Nøtterøy (nor)

Nøtterøy

Nøtterøy ranks 5,969th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lier, Norway, Wädenswil, and Holmestrand. Memorable people born in Nøtterøy include Trygve Bratteli, Jan P. Syse, and Fred Anton Maier. Memorable people who died in Nøtterøy include Fred Anton Maier, and Svend Foyn. Nøtterøy has been the birth place of many politicians, and skaters and the death place of many skaters, and businesspeople. Nøtterøy is located in Norway.

Nøtterøy is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 61-square-kilometre (24 sq mi) island municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution on 1 January 2018. The area is now part of Færder Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Borgheim. Other villages in Nøtterøy included Årøysund, Buerstad, Duken, Føynland, Glomstein, Hårkollen, Kjøpmannskjær, Nesbrygga, Oterbekk, Skallestad, Skjerve, Strengsdal, Tenvik, Torød, Vestskogen, and Vollen. The whole northern part of the municipality was considered to be part of the city of Tønsberg metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia