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Johannes
Aagaard was a well-known merchant of his day, and owned 20 fine sailing
ships and several buildings in Sandefjord, and "Aagaards plass",
now a
In the city you’ll find nice restaurants, accommodation and entertainment activities. |
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Sandefjord
with its largest collection of Viking royal graves in the northern Europe,
Viking ships buried in Gokstadhaugen and Osebergshaugen and with Norway's
best-known marketplace Kaupang coupled with later times whale hunting
centre for Norway makes it a unique location. 
Whale
ship "Southern Actor" in the port of Sandefjord was rebuilt in
80,000 Hours, representing the history of whaling in Norway. Sandefjord
was the centre for this activity from World War I to 1950's.
market
square in the middle of town, still named after Johannes Aagaard. Johannes
Aagaard was at a time the most heavily taxed taxpayer in the town of
Sandefjord, the town's mayor and a person interested in culture (i.e.
music evenings, reading Dickens). He was also known as the father of the
dog tax.