History and cultural heritage

Larvik

Berg kirke

Berg church was built in 1878. It is the biggest wooden church in our community. The church is light and friendly. The altarpiece in this church is dated 1580 and comes from the original Berg stone church.

Berg stenkirke

Berg old church is a church built around the year 1100 in Brunlanes outside Larvik. The church is easy to find, close to classified road 301. The church is...

Bronze age carvings at Haugen

Bronze age carvings at Haugen. Carvings from the bronze age 1500-500 BC. Bronze age farmers have carved different symbols on an east facing flat mountain....

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Brunla Burial Area

Brunla burial area is Vestfold's largest ancient site with over 80 graves, wells and trenches. The ancient memorials are from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and later Iron Age. The area is over 12 acres. Info board at site.

Colin Archers house at Tollerodden

The boat builder, Colin Archer, lived here. It was he who founded the boat yard on the north side of the house towards the harbor basin in around 1870.

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Fredriksvern church

Fredriksvern church from 1756 is the first garrison church in Norway. It is a worthy representative for all rococo churches in our country. Fredriksvern...

Fredriksvern Shipyard

Fredriksvern is Norway's first main naval base, built in Stavern from 1750 onwards. The original name was Fredriksvern Verft, named after king Frederik V....

Gumserød Farm

Gumserød farm is an old coast-farm situated around 2 km outside Stavern in direction Nalum. The farm was given as a gift by will to the Vestfold county...

Hall of Rememberence

Sailors`Memorial Hall outside Stavern is Norway's first memorial for sailors who lost their lives during the First World War and the Second World War. Tourists...

Hedrum Church

Hedrum church is a stone church from around the year 1100. The church can seat 260 people, and celebrated its first 950 years in 2010. The Roman-style stone...

Hem Church

Hem church was built in 1392 and is situated in the county of Lardal. Hem is a stone church and can seat 90 churchgoers. The Gothic and the Roman period are...

Inner square, Stavern

The inner square in Stavern has got a restored farm courtyard, between the old town hall and shipbuilder Olsen's house from the 1700s. Walking around this...

Jettegryter - Stone pots

gravel has "bored" down into the rock.

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Kaupang

Kaupang is recognised as the first town in Norway. Three hundred years before Trondheim was founded, 400-600 persons lived their lives in an organised society...

Krutthuset, Stavern

The Gunpowder House is situated at Fredriksvern Wharf in Stavern. It is constructed more out of practical reasons than out of importance of physical...

Monument og the Polar Ship Fram

The polar ship "Fram" was built by Colin Archer and launched in Rekkeviksbukta in Larvik in 1892. 100 years later, in 1992, a monument shaped like a ship was...

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Svenner Lighthouse

Half-an-hour ferry joyride from Stavern you find the idyllic island of Svenner. Here you can do some fishing, enjoy the magnificent view from the top of the...

The Beechwood

The Beechwood in Larvik is Norway's largest public Beechwood. There are graves from the folk wandering period and the Viking time. The Beechwood is a fantastic recreation area and is Larvik's great " front parlour. "

The burial area of Istrehågan

Burial area from the first part of the folk wandering time, with 5 stone settings, dated at around 400-500AD. Archeological excavations undertaken 1959-61 and...

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Berg kirke

Berg stenkirke

Bronze age carvings at Haugen

Brunla Burial Area

Colin Archers house at Tollerodden

Fredriksvern church

Fredriksvern Shipyard

Gumserød Farm

Hall of Rememberence

Hedrum Church

Hem Church

Inner square, Stavern

Jettegryter - Stone pots

Kaupang

Krutthuset, Stavern

Monument og the Polar Ship Fram

Svenner Lighthouse

The Beechwood

The burial area of Istrehågan

The Citadel

The Eidsvoll Monument

Tollerodden

Tordenskjold

Ulabrand - Monument