: Statistisk sentralbyrå . Statistics Norway . 2023-01-01 . Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality .
  4. Encyclopedia: Sande Avis . . . 2024-02-12 . Smith-Meyer . Trond . no . 2024-02-27.
  5. Book: Rygh, Oluf . Oluf Rygh

    . Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt . 1907 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 6 . Kristiania, Norge . 25–26 . no . Oluf Rygh.

  6. Web site: Sande kirke, Vestfold . 2016-10-01 . Den Norske Kirke.
  7. Web site: Sande kirkested . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140111122755/http://www.kulturminnesok.no/Lokaliteter/Vestfold/Sande/Sande-kirkested . 2014-01-11 . 2016-10-01 . Kulturminnesok.no.