Place:Tjøme, Vestfold, Norway

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NameTjøme
Alt namesTjømøsource: Oluf Rygh's catalogue of Norwegian farm names
TypeMunicipality
Located inVestfold, Norway
Also located inJarlsberg, Norway     ( - 1821)
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tjøme is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of Tjømø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Tjøme was the childhood holiday destination for writer Roald Dahl.

It is the second-largest island in Vestfold County.

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