Helgerød is a village in

Sandefjord Municipality Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 ...

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county,

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. The village is located about to the north of the villages of Solløkka and

Lahelle Lahelle is a neighborhood and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Sandefjord municipality, Norway. It is the innermost part of the 5 km Lahellefjord. It was formerly spelled ''Ladhella'', which includes the word ''lada'', translating to loadi ...

, about to the northeast of the village of

Freberg Freberg is a small, rural village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located between the villages of Gokstad to the west, Helgerød to the northeast, and Lahelle Lahelle is a neighborhood and statistical area ...

, 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. 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. 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). A sports hall known as Helgerødhallen was established by Helgerød elementary school in 1986. A nearby park was constructed in 2007 and includes a

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trail,

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, and

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. Two handball fields were built here in 2008.

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Sandefjord Villages in Vestfold og Telemark {{Vestfold-geo-stub