Åsgårdstrand
Åsgårdstrand (historically spelled Aasgaardstrand) is a small port town in both Horten and Tønsberg municipalities in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is located along the shore of the Ytre Oslofjord, about south of the town of Horten, about to the north of the town of Tønsberg, and about south of the capital city of Oslo. The villages of Borre and Skoppum both lie a short distance northwest of Åsgårdstrand.
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- View of the town in 2012
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- Eastern Norway
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Åsgårdstrand (historically spelled Aasgaardstrand) is a small port town in both Horten and Tønsberg municipalities in Vestfold county, Norway. The town is located along the shore of the Ytre Oslofjord, about south of the town of Horten, about to the north of the town of Tønsberg, and about south of the capital city of Oslo. The villages of Borre and Skoppum both lie a short distance northwest of Åsgårdstrand.
thumb|left|Landeveien, Åsgårdstrand painted by Hans Heyerdahl (1890) The town has a population (2023) of 2959 and a population density of . Most of the town lies within Horten Municipality, but a area of the town with 56 residents crosses over into the neighboring Tønsberg Municipality.
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