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==Etymology== ''Vestfold'' is the old name of the region which was revived in modern times. ''Fold'' was the old name of the [[Oslofjord]], and the meaning of the name ''Vestfold'' is the region west of the Fold (see also [[Østfold]]). Before 1919, the county was called '''Jarlsberg og Larvik Amt'''. The [[amt (subnational entity)|amt]] was created in 1821, consisting of the two old counties of [[Jarlsberg]] and [[Larvik]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gonorway.no/norway/counties/vestfold/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222130/http://gonorway.no/norway/counties/vestfold/|url-status=dead|title=County Vestfold|archive-date=4 March 2016|website=gonorway.no}}</ref> In the Viking Age, Vestfold also referred to [[Eiker]], [[Drammen]], [[Kongsberg]], [[Lier, Norway|Lier]], now in [[Buskerud]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Munch |first=Peter Andreas |title=Historisk-geographisk beskrivelse over kongeriget Norge (Noregsveldi) i middelalderen |publisher=W. Gram |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historiskgeogra00muncgoog/page/n206 168]–179 |year=1849 |url=https://archive.org/details/historiskgeogra00muncgoog}}</ref><ref name="v">[http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Text%20Series/Historia%26Passio.pdf Vol. XIII: ''A History Of Norway'' And ''The Passion And Miracles of the Blessed Óláfr''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221232519/http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Text%20Series/Historia%26Passio.pdf |date=21 February 2016 }} Anthony Faulkes and Richard Perkins (Viking Society for Northern Research), p. 128)</ref><ref>[https://snl.no/Vestfold%2Fgammelt_navn Vestfold - gammelt navn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018180736/https://snl.no/Vestfold/gammelt_navn |date=18 October 2016 }}, snl.no</ref> [[Vestfold Hills]] on Antarctica's [[Sørsdal Glacier]] is named after the county.
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