Talk:Tønsberg

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As of January 1st, 2020 the boundaries of the municipality have changed. Amendments might be necessary to reflect that. Sundhaug92 (talk) 00:49, 1 January 2020 (UTC)


 * "Tønsberg is also known for its toll ring, which was opened in February 2004, against the will of the majority of the citizens. Unlike other toll roads in the world, the motorists in Tønsberg have to pay toll before any new roads are built and before the politicians have decided were the new roads shall go."

While there has been a locally significant controversy about this, I don't think that it is quite notable enough for Wikipedia. Whether or not it is, the last sentence is clearly non-NPOV and probably original research. I doubt that the phenomenon of collecting tolls before the roads are built is unique on a global scale. The paragraph was added by an anonymous user with a Norwegian IP whose only contributions on Wikipedia have been to this article(on this subject and Jahn Teigen). I suggest that we replace it with something along these lines:


 * Tønsberg's toll ring, opened in February 2004 to finance the building and enhancement of roads in the area, has proved very controversial. Opponents of this financing scheme have argued that the tolls should not be collected before the actual projects have been finished.

Lene Nystrøm (formerly of Aqua)
Im not very good with adding blurbs to articles, but imo there should also be included mention of Lene Nystrøm, formerly the female member of the band Aqua. I know that there is already mention of another musician from this town. Granted, some people may argue the importance of including her, but in my opinion it would be appropriate. Maybe someone with better wiki skills can take a look and insert a line or 2.

But Lene Nystrøm is not from Tønsberg. She is from Re (Ramnes).

As of January 1st, 2020, the area in which she grew up is within the boundaries of the new municipality but she did not strictly speaking grow up in the town of Tønsberg. I'm unaware of the practice Wikipedia has for things like this but I assume that when municipal boundaries are changed, the POI-list should be updated to reflect that. Sundhaug92 (talk) 00:49, 1 January 2020 (UTC)

The map showing the boudary of Tønsberg is not exact as the Tønsberg kommune boundary actualy extends onto Nøtterøy. It covers a very small part of the Northern most tip of Nøtterøy.

History
Would there be any objections to refining the history section somewhat? As it stands now, it presents a 19th-century view on things. See the Norwegian (bokmål) edition for a more up to date variant.St12357 (talk) 05:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Oldest city in Norway
This is heavily disputed by historians. The evidence now seems to indicate that what was believed to be Tønsberg in ancient sources is in fact a different settlement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.113.66.145 (talk) 18:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Under the History section, should there really be content included from a work of fiction? LIkely someone just slipped this in under the radar. Much as I enjoyed the movie Thor, I doubt including events from it in the history section is in any way responsible.

OshramOshram (talk) 03:17, 1 February 2013 (UTC)


 * I took care of it. 81.235.193.239 (talk) 05:05, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Hello, could someone please explain why is it that although the word "berg" would might mean "mountain" in Modern Standard German, but not necessarily in Old Norse, where the word "bergr" appears to possibly have meant "rock", and ,maybe also "boulder", "cliff", or "precipice ( some may argue that those aforementioned meanings for the Old Norse word of "bergr" might be similar to various meanings of the Modern Faroese word of "bergur", as well as to the Modern Icelandic word of "bergur" ) ", then the section of this article which deals with the name of Tønsberg only considers the word "berg" to mean "mountain", although it also refers to its name as being derived from Old Norse nonetheless ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.173.128 (talk) 18:38, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Hello again, if you would wish to do so, then please consider the entries which follow below for the Old Norse, as well as for the Old Icelandic, words which are spelled as "berg", and their respective meanings :

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berg

http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/png/oi_zoega/b0049.png

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2003.02.0002%3Aalphabetic+letter%3Db%3Aentry+group%3D8%3Aentry%3Dberg

About popular culture
Please add a spoiler alert, or give more details. הראש (talk) 17:15, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Merge proposal
The distinction between Tønsberg and Tønsberg (town) articles is hard to follow; would it be better to have just one page? If kept separate, then it may be necessary to disentangle the contents which seem to be mixed, and I'm not sure that the Wikidata links are the correct way around. Klbrain (talk) 20:46, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirected, as the town stub added nothing helpful to what was already here. Klbrain (talk) 11:50, 14 November 2020 (UTC)