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Skallestad is a village in
Færder Municipality Færder is a municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Borgheim. The municipality was established in 2018 by the unification of the former municipalities of T ...
in
Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The village is located on the eastern coast of the island of Nøtterøy. The village lies about to the northwest of
Oterbekk Oterbekk is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Oterbekk, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 69 ...
and
Hårkollen Hårkollen is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Hårkollen, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population o ...
, about southeast of the village of Vollen, and about south of the villages of
Duken Duken is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Duken, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 699. Th ...
and
Nesbrygga Nesbrygga (or Nesbryggen) is a village and statistical area (''grunnkrets'') in Nøtterøy municipality, Norway. The statistical area Nesbrygga, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, ha ...
. The village of Skallestad and the surrounding countryside has a population (in 2023) of 733. It is considered to be part of the urban city of Tønsberg metropolitan area which includes the central city area plus the northern and eastern parts of the island of Nøtterøy.


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