Fokserød

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 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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
Village
View of the beech forest at Fokserød
Fokserød Location of the village Show map of Vestfold Fokserød Fokserød (Norway) Show map of Norway
Coordinates: 59.18214°N 10.20455°E / 59.18214; 10.20455
Country	Norway
Region	Eastern Norway
County	Vestfold
District	Vestfold
Municipality	Sandefjord Municipality
Elevation [1]	103 m (338 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code	3241 Sandefjord

History

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]

Nature

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 38 decares (0.038 km²; 0.015 sq mi) 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]

References

1. "Fokserød, Sandefjord". yr.no. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Statistics Norway (2007). "Statistics bank". Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
3. Davidsen, Roger (2008). Et Sted i Sandefjord. Sandar Historielag. p. 125. ISBN 9788299456753.
4. "Fokserød naturreservat - Fylkesmannen i Vestfold". www.fylkesmannen.no. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018.
5. Gjerseth, Simen (2016). Nye Sandefjord (in Norwegian). Liv forlag. p. 256. ISBN 9788283301137.
6. Syrstad, Fred-Ivar (2014). Natur i Vestfold: Veiviser til naturvernområdene og Færder nasjonalpark (in Norwegian). Skagerrak forlag. p. 169. ISBN 9788292284827.